Earlier today Paul Krugman plugged the Stone Center, which recently created The GC Wealth Project, a cross-country database of wealth and wealth inequality. I decided to go play with it, but I didn't look much at inequality. I mostly looked at average wealth in half a dozen advanced economies: As recently as 2012, every country ...continue reading "Raw data: Wealth around the world"
It goes without saying that the coronavirus pandemic sparked a wave of uncertainty across myriad industries, and no other market has quite felt its impact like that of real estate. The pandemic became a driving force behind the continued real estate boom, with high demand for vacation homes and a limited supply of housing that [...]
The former West End Service Station in Edwardsville has been rebranded as a Route 66-inspired site known as the new Mother Road Museum and Welcome Center.
Gerard Craft says that restaurant operations are in a new era following the pandemic. “I don’t think we can really call it a ‘recovery phase’ anymore. I just think there are a lot of things that have changed, and now we’re in that changed world,” said Craft, chief executive of St. Louis-based Niche Food Group.
A precautionary boil advisory was lifted Saturday afternoon for several neighborhoods in south St. Louis, the day after a water main break impacted their water service.
Dot Foods, an Illinois-based food industry redistributor, plans to move an annual trade show from St. Louis to Denver starting next year due to crime concerns.
Five Years Ago This week in 2018, broadband satisfaction scores were plummeting while California was pushing forward with its tough net neutrality law and the hype around Google Fiber was giving way to delays and frustration. Emails revealed more about the FCC’s “DDoS attack” claims, and AT&T ended its quest to erode FTC authority over […]
ST. LOUIS — A 12-year-old girl was injured by gunfire when a fight erupted Friday night outside of a downtown gas station where she was buying snacks, according to St. Louis police.
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