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A St. Louis-based distributor of specialty alcohols has been sold to a publicly held alcohol producer for $14 million, with the potential for that price to double if goals are met over five years.

On Monday, 145 Covid-positive patients were admitted to hospitals in the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, down from 200-plus per day the previous week. Task force leaders say they are hopeful about what that could mean for the region but say that is still far more than the system is able to handle. "We're hopeful that this represents that not as many people are getting sick enough to be admitted to the hospital," Dr. Alex Garza said in a Tuesday briefing. "But don't forget, the 145 people…

With $38 million in fresh funding, David Karandish's automation software startup plans to hire nearly two dozen employees as it pursues expansion of its technology.

Sam Page's challenger for St. Louis County executive made a strong financial showing in the most recent quarter, but Page still has more cash for the race.

Vernon Mitchell Jr. said it would have been "easy to be cynical about politics in general," but he pursued a job doing equity and inclusion work with the city of St. Louis anyway. "I do think this is an opportunity to create something sustainable that allows the city — and all the people who live in the city and the surrounding region — to benefit from policies that will include everyone," he said.

The developer's new office, a $14 million renovation of a former industrial warehouse within the larger mixed-use development, opened Jan. 12.

The restaurant's Saint Louis Galleria location, which opened its doors in March 2018, does not appear on the chain's website and is identified as permanently closed on OpenTable and Yelp. The company did not immediately return a request for comment Tuesday.

The Clayton-based wholesale distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products has named a new chief financial officer to succeed a retiring executive.

A retailer known for its upscale attire is closing its last St. Louis-area store later this month.

The world's largest brewer described its new corporate logo as "more premium" and "forward looking."

In its latest move to provide its portfolio companies with more equity-free funding, Arch Grants will significantly expand how much it awards companies that win funding through its annual startup competition.

St. Louis Inno's 2022 Inno Madness bracket challenge will have local startups go head-to-head in several rounds of voting to determine a winner. While the competition will offer one local startup bragging rights, we hope the contest raises awareness of St. Louis’ entrepreneurial economy and the innovative companies that define it.

The family of a man who died when a tornado hit an Amazon warehouse last December in Edwardsville is filing suit. Austin McEwen’s family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon and two companies that were involved in the building of the site, Contegra Construction Company and Tristar Properties. McEwen, a 26-year-old from Edwardsville, didn’t work for Amazon but he was a contracted delivery driver who worked with the company to make deliveries from the warehouse in Edwardsville. He…

“It makes sense when you find another firm that offers similar services and has a similar mindset and culture where you can combine those resources.”

Seeing opportunities to grow in a newly legalized industry, Kadean Construction has developed a specialty division constructing for the cannabis market.

The startup expects to use the funding to add to its team and open a new manufacturing facility.

Only one in 10,000 active ingredients created by researchers in a lab is turned into a potential drug. But pharmaceutical research is not only expensive and time-consuming, it’s also a process liable to lead to a dead end. How do drugs make the long journey from lab to market? Even today, only a handful of vaccines against the coronavirus have been developed and made available to people in many countries around the globe, so the threat of Covid-19 remains. There is still no effective treatment…

The deal involves a firm with more than 500 real estate agents and $1.3 billion in 2021 sales volume.

The Supreme Court's ruling Thursday related only to the federal agency's vaccine mandate-or-testing rule, and it doesn't prohibit companies enacting mandates of their own. A pair of St. Louis lawyers explain why that makes for a challenging landscape for companies operating in multiple states.

Another one bites the dust – at least, temporarily. Fuzzy’s Taco Shop announced in an email to customers Thursday it is closing its four St. Louis-area locations and Columbia, Missouri, restaurant “for the time being.” “We love our Fuzzy’s fans and the good vibes you bring us. We look forward to seeing your faces again soon,” the email stated. “It’s not a goodbye, it’s a see you later.” Fuzzy’s did not give a reason for the temporary closure. The restaurant chain's St.…