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A rapidly expanding national Mexican restaurant chain that converts pre-existing fast-food buildings for its stores is adding two more St. Louis-area locations.

World Wide Technology, the St. Louis region's second-largest private company, has agreed to buy a publicly held Canadian software business.

The deal was announced in Dec. 18, 2023, following a four-month strategic alternatives review process.

As Party City prepares to close all of its stores in February after again filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the company is listing 695 leases for sale nationwide.

Republican legislators are set to push for further expansion of charter schools around Missouri when the General Assembly reconvenes next month. Meanwhile, Democrats are pushing for more local control in counties where charters already operate, along with rolling back an expansion into Boone County that passed earlier this year. Identical bills filed by Sen. Ben Brown, a Washington Republican, and Rep. Michael O’Donnell, a Republican from St. Louis, seek to authorize charter schools in the…

Minimum wage increases in Missouri and Illinois are set to take effect Wednesday with the new year.

A fast-food chicken restaurant has permanently shuttered one of its St. Louis-area locations, one of two to recently close in Missouri.

The banker's new business is a digital platform designed for solo practitioners and small law firms that need help balancing their legal work with the day-to-day administration of their practices.

A Chesterfield-based infrastructure repair company has added to its utility contractor holdings in the Southeast.

The St. Louis Blues for the third time since 2017 are playing in the NHL Winter Classic, an opportunity the franchise says provides a boost for its business operations.

Missouri Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe on Monday named several top staff members for his forthcoming administration, including his pick for chief of staff.

The firm's longtime CEO is retiring, making way for a leadership change at one of the region's fastest-growing companies.

The Maplewood pizzeria will shutter after its last day of service Tuesday, Dec. 31, but a local brewery plans to bring a "reimagined pizza concept" to the space in early 2025.

Big Lots, which is in the middle of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, said in a press release that the deal sets up the transfer of its assets – stores, distribution centers and intellectually property – to other retailers and companies.

The St. Louis Business Journal's Book of Lists provides you with more than 1,500 of the hottest area companies in their fields, by ranking. Here's where you can find it.

A hearing Friday to determine the value of the Railway Exchange Building included sparring on how much the vacant downtown property is worth as the city of St. Louis seeks to acquire it via eminent domain.

A national Mexican restaurant chain plans a location at a shuttered fast-food site in South County.

A state court has granted Midas Construction a $1.5 million judgment against roofing entities tied to Louis "Trey" Downing.

Fourteen new homes are planned for vacant farmland in St. Louis County.

Facing class-action litigation from shareholders after its stock price tanked this year, MGP Ingredients names an interim CEO and a new chair.