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Bon Appetit magazine last week ran a story, "What Is Provel Cheese," written by a Phoenix native whose boyfriend is from the St. Louis area.

We’ve noted for years that the adtech sector is a convoluted, unregulated hellscape, where consumer data is bought and sold with nothing remotely close to competent oversight. The end result is just about what you’d expect: a percussive parade of massive scandals in which location, financial, and other sensitive data is bought, sold, leaked, abused, […]

Elaine Brewer thought she was out of options. Therapy didn't solve her constant anxiety and depression. Nor did five different antidepressant prescriptions.

Today on TAP: Macron’s been a disaster, but far worse disasters await should he lose.

Bobby Whitlock is best known as a member of Eric Clapton's 1970s band Derek and the Dominos, but in recent years, the singer, keyboardist and songwriter also has become a…

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A Eureka police officer and a school resource officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries during a stolen vehicle pursuit.

As nurses, my husband and I witnessed truly awful and devastating things treating patients on the frontlines of this pandemic. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have died, while the millions who survived, now faced with disability, are left to grapple with the harsh realities of long COVID-19. Among those millions of people living with long-term […]

The post COVID causing more type 1 diabetes in kids, with days revolving around blood sugar levels | Opinion appeared first on Missouri Independent.

Sen. Brian Williams, D-University City, wants state funds to go toward the demolition of the vacant Jamestown Mall.

As the world reached the second anniversary of the formal declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization, there is consensus among scientists and policymakers that the return to pre-pandemic life unavoidably entails the widespread application of vaccines and the use of effective, newly authorized antivirals. Uncertainty about the next stages of the pandemic remains, but it is clear that the world would be in a significantly worse condition, both economically and from a public…

The LA Times writes today about the vast army of Twitter bots that fly into action whenever Tesla has some bad news and could use a little PR help. They've been doing this for the past decade: Over that period, Tesla lost an accumulated $5.7 billion, even as its stock soared and Musk became one ...continue reading "How much is Tesla overvalued?"

Shep Hickey, CEO of St. Louis-based Bryzos, tapped into the early days of what is now known as “buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, a hot field for digital firms that provide liquidity by advancing payment to the seller and collecting from the buyer.

Two of three Missouri companies to appear on Fortune's 2022 list of the best companies to work for are based in St. Louis.

A software startup led by a co-founder of high-profile fitness company Peloton has made St. Louis a hub of its operations, with the city being home to a cluster of its employees and its only office.

This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on April 11, 2022.  A St. Louis-based industrial hemp fiber processor will expand its operations in Metro East after the company closed on $7 million in tax credit financing. Tiger Fiber, which has operations in Sauget and Fenton, will expand its Sauget facility and add 90 permanent jobs there after receiving $7 […]

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While searching for people inside, crews found one person inside, the fire department confirmed. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

James Cleverly, recalling Winston Churchill’s speech at Fulton in 1946, reminds Missourians of ‘the special relationship’ between the U.K. and the U.S.

Many households experience stress and anxiety about their personal finances. These intense feelings of uneasiness and discontent can lead to misinformation and negative money behaviors. The University of Illinois Extension is providing a series of six free online workshops to help families learn strategies for talking about money and important financial issues. The workshops are held each Thursday evening beginning May 5. The virtual one-hour sessions start at 6:30 p.m. Registration is required at go.illinois.edu/TalkMoney . If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate, contact Camaya Wallace Bechard, Extension consumer economics educator, cawb17@illinois.edu , or call 309-663-8270. "Ignite conversations about money and motivate your family to take action," says Wallace Bechard. The individual sessions include: Who Are You with Money on May 5: The first step to taking control of your money is matching your values and goals to your financial decision-making. In this

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Rental car company Hertz has put the “hurt” back in, um, “Hertz.” The company recently declared itself bankrupt, something that presumably only referred to its balance sheet. But Hertz has more problems. In 2021 (the same year Hertz “emerged” from bankruptcy), the company was sued by a man who could have been cleared of murder […]