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The complaint filed July 19 accuses Amazon of “ongoing indifference to worker safety” and use of work practices that lead to including excessive work rates, repetitive tasks and the lifting of oversized packages that lead to “serious injuries.” An Amazon spokesperson said the facility has a "consistent track record of safety improvement."

Style expert and consultant Laura Sawyier uses research from the applied psychology of fashion to support a wide range of clients from individuals to non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies.

Two St. Louis-area companies appear on the new Fortune Global 500 list for 2023, which ranks the world's largest corporations by revenue for their fiscal 2022.

As vice president of administration at Artur Express, Kristi Randall helps lead a technology-focused, fast-growing fleet of nearly 800 trucks.

At Illinois American Water, Beth Matthews oversees operations of Illinois’ largest investor-owned water and wastewater utility, which provides service to approximately 1.3 million people.

In her role as principal and head of community impact at Edward Jones, Laura Ellenhorn creates infrastructure, strategy, and systems focused on building community.

Alongside a team of dedicated partners, attorneys and other staff members, Sara Stock supports business owners through entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, estate planning and commercial litigation through a true business-partner approach marked by integrity and bolstered by her years of legal experience.

Stacy Brandt, vice president of operations for Schnuck Markets, puts a face on the concept of working your way up the corporate ladder.

At Schlafly Beer (Saint Louis Brewery), you will find CEO Fran Caradonna, who has more than 30 years of craft beer experience, overseeing all aspects of the company, including two brewing production facilities, four brewpub locations, and the sales and distribution of Schlafly Beer across 17 states.

When it comes to building leaders, Angela Anderson has found her niche. As director and area operating partner for Panera Bread cafes, she developed 30 international team leads and managers over the last year, grew sales by 12% and improved general manager retention by 15%.

If Elizabeth Cassady is on your financial team, you can expect good things to happen.

St. Louis nonprofit Wepower has made two new investments from its fund that provides capital to local Black and Latino entrepreneurs.

The route emerged as a problem for Lambert amid the pandemic.

The addition of the teams – in Florida, New Jersey and Utah – raise the total assets under management at the St. Louis-based company's independent contractor broker-dealer subsidiary to $6.5 billion.

Anheuser-Busch InBev reported a big drop in second-quarter net profit as its overall volumes fell, driven in part by a sales decline in North America.

While a bill that would prevent people from openly carrying guns in St. Louis sits on Mayor Tishaura Jones' desk, another prominent local leader outside the city limits is endorsing the idea. St. Louis County Council Chair Shalonda Webb says it's time for local leaders to take action against gun violence, instead of waiting for federal leaders to do so. The bill St. Louis Alderwoman Cara Spencer garnered unanimous support for from the city Board of Aldermen in July is one of the approaches Webb…

With art all over the St. Louis metro, artist Jason Spencer is making a living "creating everything he loved as a kid."

Republican efforts to change the rules for initiatives and administrative delays that force petitioners to go to court spurred former Gov. Jay Nixon to return to political action, he said Tuesday. During an online town hall for the No Labels organization, Nixon referred repeatedly to legislation that would make it more difficult to gather signatures and pass voter initiatives as well as recent Missouri court cases. Nixon, a Democrat who was governor from 2009 to 2017, last week was named ballot…

Air travel has bounced back strong and airlines are seeing surging demand this summer. But how does it compare locally to 2019?

Downtown business leaders write that while there are plans underway to implement permanent traffic calming measures on city streets, it has all taken too long when simple measures like the installation of speed humps would make it less fun to joy ride.