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Midway through the 2022 Major League Baseball season, the St. Louis Cardinals rank near the top for home attendance, even as the number of fans buying tickets lags previous seasons. But the team says the attendance figures are beating its pre-season projections.

The move last month by city and state officials to list the vacant downtown building to the National Register of Historic Places surprised some St. Louisans who have never viewed the structure, built in 1985 as the headquarters of telephone company Southwestern Bell, as particularly historic compared to others downtown. Here's a look at the case for historic status.

Through its Startup Exit Awards, St. Louis Inno celebrates St. Louis' later-stage startup successes and the individuals who have made huge contributions to the startup industry. It includes awards for Exits of the Year, Top Equity Funding Transaction and Lifetime Achievement.

Purina has been a fixture in downtown St. Louis for more than 125 years and our commitment to the city has never been stronger. “We care deeply about the health of this region and are engaged in efforts to help ensure St. Louis is a great place to live and work for all,” says Nestlé Purina CEO and President Nina Leigh Krueger. “This work includes investments in public safety, creating new business opportunities through public-private collaborations and building a more equitable and pet-friendly…

The privately-supported arts fund in St. Louis has named an entertainment executive as its new leader.

The Missouri 2022 legislative session’s signature accomplishment, a bipartisan compromise that makes a historic investment in urban education by fully funding our public charter schools, while holding the Kansas City and St. Louis school districts harmless, was an enormous win for all Missouri public-school students and parents.

When the fireworks were still going on, someone inquired as to Donut’s location. “I took her inside a while ago,” I said. But then someone said, “Well, I think I just saw her at the other end of the yard.”

Clayton's former mayor believes key to transforming the St. Louis region is to convene a Board of Freeholders. The key to making it work: Keep the word "merger" out of the discussion.

This week marks the beginning of the second chapter of the St. Louis Business Journal's Advance STL program, which explores what our audience thinks are the region's biggest challenges. Nearly 60% of the people surveyed by the Business Journal in February identified "unified leadership/government structure" as one of the biggest challenges in the region. We're exploring some of the reasons why our audience feels this way.

The city of Chesterfield is partnering with Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Perfect Game on a long-term lease agreement to bring top-level amateur baseball and softball activities to the area in 2023. Perfect Game is the world's largest elite baseball and softball platform and scouting service. Founded in 2003, it is dedicated to helping amateur players get exposure to the game to take their skills to the next level. In events hosted by Perfect Game, players are able to compete in front of college recruiters…

The partnership is a deal the two companies say will help scale Wellbeing’s production and sales while providing Schlafly with a new source of revenue and an inroad in the fast-growing nonalcoholic beer market.

The St. Louis-based developer, in partnership with a Miami private equity real estate investment firm, has assembled three parcels in the Tampa area.

The annual study has two of St. Louis' biggest financial giants ranking Nos. 1 and 2 nationally, with a third firm also ranking in the top 10. Here's what leaders of those firms say about their positions.

“Now investors are also concerned that the US is sailing towards a recession. The Fed has communicated its plans to aggressively shrink the balance sheet in an effort to bring inflation down to less disruptive levels, all without tipping the economy into recession," wrote wrote Ithiel Turrado, small cap portfolio analyst at Clayton-based Argent Capital Management, in a commentary on his findings.

On the cusp of opening the world’s tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, the project architect is working on a timber tower in St. Louis that could be almost 30 feet taller.

In baseball, there are a lot of lessons that can be transferable to your personal and professional life. Patience in the batter’s box is required. You put in countless hours of practice and work to understand your opponents, so you throw the right pitches and put your defense in the best position. You need to do all of this to give your team the best chance to win. Bob Hayworth, market president for Humana’s commercial business in Kansas and Missouri, understands how bringing a baseball mindset…

A family-owned Greek restaurant in Clayton will close its doors permanently after service Saturday, its owners announced on social media.

The manufacturer behind pizza brands such as Mama Lucia's Pizza and 4 Hands Brewing Co.-inspired pizzas said sales have increased 465% in the past three years.

Tony Davis says he’s always had an entrepreneurial mindset. But before he ever delved into the business world, he was a fan of popcorn. Today, he’s merging the two interests as the owner of Pop Pop Hurray! Gourmet Popcorn.

Nicholas Burkhart moves to Polsinelli from the St. Louis office of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, where he became a partner in November 2020 after working five years at the firm as a real estate and finance attorney.