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Chain retailer Forever 21 is liquidating as part of its second bankruptcy. Several of its St. Louis-area stores will close.

Walgreens, the Chicago-based retail drug store chain whose parent company recently announced it's going private, has added another St. Louis-area store to its list of planned closures.

Every year in March, Citi recognizes Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day by celebrating the contributions of women and allies around the world. Locally, Citi St. Louis enhanced its partnership with FOCUS St. Louis to develop a Women in Leadership (WIL) cohort for women employees of Citi. Now in its second year, previous WIL graduates lead the selection of the incoming cohort and seek to further empower an ongoing, and growing, powerhouse of advocates for the St. Louis area. It…

At least 13 people are dead and thousands were left without power Saturday morning after multiple expected tornadoes moved through Missouri on Friday night. Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe said initial reports indicated as many as 19 tornadoes hit the state Friday night, but the only agency that can verify tornado touchdown claims is the National Weather Service. NWS survey crews deployed on Saturday and Sunday to assess the damage caused by the storm. The survey crews traveled to areas where damage was…

A St. Louis-based company known for its work in Alzheimer's and neurological testing can expand its footprint, thanks to a $10 million investment from several life sciences companies under South Korean company Samsung.

A fast-growing drive-thru coffee chain has set the opening date for its first St. Louis-area location.

The acquisition both extends the company's geographic reach and its investment in AI technology.

The St. Louis university is one of 45 under scrutiny for using a program to help students obtain a Ph.D. that allegedly "limits eligibility based on the race of participants."

Michael Qualizza, majority owner of the Last Hotel STL at 1501 Washington Ave. in Downtown West, said the hotel is under contract to a Midwest-based hospitality group.

Since Ron Kruszewski became CEO, net revenue has increased from $110 million to $4.9 billion and assets under management from $10 billion to $501 billion. Along the way, those amounts have doubled every few years.

Mallinckrodt PLC, the Irish pharmaceutical company with its U.S. headquarters in Hazelwood, has agreed to merge with drug maker Endo Inc. in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined pharmaceutical business at $6.7 billion.

In a year when the metropolitan area added 6,420 people to the region, St. Louis city had a net loss of 3,077 people, mostly due to domestic migration.

A Central West End property owner and restaurateur Dave Bailey are in a legal dispute over a claim of nonpayment on a lease for a restaurant space.

The century-old international food service equipment maker, one of the region's largest private companies, has made some changes to its leadership.

Build-A-Bear, the St. Louis-based chain of retail stores where customers can make their own stuffed toys, is expanding its presence at a growing entertainment center in Florida.

The event, which last year was held in France to sellout crowds, will feature the return of one of the wrestling brand's biggest names.

He wanted to know if I liked badminton. He was 20 or so years older, had terrible knee issues. My playing against him was futile.

The new warehouse, at nearly 1 million square feet, is being built to suit for an unnamed tenant. Construction is planned to finish in spring 2026.

Industrial software company Aspen Technology is now a subsidiary of St. Louis-base Emerson Electric after their $7.2 billion deal closed.

Danish Nagda describes himself as a reluctant entrepreneur. A physician by training, Nagda assumed he would spend his professional life as a clinician and was on that path as an ENT resident at Washington University School of Medicine. Then, life presented him with a situation that would alter his personal and professional trajectory — and has the potential to change the health care industry at large. “My dad had a heart attack in his 50s, then became bed-bound with heart failure and died at…