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Attorney Ken Goins left private practice as a name partner 13 years ago to serve as corporate counsel for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) and its Project Clear, and has had a significant impact on the agency.

The labor market remains tight, wages are increasing and consumer inflation jumped 9.1% last month from the year before — the highest rate in more than four decades. But there are ways businesses can protect against inflation. St. Louis bank executives tell how.

Christine Carney began working at Emerson as an intern while completing her MBA degree. Fifteen years later, she has left her mark on the company, rising through the ranks to senior associate general counsel.

Brown & Crouppen's announcement Tuesday that it is moving its headquarters to The Hill adds to the growing number of firms — some not previously reported — that are ditching downtown St. Louis office space. "We cannot continue to lose tenants and companies downtown and be seen as a vibrant, attractive city," one booster said.

MLB teams are averaging nearly 30 different partners in their home-plate signage rotation, which can be both virtual and static images.

The city of Manchester has a plan for residents in parts of unincorporated St. Louis County adjacent to its borders to join its municipality through annexation. That includes the Barrett Station, Manchester Road and Carman Road region. The public can weigh in on this up until Tuesday, July 19. The Boundary Commission then has nine months to determine whether the option will go to the voters or they have the power to scrap the idea. John Kaestner is no stranger to moving municipalities. He experienced…

The Berges Family Foundation has hired the former leader of Center of Creative Arts (COCA) to fill the role of its inaugural CEO.

It's a good time to be in the classic and exotic car business, according to Scott Brandt, owner of Fenton-based MotoExotica. Here's why.

A five-story apartment complex soon to be built in Kirkwood is the first large-scale apartment project approved in the city's downtown historic district in two decades.

The acquisition expands the St. Louis-based company's holdings in the manufacture of machine controls and other industrial control products.

In the sampling of political ads that I’ve seen lately, Republicans all seems to be trying to one-up each other in their demonstrations of how tough they are. It’s hard to tell if this is a trend or just momentary explosion of desperation. I think it’s a bit of both.

The Clayton-based accounting and business consulting firm has acquired a Chicago business that has specialized in working with clients to improve business processes, manage reorganization, and implement customer relationship management and automation technology.

Prominent St. Louis law firm Brown & Crouppen will move its headquarters from downtown to The Hill, converting a historic factory that’s been largely vacant for 50 years to a $15.5 million custom office.

The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, a voluntary professional group with over 6,500 members, said it will move its headquarters offices at the start of 2023.

Coffee lovers who work in or visit downtown St. Louis will soon have another place to grab a cup and a pastry. After being closed since March 2020, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Kaldi's Coffee is reopening its location in downtown St. Louis at Citygarden. Kaldi's made the announcement on its Instagram page Tuesday, saying the location at 808 Chestnut St. will reopen Monday, July 18. It currently has eight other St. Louis-area locations, with plans to open its first drive-thru location…

Mitsubishi Power will use Emerson’s Ovation integrated control and safety platform, which was developed by Emerson’s Pittsburgh-based power and water solutions business.

Centene’s subsidiary Delaware First Health will be among three managed care organizations to provide services for physical health, behavioral health and long-term services and supports, according to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services.

The family-owned grocery chain is expanding its prepared food delivery through San Francisco-based DoorDash to 25 stores in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

Twitter has a number of legal options to force the Tesla CEO to buy the company.

A St. Louis judge on Monday ordered the shuttered downtown restaurant and club Reign to pay its landlord nearly $388,000.