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Current and former members of the board of directors at the Boeing Co. appear poised to settle a lawsuit filed by company shareholders related to the 737 MAX.  According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, those board members will pay $225 million — paid out by their insurers — and, some sources told the publication, Boeing (NYSE: BA) has also agreed to hire an internal ombudsman and will add a board member with aviation experience.  The company declined to comment.  Shareholders…

The Maryland Heights-based company had several options to be a sponsor of the PGA Tour. Here's why it decided to put its name on this week's tournament, which is being held in Mexico.

The St. Ann-based grocery chain's sale of six company-owned stores is part of its ongoing efforts to convert corporate-owned stores to local ownership.

You'll want to meet at The Muny in Forest Park next summer after hearing the lineup for the theater's 104th season. On Thursday night, Muny leaders announced a full seven-show season for 2022. It includes an encore presentation of a show cut short this past summer and two Muny premieres. Without further ado, the 2022 Muny season lineup: "Chicago": June 13-19 "Camelot": June 22-28 "Mary Poppins": July 5-13 "Sweeny Todd": July 16-22 "Legally Blonde": July 25-31 "The Color Purple": Aug. 3-9 "Joseph…

When someone exhibits loyalty at a time when others are running away from you, that loyalty will be remembered for the rest of your life.

A proposal to demolish the historic Optimist International building and build a new apartment tower in its place was rejected this summer by a city board, but the developer is back with plans that would keep the historic structure.

The 36-story, 658,000-square-foot office building is among the largest in the St. Louis region.

Waking up early, taking his grandson to school, running errands and relaxing with his dog. Larry Simpson’s daily rituals are pretty routine for a 73-year-old retiree in Sunset Hills. “Midafternoon I want to go in my chair in there and read my book,” he said. “I just can't complain about my life. It's been good.” His daily routine also includes eating at least one marijuana edible gummy. “I never wanted to be the old guy who when he opens up his medicine cabinet, so many pills are falling…

A telehealth firm alleges in a lawsuit that St. Louis health system Mercy gave its confidential information to another company as part of an effort to create Mercy's own "virtual patient care software."

St. Louis Public Schools, the Hazelwood School District, and the Ferguson-Florissant School District will be closed for the entire week of Thanksgiving this year. All three schools attributed the decision to giving students extra time off because of the stress this school year has brought. Hazelwood School District made the announcement Thursday on Facebook. The district said schools will be closed from Nov. 22 through Nov. 26. The days will not be made up later in the school year. Hazelwood…

While “Shark Tank'' provided a propellant for Flipstik, its says connections the startup has forged in St. Louis in the past year are what have positioned it for long-term success. The startup is now on the hunt for investment as it targets expansion.

This year's STL Startup Week will include more than 65 sessions, with a mix of in-person and online events.

Project delays last year — plus developments from big institutions and multifamily players — mean St. Louis this year could count its most construction and rehab activity dating back to 2000.

If we create a positive ecosystem for immigrants by supporting institutions and stakeholders that are already doing the work, then St. Louis will truly see those efforts to be sustained changes, writes Brian Barlay, co-founder of Missouri Young African Professionals.

When Jessica Bueler set out to help a group of Syrian refugees with a post on NextDoor, a social network app that helps neighbors stay connected, she had no idea it would turn into a nonprofit that has helped raise more than $300,000 for local refugees.

Build-A-Bear Workshop has hired Char Nicanor-Kimball to fill the newly created role of vice president of ecommerce. Nicanor-Kimball most recently was the senior director of ecommerce at Hanna Andersson, where she led the business team responsible for operations, consumer journey and interaction with the clothing company’s website. She will be responsible for leading the growth of Build-A-Bear's ecommerce business as the company continues to expand its omnichannel initiatives and digital transformation. Prior…

A St. Louis-based distribution and retail business that's been family-owned for 54 years has been sold, but the new owners also are locally based.

The developer of a new $65 million industrial park in Maryland Heights has three warehouses under construction simultaneously to meet the growing demand for industrial space in St. Louis.

The St. Louis region has 5.9 million square feet of industrial space under construction, a record-low vacancy rate of 3.8%, and asking prices that have increased over the past year by 25%. Those are numbers veteran brokers say they've never seen before.

How does Enterprise make decisions to invest in the community in general? Helping improve the communities where Enterprise operates is a value my grandfather and our company founder, Jack Taylor, embraced from day one. It has been a core principle of the Enterprise Holdings Foundation since 1982. Enterprise employees are key to our approach to philanthropy as they help select and support organizations in the thousands of neighborhoods where we operate across the globe. The Enterprise Holdings Foundation…