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Koibito Poké on Wednesday opened its second St. Louis location in the shopping and entertainment district — just in time for opening day, officials said.

CommunityAmerica Credit Union, based in suburban Kansas City, looking to St. Louis for growth. It plans three new branch locations here and signed a sponsorship deal with the Cardinals to boost the credit union's profile.

Suzanne Sitherwood, president and CEO of St. Louis-based Spire Inc., plans to retire from the natural gas utility company at the end of 2023, after a dozen years in that post.

Sunset Transportation, one of St. Louis' largest privately held companies, has been acquired by a Pittsburgh-based food and restaurant logistics giant.

Midwest BankCentre this summer will open its first-ever “Innovation Centre” as part of Refuge & Restoration Marketplace, the $16 million transformation of an abandoned strip mall into a community resource for North County residents.

St. Louis election technology firm Knowink has relocated its headquarters from the Downtown West neighborhood to Creve Coeur, purchasing a 16,000-square-foot building it now calls home.

Health Technologies Inc., a growing St. Louis-based provider of registered dietitian consulting services, has acquired two consulting businesses.

Chesterfield-based health system Mercy has finalized a lease agreement with Perry County Memorial Hospital's trustee board to operate and manage the hospital.

We’ll be celebrating the St. Louis Inno's 2023 Startups to Watch Tuesday, April 4, from 4-6 p.m. at the .Zack Theater., 3224 Locust St., St. Louis. In addition to recognizing our Startups to Watch, the program will also include a panel discussion featuring the CEOs from two companies on this year’s list.

A city board is considering incentives for a new $26 million affordable housing development on scattered sites in south St. Louis.

The judge overseeing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's effort to remove St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office has given the city's top prosecutor 11 more days to respond to the latest allegations against her. Judge John Torbitzky gave Gardner until April 11 to respond to the 121-page amended petition Bailey filed against her March 21. Originally, the judge gave her until March 31 to respond. Gardner’s attorneys asked the judge Friday for an extension. The attorney general’s…

Centene Corp., the Clayton-based managed health care provider, on Monday named Tanya McNally as its senior vice president and chief people officer.

California-based accounting firm Armanino LLP has expanded its St. Louis presence with the acquisition of locally based music rights and royalty auditing firm Royalty Compliance Organization.

Construction is scheduled to begin this summer on the $350 million Lake of the Ozarks resort and amusement park, planned by a pair of St. Louis-based developers. They have signed on an international hotel brand to collaborate on the resort's $180 million hotel.

The privately held family company, which has invested more than $100 million to transform the city of Augusta, Missouri, into a wine tourism destination, said the latest deal comes as it expects its business services unit to hit $1 billion in revenue from its portfolio of acquisitions this year.

The underdogs just keep on winning. In the second round of our friendly, bracket-style challenge, the lower seeds won in five of the eight matchups. That continues a trend from first round, which included the lower seeds winning in 11 of the 16 matchups. The biggest upsets in the second round included wins by No. 15 GiftAMeal over No. 2 Geneoscopy and No. 19 Honeymoon Chocolates topping No. 3 Capacity. While the underdogs have piled up the wins so far in this year’s Inno Madness, top-seeded…

The eight-month renovation, which revamped all 200 of the hotel’s rooms and suites, along with the common areas, was custom-designed for the St. Louis hotel with a design influenced by the Mississippi River and the St. Louis Blues

DHL, the global shipping and logistics company, plans to shutter a St. Louis-area facility as it moves the work across the state.

Metal recycling company Alter Trading Corp., one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies, has expanded with the acquisition of two Illinois recycling businesses.

The 2023 St. Louis Cardinals season is projected to produce $350.2 million in economic activity in St. Louis this year, according to an annual analysis produced by economic development group Greater St. Louis Inc. and tourism agency Explore St. Louis.