US Business
Consumer Spending Is Primed to Fuel Summer Growth
Household spending leveled off last month as consumers pulled back on big-ticket goods purchases and spent more on services.
Year: 2021
US Business
Hotels’ and Restaurants’ Rebound Summer Held Back by Shortages of Everything
Just when demand is surging, hospitality businesses are squeezed from all sides, including a lack of workers and rising costs of supplies. One executive has a weekly call to find out which foods have become unavailable.
Events
Big Brothers Big Sisters to Host Bowl for Kids Sake Fundraiser
(Joplin, MO) – Bowl for Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters’ signature fundraiser. Every year, half a million people across America come together to have fun and raise money to support Big Brothers Big […]
US Business
Pfizer Suspends Global Distribution of Smoking-Cessation Pill Chantix
Pfizer said that as a precaution it suspended distribution of Chantix while determining the extent of the contamination with a likely carcinogen known as nitrosamines.
US Business
Tesla Shareholder Panasonic Sells Stake for $3.6 Billion
Panasonic said the move wouldn’t affect its supply of batteries to Tesla; the move highlights the more arm’s-length relationship that has developed between the partners.
US Business
Toshiba Shareholders Oust Chairman in Landmark for Foreign Activists
The ousting of Osamu Nagayama, a longtime pillar of Japan’s corporate world, followed an uproar over collaboration between the firm’s management and the government to stifle foreign investors.
US Business
Didi Sets Valuation Target of $62 Billion to $67 Billion in IPO
The Chinese ride-hailing company is looking to raise $3.9 billion at the midpoint of its price range.
US Business
Google Delays Cookie Removal to Late 2023
The Alphabet unit said its Chrome internet browser will stop supporting a user-tracking technology called third-party cookies by late 2023, nearly two years later than its initial time frame of early 2022.
US Business
Google, Facebook, Amazon Set to Fight House Tech Antitrust Package
The Judiciary Committee approved far-reaching legislation to curb the market dominance of tech giants.
Events
Ronald McDonald House of the Four States to Hold Annual Golf Tournament
It’s time to tee off! Register now for the 23nd Annual Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Four States Golf Tournament, scheduled for Thursday, September 2 at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club! This is […]