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The deals expand the Creve Coeur-based packaging company's position in the beverage packaging market, deepens its position in the aluminum can sector and grows its Canadian footprint, officials said.

More Covid-19 testing will be available in St. Louis and St. Louis County beginning Monday. On Sunday, the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, in coalition with the city of St. Louis' Department of Health and other public health entities, announced they would start appointment-based testing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at 1408 N. Kingshighway Blvd. The drive-thru originally was scheduled to start Monday but officials told KSDK they needed more time for “planning purposes.” “Covid-19…

The first phase of the hotel is opening this year.

Another local Walmart has closed temporarily to allow time to clean, in response to the Covid-19 surge. This comes as the Walmart in Bridgeton also announced the closure of its store for the same reason. This location in St. Louis County reopened Sunday after being thoroughly sanitized. The Arnold location, at 2201 Michigan Ave, sent a release Sunday morning saying it was closing on Sunday at 2 p.m. The store goes on to say it will remain closed through Monday to give associates time to restock…

Optimism about their companies and the St. Louis economy has returned to the region’s business owners and top executives. They are confident even as they face concerns about rising business costs, supply chain disruption and employee acquisition and retention. In 2022, more business leaders expect to see an increase in their company’s revenue and profitability compared to their expectations a year ago. These are among the main takeaways from the 2022 Economic Outlook Report created by the…

It’s only a week into 2022 and Major League expansion franchise St. Louis City SC has already notched a milestone, hiring its first head coach. It won’t be the last time it does so this year. Here's five other key milestones the upstart franchise could reach this year.

“Unfortunately for our local companies, the fourth quarter showed an even more clear preference for low risk, leaving our index behind,” wrote Ithiel Turrado, small cap portfolio analyst at Clayton-based Argent Capital Management.

The temporary closure includes two museums and the organization's research center.

An executive with the Kansas City-based developer told a Wildwood committee that the company hopes to build 2.5 million square feet over nine warehouses at the site.

Scottrade Financial Services founder and longtime CEO Rodger Riney and his wife, Paula, gave a $40 million grant to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston to support multiple myeloma research.

The utility's Missouri division on Friday warned that its coal plant near Festus cannot be "hastily disconnected" from the grid without potentially negative effects on the reliability of electricity.

Amid the Omicron wave, SSM Health is already postponing procedures "that can be safely postponed for a few weeks." Here's what it will do if capacity issues worsen.

The museum said it will close for the rest of January due to a surge in cases of Covid-19 among its staff and the "rapid spread" of the Omicron variant.

The St. Louis Business Journal has opened up the nomination process for every 2022 awards program — from the Corporate Counsel Awards in July to the Family Business Awards in October.

A new drive-thru Covid-19 testing site will open Monday in north St. Louis County. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page made the announcement during a Friday news conference. The site, located at the North County Recreation Complex at 2577 Redman Ave., will increase the county's testing capacity by 1,000 tests per week. The county is currently averaging 2,000 tests per week, Page said. Beginning Monday, Jan. 10, the site will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tests are by appointment…

The largest Pittsburgh-area environmental consultancy has acquired a more than 50-year-old St. Peters-based civil engineering firm.

Traveling through time back to the dinner table in the 1950s and early ‘60s, Dad was always on the brink of the next Depression. It was coming, sure as sugar, and “we had better be prepared.”

A theater chain has sold a busy shopping center in south St. Louis County to the owner of several nearby properties. Here's what the buyer and seller say about the deal.

“UHY’s Midwest Region is growing rapidly,” said Gerald Townsend, the firm's Midwest regional managing partner, based in its Maplewood office.

A consulting firm that drafted plans for a new design for St. Louis Lambert International Airport first surveyed airport users to learn their thoughts on the facility. Here's what they had to say.