“Bitcoin has become what it was never meant to be. It has become in effect a pure speculative financial asset and the value of the asset seems to come from its scarcity and nothing more,” said Eswar Prasad, a professor of trade policy at Cornell University.
The new parent company projects 2022 revenue of $663.5 million and will have 1,200 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians, with operations in nine states.
ST. LOUIS – Before George Floyd, a St. Louis Justice Center inmate had a similar experience you haven’t heard about. It happened in 2018, but the case has been held up in the courts until just this week. Former corrections officer Victor Cooper was fired after the incident. He then sued to get his job [...]
PERRYVILLE, Mo. - The low water level in the Mississippi River is creating once-in-a-lifetime moments for some. “It’s beautiful,” Joshua Speakman said. “I think it’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing to see the water this low.” The low water level allows tourists to walk from the shore to the landmark island, Tower Rock, because of the low [...]
Taqueria Morita, the newly opened outdoor Mexican restaurant, will move inside for the winter. Chef Aaron Martinez says that Taqueria Morita, which has been located on a patio outside Vicia in the Cortex district, will call Winslow’s Table its home for the next few months. Taqueria Morita will start serving dinner on October 26.
Stan Kroenke is going to have cut a check for $571 million. That's his share of the $790 million settlement that St. Louis city and county as well as the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority reached last November with the Rams owner and the NFL over the shenanigans surrounding the team's move to Los Angeles in 2016. The initial lawsuit accused the NFL and Kroenke of violating the NFL's own rules around relocation.
It's not every day that America's preeminent short-story writer comes to town. But at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, author George Saunders will be reading from his new work and speaking at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade High School (425 South Lindbergh Boulevard). Saunders is a cross between Kurt Vonnegut and Anton Chekhov.