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Racing to Prove Delivery Isn’t a ‘Crummy Business’

May 28, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Racing to Prove Delivery Isn’t a ‘Crummy Business’
The pandemic sent business through the roof for DoorDash and Uber Eats, but they’re still trying to cook up secret sauce for profitability. Grubhub calls restaurant delivery a “crummy business.”

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FDA, J&J Near Deal for Vaccine Production at Baltimore Plant

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on FDA, J&J Near Deal for Vaccine Production at Baltimore Plant
Johnson & Johnson and the FDA expect to announce within days that contamination problems at the plant are resolved, clearing the way for millions more doses to become available.

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Nike Split With Soccer Star Neymar Amid Sex-Assault Probe

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Nike Split With Soccer Star Neymar Amid Sex-Assault Probe
Nike ended its endorsement deal with the soccer player last year after the company began investigating an allegation by an employee that he had sexually assaulted her in a New York City hotel room, people familiar with the matter say. He denies the allegation.

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Google Nears Settlement of Ad-Tech Antitrust Case in France

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Google Nears Settlement of Ad-Tech Antitrust Case in France
The case, which hasn’t been previously disclosed, is one of the most advanced in the world looking at Google’s dominance as a provider of tools for buying and selling ads across the web.

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Ryanair CEO Calls Belarus Flight Diversion ‘Premeditated Hijacking’

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Ryanair CEO Calls Belarus Flight Diversion ‘Premeditated Hijacking’
The airline rejected Belarus’s account of the diversion of one of its planes, angrily condemning the forced landing in a private letter and calling on the government to identify three passengers the company said it suspects are security-services agents.

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Climate Ruling Could Force Big Change at Shell

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Climate Ruling Could Force Big Change at Shell
The oil giant may have to overhaul its business and cut its oil output faster than it had planned, analysts and investors said.

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Spiva Center for the Arts Presents: Missouri Art Now, A Bicentennial Celebration, May 29 – July 17, 2021

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Sixty works from artists across Missouri are represented in a traveling exhibit  to commemorate Missouri’s 200 years of statehood. Missouri Art Now, A Bicentennial Celebration is a juried exhibit that showcases the […]

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Facebook Ends Ban on Posts Asserting Covid-19 Was Man-Made

May 27, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Facebook Ends Ban on Posts Asserting Covid-19 Was Man-Made
Facebook has ended its ban on posts asserting Covid-19 was man-made or manufactured, reflecting a deepening debate over the origins of the pandemic.

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Oil Giants Are Dealt Major Defeats as Climate-Change Pressures Intensify

May 26, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Oil Giants Are Dealt Major Defeats as Climate-Change Pressures Intensify
Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell’s significant defeats on climate change are expected to force the oil-and-gas industry to more fully confront how fast the landscape is shifting under pressure from environmentalists and investors.

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Amazon to Buy MGM, Bagging a Lion to Help Wage Streaming Battle

May 26, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Amazon to Buy MGM, Bagging a Lion to Help Wage Streaming Battle
The company’s purchase of the movie studio, in a deal valued at $6.5 billion, excluding debt, aims to bulk up its Prime Video platform in a race against Netflix, Disney and others.

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