Europe measures inflation using something called HICP—the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices. This is measured a bit differently than CPI in the United States, but luckily the BLS calculates an unofficial HICP index for the US every month. This allows an apples-to-apples comparison of inflation in the US and Europe. Here it is: It should ...continue reading "Raw data: Inflation in the US vs. Europe"
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Ballpark Village is adding a new option to its lineup of restaurants for visitors. Located in a street-level space in the One Cardinal Way luxury apartment building, Fielder's Choice will open on June 13. The restaurant will expand the opportunity for neighborhood residents and visitors to have breakfast and lunch options, [...]
Van Halen fans are getting another preview of the upcoming expanded edition of the band's ninth studio album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. The band just shared a previously unreleased live performance video of “Top Of…
For a company to experience triple-digit growth it usually comes down to some combination of risk and guile, a willingness to take a gamble mixed with the cunning to make that gamble work.
A company created 20 years ago with $3,600 borrowed from the founder's wife now sits at the top of the Business Journal’s annual list of the St. Louis region’s fastest-growing private companies.
The Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly yesterday to disapprove of in-vitro fertilization. The reason is that IVF procedures usually produce lots of fertilized eggs, only one or two of which are ever used. The rest are eventually destroyed. What makes this maybe a little bit surprising is that among the rank and file, IVF is ...continue reading "Do evangelicals really oppose IVF?"
A lot of laws have been passed in Europe that regulate the content American companies can carry. Most of these laws were passed to tamp down on speech that would be otherwise legal in the United States, but not so much in Europe where free speech rights aren’t given the same sort of protections found […]
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Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, through the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), announced the launch of its new Manufactured Home Community loan product, which will provide an FHA-insured financing option for the purchase, refinance, and revitalization of manufactured home communities. This action will help entities to preserve, stabilize, and revitalize these vital […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services recently announced the "My Life, My Quit" program, which is aimed at helping youth quit smoking and vaping.
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