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The law firm of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard PC has signed a long-term lease to move to the Peabody Plaza building at 701 Market St., bidding farewell in mid-2024 to the One City Center building on Washington Avenue.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office has been ordered to appear at another “show cause” hearing this week for failing to show up to a trial. Gardner, or someone in her office, is expected to appear Thursday before Judge Michael Noble to answer why they shouldn’t be jailed, fined or both for being in contempt of court. In court documents, Noble said attorney Chris Desilets failed to appear to both a jury trial on April 10 and a status hearing on Monday. The circuit attorney’s…

Judge Scott Millikan used a lot of words Monday to describe St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and her office’s conduct after no one from the prosecutor’s office showed up for a first-degree murder trial in his courtroom a week ago – but “criminal contempt” was not among them. Millikan said the bar is high when it comes to fining someone, holding them in jail or both for contempt of court. He said the list of internal communications Gardner’s attorney submitted along with the statements…

Creve Coeur technology consulting firm Ocelot Consulting has grown its executive team, hiring a leader for its revenue operations, a move that comes as it considers expansion into new markets.

SmartAsset looked at 76 of the largest U.S. cities to see where a $100,000 annual salary goes the furthest. Here's where St. Louis landed on that list.

Engle Martin, a loss adjustment and claims management business that's part of the portfolio of St. Louis-based Barry-Wehmiller's investment arm, has acquired a specialty consulting business.

Alissa Heinerscheid is one of two executives involved in a social media campaign that had critics calling for a boycott.

Managing personal finances is an important life skill that underpins the national effort to require personal finance education in every state. But that effort shouldn’t edge out teaching economics, a Fed official argues.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is saying a series of missteps by her assistant prosecutors and possibly the jury trial supervisor led to her office not showing up for a murder trial April 17 – although text messages submitted in her defense suggest her office communicated about the case internally six days before it was scheduled to begin. Gardner or someone from her office is expected to appear before Judge Scott Millikan on Monday to answer why they shouldn’t be jailed, fined or both…

Post Holdings Inc., the St. Louis-based consumer packaged goods holding company, said its Michael Foods unit plans to expand an egg production facility.

After months of upheaval, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has filed for bankruptcy. The decision is a low point for a home goods retailer that has been around for more than half a century — and one that means more St. Louis-area store closures for the retailer.

A health care company has put one of its St. Louis buildings up for sublease — the latest huge block of office space to hit the St. Louis County market.

Centerstone, a nonprofit provider of behavioral health and addiction services, has promoted a new regional CEO for its Illinois operations.

St. Louis is among five cities that the National Urban League has chosen for a new initiative to support retail businesses owned by Black women.

Washington University said Friday that allegations made in February by an ex-employee of its St. Louis transgender care center were "unsubstantiated."

St. Louis-based venture capital firm Cultivation Capital has raised more than $50 million for a new technology investment fund.

A local developer wants to construct a new apartment complex across seven vacant properties in Tower Grove East.

Electrical Components International Inc., a Creve Coeur-based manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical components, has expanded with the purchase of a Canadian business.

Future plans for the old Jamestown Mall in north St. Louis County became clearer Thursday afternoon. The vacant shell at North Lindbergh Boulevard and Old Jamestown Road caught fire Wednesday night and two firefighters were injured while knocking it down. On Thursday, officials with the Black Jack Fire Department noted that the two firefighters were released from the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cause of Wednesday night's fire is still under investigation. The Port Authority…