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Oswaldo and Oscar Fariña, who together with Oscar’s wife, Ainara Fariña, own the new downtown steakhouse Fariñas Restaurant, grew up around food. The brothers’ grandfather owned a farm, a butcher shop and a bakery in Argentina. Their aunt owned a café that served Argentinian basics. The Fariña family would gather at the cafe every Sunday, where their aunt served empanadas of every kind, basic ham and cheese sandwiches made on small crustless squares of bread called “miga bread” and…

St.LouisCIO has announced the finalists for its 2022 St. Louis CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. Winners will be revealed at the ORBIE Awards on November 18 from 7:15 to 10:30 a.m. at the The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel. The St. Louis CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards honor chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. With support from the St. Louis Business Journal, St.LouiosCIO will honor the CIOs who are driving innovation and transforming leading organizations…

Who was responsible for putting our sacred summers in the washing machine through a hot-water shrink cycle?

The long-vacant building has been tied up in lawsuits. But now a New York developer wants to embark on a revitalization of the property, boosted by tax subsidies from the city of St. Louis.

A Boston-based startup that has developed wearable technology to help athletes track their hydration levels is steering its technology to a new sector at this weekend’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in Metro East.

Centene’s 800,000-square-foot office building that’s been under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the past two years is expected to be completed in the coming weeks — but it will not be occupied by the Clayton-based company, a top executive told Charlotte Business Journal this week.

Lindenwood University believes its move to Division I athletics, including for football and hockey, could bring it a bigger fan base and more students. History shows it won't come cheap, though.

The leader of the Ohio Valley Conference tells why adding Lindenwood University to its roster aids the NCAA Division I conference: "It really expands us to another broad city and certainly adds to the attraction."

Facing declining enrollment and revenue, Lindenwood University turned to John Porter, a 33-year veteran of IBM, to lead its turnaround. His plan: Run Lindenwood like a business, and even scout for another university to buy.

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., the owner of Bally Sports Midwest, plans to roll out its local direct-to-consumer sports streaming service nationwide in September. While the streaming service will provide local fans with a new outlet to watch St. Louis Blues telecast, its ability to broadcast games from the St. Louis Cardinals remains unknown.

Problems like weed growth, graffiti and a shot-out window have been cited at downtown's Millennium Hotel, vacant since 2014. But in the past two years, city officials have fined its owner just $50, records obtained by the Business Journal show.

Signs for the company, affixed prominently to a riverfront tower since 2013, were removed. Inside, miscellaneous items were strewn about, and there were no signs of recent work activity.

Busey Bank has hired a veteran Chicago-area banking executive in a new position to head its consumer, community, mortgage and digital banking teams.

The arrangement means the number of ATMs in the St. Louis metro area at which the bank's customers won’t have to pay fees has more than tripled.

Providing the training and educational opportunities in our key industries is vital for the equitable growth of individuals in the St. Louis region. Determining the paths for getting people to training will take some creativity on the part of civic leaders, educational institutions and employers, writes Jeff Pittman, chancellor of St. Louis Community College.

The most notable absence in this set of deals is ESPN, which had a 40-year relationship with the Big Ten, but couldn’t come to terms with the conference during the most recent negotiations.

We asked candidates for public office about what they'd do to make St. Louis a growth market and whether they think the region's government structures work. Here's what some had to say.

The expedited law, first enacted in early 2020, can reduce both the costs and capital required for businesses to work through Chapter 11. But only 13 of the 74 Chapter 11 cases file

During her two-plus years as general manager of FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing, Melissa Helton has navigated the horse track through the Covid-19 pandemic and shepherded its entrance into sports wagering.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) went door to door Wednesday in the Metro East assessing damage from the historic July floods. Representatives began their assessment on Terrace Drive in East St. Louis, one of the hardest hit areas in St. Clair County. They were joined by Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and St. Clair County Emergency Management Agency officials. FEMA representatives heard from residents about their experiences, asking about water level damage, mechanical…