It always surprises us in the office what counts as a critical food violation. Pretty sure my kitchen would not pass muster. #food   #STL  

Here is an odd piece of news that may be of interest to you #advertising / #marketing / #PR  gurus out there—the iconic Zipatoni tomato has finally come down in New Honor Society's offices at 555 Washington. 

Real question: Frank and Helen's pizza OR Frank and Helen's broasted chicken? Let your stance be known. #StLouis   #STL   #pizza   #provel   #UCity  

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2014/09/not-pi-not-imo-s-but-this-u-city-institution-made.html

Circling back to look at who wins (and who loses) in the +Sigma-Aldrich Corporation/ #Merck  acquisition deal. “It’s certainly more generous than I would have thought possible or reasonable,” Dmitry Silversteyn, an analyst with Longbow Research, said of Merck agreeing to buy all the outstanding shares of Sigma-Aldrich for $140 per share in cash.

#California -based TTM Technologies will acquire all outstanding shares of #Clayton -based Viasystems for $11.33 in cash and 0.706 shares of TTM common stock. Viasystems makes circuit boards that are used in electronic devices and TTM was a huge rival. 

The top trending stories on the St. Louis Business Journal website this week: http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/blog/2014/09/our-top-trending-stories-this-week.html

New #Ferguson  looting: business owners talk in the aftermath => http://bizj.us/13dsbp

Tonight at 7 p.m. the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division will hold a public meeting at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley to provide information about its investigation of the #Ferguson  Police Department.

Can't keep an employee around for very long? The reason may be that you're not starting to engage them on day one. What to fix: #onboarding   #onboardingplan  

Whether you need some cuteness in your Monday morning or some pumpkin-themed factoids to ease time in the break room, here's your conversation cheat sheet for the day. #budweiser   #pumpkins   #pools  

Big acquisition news this morning:  #German  pharmaceutical and chemical company #Merck  has agreed to acquire #StLouis -based +Sigma-Aldrich Corporation for $17 billion in cash.

Were you part of the lines to get the new iPhones this morning? #iphone6   #iphone6plus