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At Clayton-based online learning firm Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), 30% of software coding is being completed by artificial intelligence, the company disclosed recently.

A Florida-based staffing company that specializes in placing blue-collar workers has opened a third St. Louis-area office, citing demand from job-seekers in north St. Louis County.

Rezoning for a massive subdivision proposed in western St. Charles County was rejected Wednesday night by county planners, although a final decision would come from the county council.

House of Pain Gym, a strength training gym and fitness center, last Monday opened in The District in Chesterfield.

United Food and Commercial Workers Local Union 88 — which represents more than 1,000 Schnuck Market Inc. workers across Missouri and Illinois — on Thursday said its members “overwhelmingly” voted to reject a contract offer from the St. Louis-based grocer. The local union said it has authorized leadership to call for a strike, should it become necessary.

Barbara Heise, a longtime St. Louis real estate broker with Remax Results, has been advocating against racial discrimination in housing for decades, primarily through a nonprofit organization that she co-founded with urban planner Rosalind Williams.

A bakery shop in Soulard is shuttering this weekend after having been in business for 13 years.

The St. Louis Business Journal is currently seeking nominations for its annual Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards program, which also includes awards for the outstanding nonprofit partner and the outstanding for-profit partner.

Janae Edmondson, a teenage girl from Tennessee who was seriously injured in February when she was hit by a car in downtown St. Louis, has filed a lawsuit against the city of St. Louis.

Another downtown St. Louis office building has been transferred to special servicing due to “imminent” risk of loan default.

Customers’ willingness to return to in-person retail, coupled with a more robust e-commerce strategy, has allowed Glik's, the fifth-generation, Metro East-based family business, to reach new heights.

Provident Behavioral Health has added St. Louis-based mental health services nonprofit Care and Counseling to its practice, officials said Tuesday.

Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard PC has hired its first director of growth and business development.

SimpleRose has raised $47 million and hopes to become St. Louis’ next startup valued at $1 billion. It’s relying on "an embarrassment of opportunity" tied to its supercomputer.

Shantay Bolton will leave her post as Washington University's executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer effective Aug. 2, after accepting a job at another university.

A beloved south St. Louis diner is up for sale. The Courtesy Diner located at 3155 S. Kingshighway Blvd. hit the real estate market Friday. The restaurant has been closed for an extended period of time before hitting the market. Courtesy Diner locations at 1121 Hampton Ave. and 8000 S. Laclede Station Road remain open. The asking price for the Kingshighway retail space is listed as $550,000, according to Crexi, a commercial real estate business. The lot size is listed as 0.33 acres with 25 parking…

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen and other policymakers regularly make decisions based on what they see without accounting for what they can’t see, writes an UMSL professor.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. plans an expansion at its operations at St. Louis Downtown Airport in Cahokia Heights that will create 200 jobs.

Schnuck Markets Inc. said Tuesday that work is underway on a total store remodel of a Metro East location that will bring updates to “nearly every area and department of the store."

The Taylor Geospatial Institute, a St. Louis research institute launched in 2022 to focus on geospatial technology, has named its first executive director.