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15 CEOs Reflect on Lessons From Their Pandemic Year

April 2, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on 15 CEOs Reflect on Lessons From Their Pandemic Year
Working from home or from deserted headquarters, bosses of companies from Moderna to Chipotle talk about their challenges and share lessons for the times ahead.

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Key Performance Indicators for Business

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By Kenneth Surbrugg, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Southern State University “Direction is so much more important than speed. Many are going nowhere fast.” – Unknown Many entrepreneurs are scrambling for more time […]

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Facebook Staff Fret Over China’s Ads Portraying Happy Muslims in Xinjiang

April 2, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Facebook Staff Fret Over China’s Ads Portraying Happy Muslims in Xinjiang
Beijing is a big user of the platform to spread its political views to hundreds of millions of people overseas, prompting workers to express concerns internally.

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EV Companies Went Public With Big Plans. They’re Quickly Hitting Snags.

April 2, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on EV Companies Went Public With Big Plans. They’re Quickly Hitting Snags.
Stocks fall after electric-vehicle companies disclose in their first earnings calls that they missed goals that were set before their SPAC mergers.

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Auto Makers Start 2021 Strongly Despite Supply Constraints

April 1, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Auto Makers Start 2021 Strongly Despite Supply Constraints
The industry’s sales pace is approaching prepandemic levels, but shortages in semiconductors and other crucial parts are curtailing production.

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FDA Probes Cause of Failed Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Batch

April 1, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on FDA Probes Cause of Failed Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 Vaccine Batch
The scrutiny follows the drugmaker’s disclosure that it scrapped distribution of doses after an ingredient didn’t meet quality standards at a contract manufacturing facility.

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GM Vows to Send More Advertising Dollars to Black-Owned Media Firms

April 1, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on GM Vows to Send More Advertising Dollars to Black-Owned Media Firms
The move comes after media mogul Byron Allen and other Black media executives took out a full-page ad in several papers accusing GM of ignoring Black-owned media outlets.

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FDA Authorizes First Covid-19 Tests for Repeat, at-Home Screening

April 1, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on FDA Authorizes First Covid-19 Tests for Repeat, at-Home Screening
The agency authorized the first Covid-19 tests for repeated, frequent use by consumers at home to screen for infections even if they don’t have symptoms.

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Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. Call Them Tech Frenemies for Life.

April 1, 2021 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft. Call Them Tech Frenemies for Life.
Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft are each a tech behemoth in their own right, and the ways the five rely on one another as partners while also competing as rivals help shape Big Tech’s clout.

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Southwest Missouri Bank Announces Corley Grant Availability

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(Joplin, MO) – Southwest Missouri Bank, trustee of the W.R. Corley Memorial Trust, has announced the second year of availability of grants to qualified non-profit organizations. Eligible entities include those who provide services to the […]

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