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A Franklin County-based window cleaning and pressure washing services business has been acquired by an exterior building services company based in Texas.

The 2023 class of Most Influential Business Women represents women leaders who are making strides in their business or industry.

Workers at four St. Louis-area Starbucks coffee shops on Monday are on strike, and more than 3,000 workers across more than 150 stores will go on strike throughout the week, Starbucks Workers United said in a statement.

A clothing store, St. Louis-headquartered The Normal Brand, is opening soon at a mall called The Summit in Birmingham, Alabama.

GKN Aerospace, one of the St. Louis region's largest manufacturers, gave a timeline Friday of its Hazelwood plant shutdown and planned layoff of over 700 workers that puts the closure later than previously announced.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.67% for the week ended June 22 — down from 6.69% the prior week.

Many of us have found ourselves in stressful situations: Your car breaks down and needs a full repair, you or a family member faces an injury that brings mounting medical bills, or a storm damages your small business’ office. We never expect emergencies to happen. But when they do, we’re left wondering how to pay the unexpected costs. Scenarios like these are where an emergency savings fund will come in handy. Even in the largest of emergencies, having money set aside can provide a sense of…

Since the start of the pandemic, three-time James Beard semi-finalist Poremba has re-engineered his menus to combat the high costs of goods, considered how “Instagram-able” his restaurants are and upped his back-of-house workers’ pay.

For Missouri business owners who employ minimum wage workers, it’s probably a pretty good bet that they should anticipate that rate going up in 2025.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday voted to raise water rates 40% over two years, with subsequent increases tied to inflation after that.

The city of St. Louis plans to stabilize a developer's vacant buildings at Kingshighway Boulevard and Interstate 64 – then bill it for the work.

The first residents have moved into St. Louis developer CRG’s apartment complex that occupied the last remaining open site at The Streets of St. Charles mixed-use development, with the project expected to wrap construction on its second phase by July.

A New Jersey-based medical technology company is selling a group of surgical equipment assets to another health care product maker, including a St. Louis-area manufacturing facility.

St. Louis Inno's second iteration of the Fire Awards honors 11 startups, companies and organizations that reached key milestones in the last year, helping to ignite St. Louis’ innovation economy.

USA Mortgage has a new CEO, and she's the executive described by the mortgage lender as a “fixture” for 22 years.

The East Alton Fire Department responded to a deadly explosion Thursday afternoon at an ammunition plant. Authorities told KSDK that a man was killed when a truck carrying shotgun shell primers exploded at Olin Corp.'s (NYSSE: OLN) Winchester Ammunition Plant, located at 600 Powder Mill Road. It's believed the truck that exploded was carrying primer. Friday afternoon, Madison County Coroner Steve Nonn identified the victim as 60-year-old Oscar "Zeke" R. Bettorf of Bunker Hill, Illinois. An autopsy…

There had to be a law passed which, to a degree, inoculated doctors from incriminating themselves by simply saying “I’m sorry.”

St. Louis companies with international operations last year saw revenue grow 13%. Here's why energy firms led the way.

Steve Haberberger Jr. always knew he wanted to go into the family business. Now, he’s one of the fourth-generation members of the Haberberger family to lead it. Affton-based Haberberger Inc. was started in 1948 by Frank Haberberger, Steve Jr.’s great grandfather, as a refrigeration repair company. Now, the company is a full-service mechanical contractor, offering industrial mechanical construction services nationwide. It celebrated its 75th year in business this year, and fully transitioned…

Raising capital as an early-stage startup is a crucial step that many founders struggle to do. The St. Louis startup scene has evolved over the years to make this Herculean task just a bit easier. St. Louis-area accelerators, angel investors and venture capital firms have experienced a boom over the last 20 years, positioning the city as the innovation center of the region. With the number of investment partners available, which include mentorship from industry experts and seasoned investors, startups…