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A St. Louis-based maker of engineered components for sealing, insulating and sound abatement has acquired an adhesive business from a private equity firm.

The Ferguson-based automation and software business made public its offer to buy Texas-based automated testing equipment maker in a deal giving the acquisition target an enterprise value of $7.6 billion.

The new St. Louis office leader for one of St. Louis' largest architecture firms faces the challenge of navigating the firm's new hybrid work culture.

The city's mayor said it and another restaurant closure will "ultimately provide further opportunity for new development to enhance the community."

The chain said the moves support its long-term strategic plans.

Remember the lesson of what Dr. King’s dreaming has taught us: the ultimate good comes when we endeavor to do what is difficult but necessary, writes Stifel's Benjamin Ola. Akande.

Workers at St. Louis Public Radio, the local National Public Radio affiliate, have moved to unionize. The bargaining unit would consist of about 42 nonsupervisory employees, both on-air and off.

The new alliance of 39 theaters nationwide aims to help "drive unique, exclusive, and traditionally mainstream content" to the venues.

St. Louis-based medical technology startup Pierian has been acquired in a deal that creates a new company focused on advancing the use of precision medicine in health care.

State data say the school's students have scored below state averages. It said it understands some academic improvements "will not be significant enough to gain the confidence of our sponsor and" state regulators.

In a nearly 50-year career, the banker worked at some of the region's most well-known financial institutions, including one that emphasized a different banking model, and worked to revitalize downtown.

More than any other grocery item, eggs have surged in price. Economists blame the 2022 avian flu and inflation.  Now its St. Louis businesses that are left with tough decisions to make, raise prices or absorb costs. "Eggs are not something we can live without," Aaron Teitelbaum, owner of restaurants Herbie's and Kingside Diner, told KSDK. Echoing Teitelbaum, Lia Holter said her bakery business, Made by Lia, also needs eggs. Since the bakery opened in 2020, Holter said the price of eggs has skyrocketed. "They…

Officials with the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County announced Thursday they are investing millions in Rams settlement money into treasury bonds until they decide on how to use it to serve its residents.  The historic settlement came from a lawsuit filed by St. Louis, St. Louis County and the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, or RSA, against the Los Angeles Rams and National Football League. According to a press release from the city of St. Louis, with the guidance…

A new $120 million hotel project in Downtown West can move forward after the developer agreed to a $750,000 bond.

From the Convention Center to the Old Courthouse to a handful of hotels and apartment buildings, here are $3.5 billion in current projects in downtown St. Louis.

There hasn’t been a time, it was said, since the Civil War when such a degree of combat and confusion was exhibited in the choosing of a speaker for the U.S. House of Representatives.

A national seafood restaurant chain, with over 700 locations in the U.S. and Canada, has shuttered a St. Louis County location.

The joint program consists of upper-level UMSL engineering students who take undergraduate courses on the Washington University campus taught by Wash U faculty members.

The amount of venture capital funding snagged by St. Louis startups dropped off considerably in 2022, mirroring a nationwide decrease that comes after companies raised a record total in the prior year.

When Brandi Artis moved to St. Louis less than two years ago, she quickly turned her lifelong love of food into a career. She opened her first restaurant, 4Hens Creole Kitchen, in City Foundry STL, and quickly followed with a second, Simply Delicious downtown. And she's not finished yet.