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When General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) cut the ribbon on its new headquarters in the Cortex Innovation Community on Dec. 13, it did much more than welcome its growing St. Louis workforce into a fresh space; it launched an innovative new lab designed to deliver best-in-class solutions to the intelligence and technology community. Known as GDIT DeepSky, the lab will allow GDIT to meet a variety of needs for its geospatial customers, including those involving artificial intelligence,…

The St. Louis Business Journal has extended the nomination deadline for its 2022 HR Awards program, which recognizes the important work individuals, companies and organizations do in the field of human resources.

The renovated former Vashon Community Center will also host the National Black Radio Hall of Fame, among other functions.

Under Essence Owens' watch, more St. Louisans are helping to fix up their city.

In addition to congressional redistricting and Medicaid funding, the legislature next year looks poised to take on hot-button issues.

A new $44 million hotel built on prime real estate in the Central West End is opening to guests for the first time Thursday, with an atmosphere designed to cater to millennials.

Maritz Holdings, the 127-year old business travel and incentive company, has named a new CEO, the first who's not a member of its namesake family.

The hedge fund whose takeover bid for St. Louis Post-Dispatch owner Lee Enterprises was rejected has sued the Davenport, Iowa, company.

The St. Charles County Parks Department paid $6 million for 199 acres near Wentzville for a future park. Here's why the seller still lives there.

A private university is moving to a Downtown West office building that once served as a local office for Wells Fargo.

St. Charles County government said Wednesday it estimates last week's tornado and severe storms caused more than $3.4 million in damage.

Two companies that were spun out from the former Monsanto Co. have agreed to cleanup four former landfills and waste lagoons in Sauget in Metro East.

The company said its raise, plus two recent acquisitions, will help it to further develop ad verification, attribution and campaign coordination tools that help publishers monitor and understand the impact of advertisements.

The publicly traded biotechnology firm, which is developing treatments for infectious diseases, will open a new office and innovation lab within the Cortex innovation district. It already has ties to Washington University and Saint Louis University.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page wants to put one of his predecessors, Charlie Dooley, on the 11-person Dome board that's set to get some part of the Rams lawsuit settlement.

The bank plans to open a full-service bank branch in a former Sears store in north St. Louis city, in what Urban League officials hope could be the first step in transforming the building back into an economic hub.

In a webpage dedicated to the incident, the human resources management tech firm wrote that "it may take up to several weeks to fully restore system availability."

While many churches look to fill a gap in economic development and social services, a north St. Louis ministry is doing it from the heart of the community it serves. Its ambition is nothing less than transforming the people there who are “dipped in trauma.” It’s a dramatic change for the urban evangelical free church, and it's a test of whether the new model can help to reduce concentrated poverty, which was identified by St. Louis' primary economic development group as holding back the region, including via racial wealth gaps.

The owner of The Green Goose Resale & Consignment, a furniture and home decor consignment shop in Webster Groves, has found a buyer for the business. Founder and owner Robin McNabb, who opened the business in 2011, had said last month that she would close the shop at the end of its lease term Dec. 31 and was looking for someone to buy the business. McNabb said last month that she and her husband, Bill McNabb, would be retiring. Ronnie Vinton, who owns home decorating resale shop Cool Stuff Period…

The federal government has approved Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s request for an emergency disaster declaration to help communities impacted by last week's tornadoes. The declaration will provide financial support to local communities for storm-related losses or costs incurred in response to the storms, the governor’s office said in a news release Tuesday. In total, six tornadoes were confirmed throughout Illinois. “Local, state, and federal officials are working in concert to make sure…