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The pick-your-own produce farm with multiple locations in Metro East will open its seasonal St. Louis County market on Thursday.

The university has launched a new entrepreneurship program to help justice-involved individuals launch and operate their businesses. One of its participants says his company is already reaping the benefits of the program.

Betsperts, a crowdsourced sports betting advice platform, looked at some 900 venues of America’s biggest sports teams to see which were the highest rated.

The former Lumière Place Casino now has a new name: Horseshoe St. Louis. The new name was made official at a ribbon-cutting ceremony under the new entryway sign Monday. Leaders from Horseshoe St. Louis and the casino's parent company, Caesars Entertainment, were on hand for the event. In 2020, the then-owner of the casino and 294-room hotel, Eldorado Resorts Inc., closed on an $8.58 billion cash-and-stock merger with Caesars Entertainment Corp. The company retained the Caesars name as Caesars…

Husky Corp., a Pacific-based maker of fuel dispensing products, has acquired an East Coast manufacturer and its line of fuel additives. Husky said in a press release that it purchased Youngstown, New York-based Kinetic Laboratories and the K100 line of gasoline and diesel fuel treatment additive products. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Kinetic Laboratories had been owned by principals John Bedard and CEO Mark Quallen, neither of whom will remain with the company or retain any ownership stake,…

The growing global packaging company, based in Creve Coeur, has expanded its presence in Europe with the purchase of a United Kingdom business.

The U.S. subsidiary of a German abrasives manufacturer, headquartered in O’Fallon, Missouri, is expanding for the second time in three years.

One of the St. Louis region's largest credit unions is returning to its roots by building a new branch in Creve Coeur and putting up new ones in O’Fallon, Missouri.

After the brewery's lease expired, its owner found a way to keep the business alive with the help of some friends down in Ste. Genevieve.

The St. Louis investor describes itself as a “micro” venture capital firm, providing pre-seed and seed stage investments. Its new fund will double down on its commitment to diverse founders while also expanding the size of its investment checks.

The eight startups are focused on a range of different areas, including mapping technology for the military, vehicles that can scan the ocean for data and blockchain technology to help store data.

The new hotel anchoring the $80 million Wildhorse mixed-use development in Chesterfield named a hospitality veteran as its general manager.

Over 90% of the $680 million in federal National Institutes of Health grants issued to St. Louis applicants last year went to Washington University. The leader of the university's medical school says new investments are expected to significantly boost its NIH totals in coming years.

The largest office building in Missouri, vacant for years, sold last week for less than 2% of the sale price recorded the last time the downtown skyscraper traded in 2006.

The new space is named after a former "late-night haunt" that existed above Brennan's old Central West End location.

The aerospace giant has been working with the St. Louis college for 15 years on a program that has evolved into a fruitful talent pipeline for the company. Now the school wants to get other industries involved.

One of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies is building an Element Hotel at uptown Charlotte's Stonewall Station mixed-use development. The original project — an Even Hotel — was abandoned in mid-2019.

For the St. Louis firm, its acquisition comes after its management team in recent years has turned around the company, paying off $40 million in debt and retooling its portfolio to place a focus on a 50-plus audience. It believes its new ownership will position it for expansion.

Two St. Louis-based architecture firms have merged through an acquisition.

The project would cater to professional working-class families and early retirement seniors.