Johnson & Johnson announced that it will eliminate talc-based baby powder from its product portfolio worldwide by 2023 and transition to producing and selling only cornstarch-based baby powder.
“We continuously evaluate and optimize our portfolio to best position the business for long-term growth,” the company said in a statement announcing the discontinuation. “This transition will help simplify our product offerings, deliver sustainable innovation, and meet the needs of our consumers, customers…
Bayer Crop Science says it's annually spending more than 2 billion euros (roughly $2 billion) annually on its R&D efforts. It recently gave St. Louis Inno an overview of its R&D projects, showcasing innovations at its Agronomy Center in Jerseyville, Illinois, and research and development campus in Chesterfield.
Big, national firms posted larger gains in mortgage lending than local firms in 2021. The reason, according to one St. Louis, banker: The big guys were playing catch-up.
This year we celebrate the fifth anniversary of 39 North, our 600-acre innovation district located in the heart of agriculture. Anchored by the Danforth Center, BRDG Park, the Helix Center Incubator, Bayer Crop Science, Benson Hill and the Yield Lab accelerator, 39 North sits at the center of it all: agriculture, bioscience, big data, geospatial technology and logistics.
Since its inception in 2017, 39 North has experienced significant growth. St. Louis is home to over 1,000 plant science PhDs and…
Foss Swim School, a Minnesota-based swim school operator, plans to add two St. Louis-area locations, after shuttering a third due to recent flooding.
Foss said it was forced to permanently close its Little Fishes Swim School location in Brentwood, which "was damaged beyond repair" by flooding that hit the St. Louis area July 26, according to a Facebook post. Families enrolled at Little Fishes Brentwood were given credit to transfer to any Foss location, officials said this week.
Foss acquired Little…
The internship program is part of a strategy designed to help the firm build a deeper pool of recruits trained to meet the job's unique skills requirements. "It's like building your bench."
Snō will open at 3611 Juanita St. in a 4,000-square-foot-space that was previously occupied by VP Square, which closed in late 2021. The building is owned by Cafe Mochi Owner Victor Pham, who also owned VP Square. The building has two floors and occupancy of about 120 guests.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville said Friday its athletics director has resigned from his post to take the same role at a university in Virginia.
The CEO of a nonprofit organization serving more than 30,000 girls in the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and 27 surrounding Missouri counties said she'll step down after this year.
After nearly four years of working at Clayton-based private equity firm Thompson Street Capital Partners, Stefan Sigurdson in December 2020 wanted to put his career experience in banking and private equity to use as a business owner. A year-and-a-half search to acquire a business wrapped up this summer with the purchase of a long-standing local company.
The St. Louis Business Journal has extended the nomination deadline for its 2022 Family Business Awards program, which recognizes family-owned companies that are navigating financial success, overcoming challenges and making an impact in the St. Louis region.
Fire crews continued to pour water over empty shells from a burned recycling factory in Madison on Thursday.
A five-alarm fire Wednesday at Interco, which recycles old electronics on Fox Industrial Drive, sent one warehouse employee to the hospital with minor injuries and prompted a shelter-in-place order for residents from Wednesday into Thursday afternoon.
Madison County Emergency Management lifted a shelter-in-place order for residents closest to the smoke Thursday, citing overnight air monitoring…
St. Louis police officers will be returning to their normal eight-hour shifts earlier than expected after spending summer weekends working mandatory 12-hour overtime shifts to deal with a reduced roster during the warmer months.
Recently retired St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden began the 12-hour shifts on June 10 and said they would continue through the end of September as crime typically rises during warmer weather.
Interim Chief Michael Sack sent a memo departmentwide Thursday…
A fast-growing California-based insurance brokerage acquired a St. Louis insurance agency that was formed to reach the growing Balkan and Eastern European community.
Music has a way of stopping time, in effect sealing an experience in which forever more those moments can be briefly relived as the music stirs sights and sounds.
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