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Innovation Hubs Spark Business Creativity

2 years ago
From Business Facilities:  Innovation hubs play a vital role in the economic landscape of the United States today, creating hospitable climates throughout the country where startups can find their footing and established companies can take ambitious steps forward. Every innovation hub is different, but they share many key core characteristics. In particular, each innovation hub […]
Kacey Crawley

US Solar Prices Continue to Increase, Q3 Prices to Drop

2 years ago
From PVTECH:  US solar prices increased to US$2.9 per watt in the first half of 2023, representing a 1.8% increase from H2 2022. According to figures from EnergySage, the median quoted solar price increased for the fourth six-month period in a row, from US$2.67 per watt in the summer of 2021. Although reaching US$2.9 per […]
Kacey Crawley

Disney, Spectrum End Cable Blackout, Nothing Meaningfully Changes

2 years ago
Last week we discussed how a contract dispute between Charter (Spectrum) and Disney resulted in 15 million Charter customers losing access to more than 20 ABC and ESPN channels they pay for. We also noted how despite a lot of weird claims this standoff would somehow dramatically reshape television, that nothing would actually change and […]
Karl Bode

Man threatens woman with a knife during U-City home break-ins

2 years ago
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- A man is accused of breaking into several University City homes and threatening a homeowner with a knife. Kaleb Shillington is being charged with trespassing and unlawful use of a weapon. He is being held on a $50,000 cash-only bond. Officers were called to the 8100 block of Stanford at around [...]
Joe Millitzer

Inside Construction Firms’ Fight for Workers

2 years ago
From Construction Dive:  As labor issues plague the construction industry with no signs of abatement, a new survey from Associated General Contractors of America and San Francisco-based construction software firm Autodesk demonstrates the degree to which firms are struggling. Among the 1,401 respondents polled from a breadth of companies, 85% of construction firms have open positions that they […]
Kacey Crawley

Fourth City Serves Extraordinary All-Wood Smoked Meats in Fortune Teller Bar

2 years ago
When Greg Mueller talks about barbecue, something changes within him. It's not a personality shift: Rather, Mueller gives the impression that he is receiving some sort of divine intercession from the barbecue gods, relaying knowledge with a religious fervor of everything from the relationship between smoke color and the rate of combustion to the nuances of Missouri white oak and hickory to the beauty of pure wood smoke.
Cheryl Baehr

Missouri company faces criticism over alleged role in Brazilian deforestation in new report

2 years ago

A Missouri-based agricultural giant is helping fuel rapid deforestation in Brazil’s eastern savanna, a report by environmental activists claims. Bunge Limited, headquartered in Chesterfield, is the world’s largest soybean producer and sells the overwhelming majority of inputs to Brazilian soy farmers.  The report, released Tuesday by a trio of environmental and human rights groups, says […]

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Allison Kite

Eric Clapton Showed St. Louis That Even If He's Not God, He’s Still the GOAT

2 years ago
St. Louis scored a biggie recently when Eric Clapton announced that Enterprise Center would be one of just five stops on his extremely limited 2023 North American tour. The arena filled up for Clapton’s show last night, and when the legend strolled on stage just before 9 p.m., the crowd roared to its feet, starstruck.
Steve Leftridge