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EU-Funded ‘Automated Deception Detection’ Border Security Project Concludes, But Public Aren’t Allowed To See Research Details

2 years 3 months ago
Note: Since the publication of this article, the iBorderCtrl website has disappeared. We have updated the links in the post to point to an archived version of the site. Four years ago, Techdirt wrote about iBorderCtrl, a research project funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 framework. According to the project’s Web site: iBorderCtrl […]
Glyn Moody

Pharmaceuticals are very, very profitable

2 years 3 months ago
Alex Tabarrok says today that pharmaceutical companies are undervalued because "pharmaceutical innovations earn only a fraction of the value that they create." For this reason, he opposes the Medicare price controls in the Inflation Reduction Act. Trying to quantify innovation is hard. Instead, let's just look at profitability: Pharma is the most profitable major industry ...continue reading "Pharmaceuticals are very, very profitable"
Kevin Drum

The Punditocracy vs. the UAW

2 years 3 months ago
Today on TAP: Commentators argue that the union is asking for too much. But a big win may help the UAW organize the non-union competition.
Harold Meyerson

History Museum to Dive Into the Madness That Was the St. Louis Olympics

2 years 3 months ago
The 1904 World's Fair is remembered as one of the most bizarre and racially egregious events in St. Louis' history, but even more so were the Olympic games that occurred alongside the fair on what's now Washington University's campus. Anyone from professional athletes to the "natives" corralled in so-called villages for fairgoers to marvel at could participate in the games, and despite all the craziness that followed — as well as the Olympics' general disorganization — the story of how St. Louis scored the first Olympics held on U.S. soil is the stuff of legend. Join author Michael Loynd at Missouri History Museum's Lee Auditorium (5700 Lindell, 314-746-4599) on Tuesday, September 26, to learn all about it.
Monica Obradovic

Contegra Completes NuWay Fabrication Facility in Troy, IL

2 years 3 months ago
The venerable Nu Way Companies is set to produce 15,000 tons of reinforcing steel or rebar annually in its new Troy, Ill. fabrication facility. Contegra Construction completed the 35,000-square-foot fabrication facility for the 68-year-old, family-owned business – one of the largest construction material and equipment suppliers in Metro St. Louis. The state-of-the-art facility quadruples Nu […]
Dede Hance

40oz Beers in St. Louis are not banned, just regulated

2 years 3 months ago
For those wondering about the availability of 40oz beers in St. Louis, they are not banned in the city. However, there are regulations in place: they cannot be sold below room temperature, and customers are limited to purchasing only one at a time. 
Liz Dowell