5 thing you don't need to know but might want to and Ikea's framework

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Target is offering free shipping for the holidays.

Angela Mueller

Reporter- St. Louis Business Journal

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Construction workers began putting up the steel frame for the 380,000-square-foot Ikea store in Midtown this week. The iconic blue paneling will likely go up in December on the store, which is on track to open next fall.

Boeing is teaming up with Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China on a facility to turn waste cooking oil, or "gutter oil" as its known in China, into aviation biofuel.

Lake Saint Louis is the latest community to pass a ban on texting while driving for drivers of all ages.

Holiday gift: Target is offering free shipping on all online orders made between Oct. 22 and Dec. 20 as the retailer tries to bounce back from last year's holiday season — when its sales plummeted after it was hit by a huge data breach.

Speaking of data breaches, federal officials issued a warning to companies that hackers may have stolen more than 500 million financial records over the past 12 months. "You're going to be hacked," Joseph Demarest, assistant director of the FBI's cyberdivision told business leaders at a Monday event. "Have a plan."