CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
From "highly CONFLICTED" to "Highly Respected" in just weeks β and all it took was for him to give away 10% of his company
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Editorial: Guns kill kids more often in Missouri than in most states. It's not coincidence.
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02.07.2025 11:16 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The final version of the game story, with reaction from Critchley, Klauss and Lowen, to the team's first win in 2 1/2 months. www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
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30 years ago, STL hosted the 1995 McDonaldβs HS All-American game.
4 Hall of Famers
7 All-Stars
2 NCAA champs
1 game-changer named Kevin Garnett (βLike, I didnβt know that existed.β)
A lookback at the historic weekend for todayβs St. Louis Post-Dispatch: www.stltoday.com/sports/colum...
BRAND NEW BPIB! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Without immigrants, the St. Louis region would have shrunk last year. Going forward, attracting new residents will be difficult.
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Daniel Guerrero looks at 5 for Rule 5 protection consideration: www.stltoday.com/sports/profe...
Brady Cook wasnβt 100% yesterday. Not even as close as he wanted to be.
But the #Mizzou QB played because he wanted to. He knows heβs βnot going to get a lot of these opportunities back. Once in a lifetime deal,β as he put it.
On Cook:
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I figured out the profit photo. Still donβt know what βinvalid handleβ means.
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