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While Emerson is in the early stages of exploring its exit strategy in Russia, the Ferguson-based firm's CEO says there's an attractive option for a sale.

The chess-themed local breakfast chain is opening a new, smaller-scale concept, Kingside Express, in the Delmar Loop in June.

Inflation and supply issues are leading to delays or changes in local projects, with the expansion of the downtown convention center the latest project to run into roadblocks.

A company spokeswoman said "we are unable to speak to personnel matters that involve past or current team members." Here's who's leading the company now.

The labor market in the U.S. is incredibly tight. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports there are more than 11 million job openings, and one survey shows that half of small business owners believe it’s gotten harder to find qualified people. As businesses continue to compete for talent, it helps to fully understand what motivates job seekers these days. Younger job seekers in particular often have different expectations than hiring managers are accustomed to. One of the newer cohorts…

One side-effect of the pandemic is that many employees continue looking for ways to work from home rather than going back to the office. From the employer’s perspective, working to drive the success of a company through its employees, the long-term feasibility of this is questionable. Companies bring employees together primarily for the purpose of the synergy they create together. Without this synergy, which is difficult or impossible to reproduce in a “virtual” work environment, are companies…

The Planned Parenthood location in the Central West End will remain open in the event abortion becomes illegal in Missouri, officials said, as it would cease performing medical abortions but would continue offering other services.  Planned Parenthood runs seven other brick-and-mortar locations in Missouri that offer reproductive health care and counseling, but the Central West End clinic, 4251 Forest Park Ave., is the only abortion-providing clinic left in the state. A draft U.S. Supreme Court…

A St. Louis-based private equity firm has sold a plumbing business it's been growing for two years.

One of the St. Louis region's largest credit unions has begun construction on a new St. Charles County branch, its first branch added since it rebranded to its current name in 2019.

With some partners retiring, the new partner count on June 1 will be 309 and there will be about 150 managing directors, a company spokesperson said.

St. Louis Inno's Ecosystem101 event sought to provide an overview of the region’s startup and tech communities, providing insight on the top businesses, industries, trends and quirks that define the St. Louis’ innovation economy.

The plan contemplates eventually demolishing or repurposing Terminal 2 — currently near capacity with Southwest Airlines — to make way for a new, linear 1.6-million-square-foot terminal with 62 gates.

Craft has played a key role in curating the Midtown destination's roster of food stalls, but the new concept represents the first from his Niche Food Group.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has laid off two editors and offered buyouts to other editorial employees, a union representing workers said, less than two months after the newspaper's parent company notched a victory against a hedge fund seeking a takeover.

The Ferguson-based company acquired Metran for $18 million in 2004. Now, as Russia's war with Ukraine rages on, it's looking to divest itself of the business.

Over 10,000 companies were reviewed and around 2,000 were given a diversity score, which takes into account surveys of a firm’s diverse employees and its publicly disclosed information about representation, according to Forbes.

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) has extended employment agreements with two high-ranking executives that will pay them over $1 million in annual base salary.

One of the St. Louis region's largest accounting firms is expanding its Kansas City presence with an acquisition that will bring it about 50 more employees.

A document filed last week with the city of St. Louis shows that the 1.4 million-square-foot tower at 909 Chestnut St., which has been vacant since sole tenant AT&T moved its employees in 2017, changed hands April 25.

The deal marks the second time in recent months that the St. Louis-based IT firm has expanded by purchasing a local competitor.