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The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently surveyed business leaders about their thoughts on public safety. Most said they thought crime is negatively impacting our overall state economy.

The pandemic continues to create all sorts of staffing shortages, supply issues, and overall different ways of life for the restaurant industry. Pumpernickles Deli at 11036 Olive Blvd. in Creve Coeur is no stranger to this new normal. The deli said in a Facebook message Monday and sign posted on its door that it "has permanently closed due to economic conditions." KSDK talked to owner Harlan Levin who says this is closing more than just a restaurant. “I have customers that come in here once…

In 2021, the firm invested more than $225 million in 100 businesses across 27 states. The report also said 96% of portfolio company employees receive health benefits and 95% of employees have access to wealth creation programs such as a 401(k).

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has hired a new fundraising executive from an Atlanta-area university.

The St. Louis real estate market is showing signs of slowing, and real estate agents have noticed the return of buyer contingencies that had been abandoned in two years of record-setting activity during the pandemic.

St. Louis Inno launched its Fire Awards recognize the companies and organizations that are setting the innovation and entrepreneurial economy ablaze. Our inaugural Fire Awards honors 19 startups, investors and organizations that reached key milestones in the last year, helping to ignite St. Louis’ innovation economy.

For the third time in a little more than a year, Creve Coeur-based IT staffing and consulting firm Envision has expanded with the addition of a local company.

The international air show this month is where Boeing and European rival Airbus are expected to announce some of their biggest deals of 2022.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 5.70% for the week ended June 30 — down from 5.81% the prior week.

A St. Louis developer that changed its planned development of a retail and entertainment hub to a $73 million apartment complex will still receive incentives for the site after agreeing to include affordable housing.

Venture-backed Getaway said later this year it will launch an “Outposts,” campsites that feature cabins and that are located within a two-hour drive of large cities, in Bloomsdale, Missouri, about 50 miles south of St. Louis.

A St. Louis that makes smart workplace badges designed to help keep hospital employees safer was the first-place winner of the 2022 Summerfest Tech Pitch Competition in Milwaukee.

In the 10 years between 2010 and 2019, the St. Louis metropolitan area lost more than 20,000 native-born individuals, and the population would have been in worse shape if not for one growing group: immigrants. Here's a look at the pace at which they came here, how it compares to other metros, and which industries benefited the most.

The restaurateurs behind 58hundred in the city of St. Louis and The Block in Webster Groves have unveiled a new establishment featuring dry-aged steaks and classic cocktails.

The nonprofit will use $2.5 million of the funds to increase its staff and pay for training, curriculum, and instruction for its Geospatial Intelligence Technician program.

A St. Louis board approved a series of variances for a new 30-story apartment tower in the Central West End, bringing the $135 million project closer to final approval from the Board of Aldermen.

Emerson Electric Co. said Friday it has acquired a California-based software firm, a move that follows an equity investment previously made into the company. It said the deal will help its customers with more quickly bringing drugs to market.

Panera Brands, a privately held company that includes the Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros. Bagels, said the two groups have called off the deal, announced in November 2021, “in light of unfavorable capital market conditions, including the deterioration of the market for initial public offerings over the past several months.” However, it isn't deterred from its ambition to become a publicly traded company again.

Dr. Faisal Kahn, whose tenure in St. Louis was marked by intense criticism over Covid-19 mask mandates, will now lead a department of 2,000 people.

The Constitution addressed what government could not do, what powers the government did not possess. The document was to protect “the people” from being the servants of the government.