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In late May, FedEx Freight is set to enact another furlough. And in August, it's expected to close 29 locations in an effort to improve efficiencies and customer service.

Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Company opened its newest location Monday at 1856 Zumbehl Road in St. Charles.

This is the 10th year that the St. Louis Business Journal has partnered with the St. Louis chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel to showcase top in-house legal talent for the annual Corporate Counsel Awards. Here are this year's honorees.

Jesse Pujji found success as an entrepreneur in San Francisco, selling a digital marketing agency for eight-figures. He's now back in his hometown of St. Louis, with a portfolio of startups in the works.

Caribou Coffee, a Minneapolis-based coffee company and coffeehouse chain, last week said that it would add more than 300 new locations across the country, including 24 in Missouri.

After 60 days, five pleadings, four meetings and one hearing, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office has not produced a single document to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey's Office seeking to oust her, according to court documents filed late Monday. “The only thing the Circuit’s Attorney’s Office has produced is delay,” according to Bailey’s filing. “But the time for delay is over. This Court should compel the Circuit Attorney’s Office to fulfill its discovery obligations.” But…

ASPEQ Heating Group, a Brentwood-based manufacturer of heating equipment, is being sold to a North Carolina-based public company.

Sales of Bud Light are showing an "increasing rate" of decline since the brand announced a controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, an alcohol consultant reported.

St. Louis Arch Angels, the local angel investing group, has backed a Columbus, Ohio-based fintech startup that provides software digitizing paper-laden invoicing for middle-market construction companies. PaperTrl Inc. raised a seed round from Arch Angels to speed its expansion. The amount was not disclosed. "When they did the demonstration for us, it really came alive – we could really see what it could do," said Brian Kinman, chairman of the Arch Angels. "We could really imagine why the construction…

The May 14 deadline to make your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2023 Most Influential Business Women Awards program is approaching, but there's still time. This program recognizes remarkable women who excel in their careers and make a big impact in their organizations and St. Louis communities. You can submit a nomination by clicking here. READ: Meet the 2022 class of Most Influential Business Women honorees When making a nomination, describe in detail the nominee's career…

The $47 million Residence Inn in Clayton opened last month despite a number of construction challenges, including supply chain and labor shortages and skyrocketing construction costs, which led to a change in the hotel's design.

Population loss is speeding up in the St. Louis region, including in St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis, recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates show.

Gerard Craft's Niche Food Group plans to open a new barbecue restaurant concept at City Foundry STL this fall.

Blackstone, the private equity giant acquiring a majority stake in Emerson Electric’s (NYSE: EMR) Climate Technologies business, has named a CEO to lead the business after it spins out from the Ferguson-based industrial technology firm.

The firm's CEO said its goal is to add two to three firms each year through mergers and acquisitions. Its new head of M&A was hired because of his "realistic expectation of what success looks like in this role."

Missouri’s largest homebuilder and one of the largest St. Louis mortgage lenders have joined forces to form a new mortgage company.

Doctors who provide gender-affirming care to transgender patients can continue their plans of care without disruption from the state after a Missouri judge issued a restraining order against Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s proposed restrictions on the health care treatments. Transgender clinics and advocates with the American Civil Liberties Union sued to block Bailey’s rule from taking effect last Thursday. Bailey’s proposed restrictions would have redirected all adult and minor transgender…

The sale of the retailer to a liquidation company was approved April 27.

As a trusted banking adviser to some of Greater St. Louis’ most successful and respected manufacturing companies, Rachel Hacker lives and breathes the business strategies that drive this consequential sector – and recognizes the crucial role manufacturing plays in the local economy. “There’s no question that manufacturing is vital to the success of our region’s business landscape,” says Hacker, a commercial banking relationship manager and PNC-Certified Women’s Business Advocate. “As…

Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Desilets resigned, effective immediately Monday. This move comes just days after he was called before a judge to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt for missing a trial. Desilets confirmed his resignation to KSDK, but declined to comment further. He is the fifth prosecutor in the Violent Felonies Unit to leave the office since February. KSDK has obtained an email sent by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to her staff at 4:21 p.m. Friday that Assistant…