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As the coronavirus fades, companies are reacting to higher customer demand by boosting inventory, which is putting pressure on their working capital needs. In order to help, this bank is boosting its customers working lines of credit.

"We just have never allowed apartments. It goes back to the '70s," a city official said. Still, a developer submitted plans to build a project on 6 acres including retail and an apartment complex.

Amazon said it is investing $1.2 billion to “upskill” more than 300,000 employees by 2025, so they can move into higher-paying, in-demand jobs.

With the sale, which reportedly was expected to fetch as much as $1 billion, the Emerson subsidiary will operate as an independent company.

The city of St. Louis mask order will expire Sunday and will not be renewed, health officials said. The current order expires Saturday, March 5, at 11:59 p.m. The St. Louis Department of Health announced in a Thursday news release that it will not request that the Board of Aldermen authorize a renewal once it expires. Illinois and St. Louis County ended their mask orders last week. The department said it would continue to recommend people wear masks in public spaces, especially high-risk groups…

Mitch Baden, CEO and president of Royal Banks of Missouri, doesn’t mince words. He has views on everything from the attitude of the Mizzou basketball team in the late 1970s to political fragmentation in the St. Louis area.

The St. Louis Internship Program (SLIP), a key part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, creates valuable summer internships proven to increase work readiness and develop professional skills, all while building a diverse and reliable talent pipeline.

The developer's president and CEO said his company has built several similar properties in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, but moved into the St. Louis area based on a tip from an employee who is a St. Louis native.

The deal marks a key step for Graphite Lab, which has found success in the past securing game development deals with large gaming players, as it places a greater focus on developing more of its own original games.

The retail giant said it will close 68 physical retail locations, including one in St. Louis. The company isn't giving up on brick-and-mortar sales, though.

When Major League Baseball returns, you’ll be able to toast it with not one, but two different malt beverage brands officially licensed by MLB.

A locally based electrical contracting firm has bought back an ownership stake and is now 100% minority owned.

There are risks to the growth forecasts for U.S. gross domestic product this year from the war, said James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Big firms such as Bayer and Caleres are looking to unload significant office space, as others like Ansira and Bank of America market big subleases amid pandemic-driven work changes. Along with a rise in vacancy — a trend that's expected to continue — it raises questions about who or what will fill the space.

The shift to flexible work environments, and increased embrace of working from home, has led some of St. Louis' biggest and most high-profile companies to attempt to reduce how much real estate they occupy. Among those not previously reported: Centene, Ansira, Bank of America and U.S. Bank.

Officials said the campaign's goal is the largest investment in girls' development in eastern Missouri, and the largest fundraising effort in the organization's history.

This year's HR Awards honorees have gone above and beyond to assist their companies and organizations during one of the toughest periods yet — a global pandemic marked by a job exodus that’s become known as the "Great Resignation."

Affinia Healthcare, a nonprofit St. Louis health care system, has named its next president and CEO.

An executive brought on in 2020 is spearheading a large health system's initiative to focus support on financial investment in the community, diabetes and healthy food access, infant and maternal health, and school health and wellness. It said tackling the root causes of health problems will lead to “increased wellness and greater overall quality of life."

Joe Maxwell and his crew of tech investors at Fintop Capital, a Nashville-based firm with a St. Louis office, have corralled $200 million in capital. It's the third and largest round of venture capital they've raised since forming their company six years ago. Fintop Capital already has tapped a bit of that money to back Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Plinqit, a savings app that pays users to learn about personal finances. It's the first of eight to 10 investments that Maxwell, Fintop's managing partner,…