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As a new CEO joins the bioscience startup, its previous co-CEOs will continue with the company in another capacity.

JetBlue Airways has answered the buyout rejection from Spirit Airlines' board with a hostile takeover maneuver. The New York-based carrier (Nasdaq: JBLU), in competition with the parent of Frontier Airlines, has urged the Miramar, Florida, company's (Nasdaq: SAVE) shareholders to vote against the rival deal. The vote is scheduled to take place June 10. JetBlue says its bid for Spirit is now $30 a share through an already fully financed proposal to acquire all stock directly from shareholders in…

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.30% for the week ended May 12 — up from 5.27% the prior week.

A Maryland Heights-based plastics and packaging manufacturer, one of St. Louis' largest private companies, has hired a new CFO.

A closed, historic hotel listed on the National Register of Historic Places has been renovated and opened as the Le Meridien St. Louis Downtown hotel.

These 75 companies donated a total of $127 million to the St. Louis area.

Washington University's School of Medicine has received a $61 million federal grant to support the infrastructure to complete biomedical research studies, officials said Thursday. The grant, from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports WashU's Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS). The five-year grant, a renewal, allows the ICTS to continue to serve as "an engine of innovation" in the region's clinical and translational…

A church has officially purchased the iconic Tivoli Theatre and part of the attached Tivoli Building in the Delmar Loop, but the historic movie theater remains closed.

Two St. Louis-area restaurants announced on social media this week they are closing this month — one is seeking someone to take over its lease in Maplewood.

Located in the Streets of St. Charles development, this Hot Box location is owned by franchisees Dan and Michele Fitzgerald. The dessert shop offers guests a dozen cookie flavors, as well as ice cream sandwiches, icing sandwiches, cookie cakes and catering services.

Logan University broke ground Thursday on construction of a $28 million expansion of the private chiropractic and health school’s science building. Here's a look at what the renovation will bring to the university's Chesterfield campus.

After a dominant performance in Game 6 of the first round against the Minnesota Wild, the Blues are marching on to the second round of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Blues took care of business at home in Game 6, beating the Wild 5-1. "It was a tough battle. That's a very good team over there. It's kind of a shame we played in the first round," Blues forward Tyler Bozak said of the series. "Just a great team effort. It's good to be at this point and we're ready for the next challenge," Blues…

To understand more of what it's like to recruit talent locally, we reached out to some of the best in the business: three of the honorees from this year's HR Awards program, which recognizes some of the St. Louis-region's most accomplished leaders in the human resources profession.

When reviewing the nearly 40 nominations we received for this year's Innovation in Philanthropy Awards program, there was something several of them had in common: a desire to tackle diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the region through various partnerships.

Reviewing interesting and often surprising facts seemed like an enjoyable respite from thinking about all of the world's problems and our own.

More than 300 guests attended the St. Louis Business Journal's fifth annual Corporate Philanthropy Awards at the Hilton St. Louis Frontenac on Thursday morning. Here's a look at the celebration.

The developer said the project will be “developed with private dollars and will provide significant tax revenues to local government entities.”

A new European-inspired dining concept will open in the former Café Natasha’s location at 3200 S. Grand Blvd. Here's what the new restaurant's partners and chef have in store for diners.

A Maryland Heights-based provider of behavioral and mental health services has expanded its footprint into West Virginia with the acquisition of a privately owned human services business.

The 75 honorees featured on the St. Louis Business Journal’s Biggest Corporate Philanthropists Lists invested more than $127 million in St. Louis communities in 2021. But more than that, 46 of those 75 companies donated 77,000 volunteer hours and found other creative ways to assist those in need.