Missouri metro area unemployment nears three-year high in June
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Nearly 90% of metro areas included in the report saw hikes in unemployment. From May, Missouri’s unadjusted unemployment rate inched up from 3.9% to 4.2%. Unemployment rose a full percentage point from June 2023. Even with the increase, Missouri metro areas still averaged a slightly lower unemployment rate than the U.S. average of 4.3%.
'A risky business': Cancellation puts spotlight on financial …
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Nationally, cancellations have struck multiple high-profile festivals in recent months. They include Philadelphia’s Made in America event, which was supposed to take place Labor Day weekend, as well as Block Party, a Chicago music festival that ended its 18-year run after the founder felt it became too difficult to manage and profit from.
EquipmentShare completes another $150M equity raise, building …
WEBSep 18, 2023 · The company previously announced a $230 million funding round in summer 2021, fueling these national expansion plans.. Since then, EquipmentShare’s momentum has earned the Columbia region headline-grabbing attention as one of the Midwest’s top startup hubs, the startup itself as been recognized as a national leader in workplace satisfaction, and its co-founder brothers have worked to ...
Missouri realtors face change as settlement takes effect | Real …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · Derek Schriewer, Missouri Realtors president | Courtesy of Schriewer. In March, the National Association of Realtors, the United States’ largest residential real estate industry group, agreed to pay out $418 million over approximately four years to settle lawsuits alleging anticompetitive behavior. The group also agreed to make changes in the ...
Missouri leads US in August job growth rate
WEBSep 23, 2024 · Saurav Rahman. Missouri created 98,500 new jobs over the year ended in August, according to seasonally adjusted estimates released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Missouri’s nonfarm payroll employment was about 3.07 million in August, up from about 2.97 million in the same month in 2023. That represented a 3.3% increase.
St Louis' rich shoe making history | Shoes Leather ...
WEBSep 13, 2023 · By 1911, St. Louis' manufacturing interests had 12 shoe factories in outlying cities of Missouri: Brookfield, Moberly, Kirksville, Mexico, Columbia, Jefferson City, Hermann, DeSoto, Washington, Hannibal, St. Charles and Cape Girardeau. St. Louis was the nation's number one shoe producer in 1914, as reported by the Merchant's Exchange.
Missouri cannabis industry experts expect growth, challenges
WEBDec 29, 2023 · The volume of sales propelled Missouri into one of the top cannabis states. The industry hit over $1 billion in cumulative sales halfway through the year. Total sales are now approaching $2 billion. The volume was surprising to Chase Cookson, a professor and researcher at Saint Louis University’s Cannabis Science and Operations Program.
Kansas City Fed Jackson Hole event draws experts, attention
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium was started in 1978 by the Kansas City Fed. Over the years, the symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge at Grand Teton National Park has been a venue for major economic discussions involving central bankers, policymakers, financial market leaders and economists. "They have attracted the top economists from ...
Missouri Minute: Cannabis developer's hand in local government …
WEBOct 9, 2023 · Stay alert. River Bend governing board’s connection to planned marijuana entertainment district raises alarm. The five members of the village's governing board are connected in some way to Jack Mitchell, developer of Smokey River Entertainment District, which has come under increased scrutiny and suspicion from …
Missouri Minute: Cannabis packaging rules blamed for delays; …
WEBMar 4, 2024 · Good morning, MBA readers, Missouri cannabis regulators issued new packaging rules in an attempt to make marijuana products less appealing to children. Now, companies must submit their designs for state approval, and some cannabis businesses say it's causing delays and inventory issues. An industry trade group spokesperson called it "one of the largest challenges our industry will face" this year.