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A St. Louis-based nonprofit operator of senior living communities and related support services plans to expand services in Glen Carbon with its latest acquisition.

Toyota passed General Motors to become the U.S. leader in auto sales, according to 2021 sales figures announced on Tuesday. Toyota, which has an aluminum casting plant in Troy, Missouri, reported selling 2,332,262 vehicles in 2021, up more than 10% from a year earlier. General Motors (NYSE: GM), which has an assembly plant in Wentzville, reported selling 2,218,228 vehicles last year, nearly a 13% drop from 2020. It's the first time Toyota has led in U.S. yearly auto sales; a throne that GM has…

The team's decision to call off its 2022 Winter Warm-Up, which was slated to take place Jan. 15-17 at Busch Stadium and Ballpark Village, comes amid a labor stoppage that would have prevented current Cardinals players from taking part in the fan fest.

The franchisee operating Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Chesterfield's WildHorse development has named a new general manager for the 16,000-square-foot restaurant.

The investment is a final step in Benson Hill's ability to convert its proprietary soybeans into value-added soy protein ingredients for the underserved human and pet food categories, officials said.

Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty Monday afternoon on four of the 11 charges that she faced of misleading her defunct Silicon Valley blood testing company's investors and customers. The jury of eight men and four women delivered their verdict after twice telling U.S. Judge Edward Dasilva on Monday that they were deadlocked on three of 11 counts. They found Holmes not guilty on three counts of deceiving paying patients and one count of conspiring to do so. The four she was found guilty of all…

The St. Louis Economic Development Partnership is suing two former executives over what it alleges were "excessive bonus payments."

The developer that sold the building called it a "unicorn" because of the unique traits that helped attract a buyer.

When some students in Edwardsville and Belleville schools head back to class after the winter break on Tuesday, they’ll be doing so virtually and from home. Belleville confirmed with KSDK Monday afternoon that Belleville Township High School District 201 students will move to remote learning Tuesday-Friday of this week. The plan will be reevaluated over the weekend. School district officials said they had to make the change because of too many staffing and teacher absences. Related: Vianney…

The owner said the concept, focused on the first two meals of the day, is lacking in the immediate area. "I liken the menu to First Watch with a little splash of Courtesy Diner."

Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri recently named Amber Overton to the newly created post of chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer,

The pandemic left iSite Media on the sidelines for more than a year, with the startup not generating revenue for five consecutive quarters. However, It's now back in the game recording revenue at record rates. Here's how it did it.

As we ring in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, case rates in St. Louis County are hitting record highs. St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced during his regular Monday coronavirus briefing that the number of cases and the positivity rate was "the worst we've ever been in the pandemic." As the omicron variant surges, the county health department is reporting a seven-day rolling average of 1,696 new cases per day as of Monday. The average positivity rate was 23.2%. "Our health…

I thought it might be helpful to my thoughts about the coming year from the eve of 2022 to gaze back precisely 40 years to see just how things looked then from the other end of the looking glass.

As the backbone of the economy, we need to prioritize access to reasonably priced capital to help small businesses flourish, writes Midwest BankCentre CEO Orv Kimbrough.

The deal brings Armstrong Teasdale a dozen attorneys and staff in the Sunshine State.

The Space Shuttle Café, a commercial kitchen on wheels inside a converted DC-3 airplane, is now part of Swansea-based Soulcial Kitchen's fleet.

This is the last week to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2022 HR Awards program.

From the Family Business Awards to our inaugural Business of Pride section, the St. Louis Business Journal featured many high-profile people and companies as part of our awards programs in 2021.

The local investment firm teamed up with other investors on the deal, which backs a fast-growing distributor of fiber optic network materials.