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Ferguson-based Emerson Electric (NYSE: EMR) is planning to boost its corporate venture capital investment by providing $100 million to early stage companies over the next five years.

The industrial giant plans to invest in four to six startups per year over the next five years.

Priority will be given to startups and technologies in areas of discrete automation solutions, environmentally sustainable technologies and industrial software.

Check out the full story by Nathan Rubbelke on STL Inno.

Jim Wible, Director of Attraction Development at PGAV speaks to TedXStLouis on how he was inspired by Star Wars as a kid to be a designer.

From his humble beginning as an illustrator at PGAV, Jim also explains his experiences about how the younger generations inspired him to be a better designer.

His inspiration to develop designs of these iconic attractions and theme parks have been seeing the joy, happiness and self-exploration of kids at these attractions, of which he takes pride in.

Check out the full talk on TedXStLouis.

PGAV Destinations, known for world-class designs, exhibits and experiences, plans to expand the guest experience of the St. Louis City Museum.

While preserving the brand and vision, PGAV Destinations plans to work closely with the City Museum team to cultivate the “Cassilly Style”, to reimagine the culinary and retail offering, and enhance the attractions, activities and exhibits.

Check out the full story on Blooloop.

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A New York judge today ruled that an earlier prior restraint against the New York Times should not be lifted, but instead extended until at least December 1. Freedom of the Press Foundation joined fifty news media organizations in signing an amicus brief urging the court to dissolve its previous order.

The following statement can be attributed to Freedom of the Press Foundation Advocacy Director Parker Higgins:

Today's decision to allow this prior restraint of New York Times publishing to continue — and to restrict the paper's reporters from engaging in common news gathering activities besides — is a shameful development. It is a cornerstone of the law in this country that any prior restraint, even a very temporary one, is constitutionally permissible only in the most extreme scenarios. As the Times noted in its briefing on the issue, the result has been that such an order has not been entered against it since the Pentagon Papers case some 50 years ago.

While it's not totally unheard of for a court to inadvertently cross that line, it's rare and troubling to see a judge double down on that mistake even as legal experts have shone a spotlight on the case.

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