US Business
Exxon Vaults to Record Annual Profit of $55.7 Billion
Only Apple and Microsoft so far have surpassed Exxon’s fiscal 2022 profit as the oil giant capitalized on high commodity prices.
Month: January 2023
US Business
GM’s Profit Soars as Supply-Chain Problems Ease
The auto maker said it is investing $650 million in a mining company to jointly develop a lithium-extraction project in Nevada.
US Business
Snap Warns of Sales Drop After Revenue Growth Stalls
Snapchat’s parent company is struggling to revive growth amid upheaval in digital advertising market.
Events
Joplin Public Library Announces Joplin Reads Together Book Selection
(Joplin, MO) – Joplin Public Library is excited to announce Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt as the 2023 Book Choice for Joplin Reads Together. The book is a New York Times bestseller, a Read […]
US Business
Warner Bros. Discovery’s DC Superheroes to Take On Marvel
DC Studio executives have outlined an ambitious slate of five films and five new series based on DC Comics titles.
Entertainment
Latest Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Information for February 2023
(Joplin, MO) – Connect2Culture (C2C) regularly collects information on upcoming arts, culture, and entertainment events in the Joplin area. This is the most recent information that C2C has received or collected for February 2023. Other listings could be […]
US Business
Whole Foods Asks Suppliers to Lower Prices
The grocery chain told suppliers at a virtual summit that it wants to bring down retail prices in its store aisles as inflation moderates.
SBDC Updates
The 2023 Trend of Nearshoring
By Kenneth Surbrugg, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Missouri Southern State University An article published by the Coleman Report recently caught my eye. This article contained information from the research firm Capterra. According to […]
US Business
Memory-Chip Makers Face a Prolonged Price Slump
Prices of the chips are expected to keep falling in the first half of 2023, putting more pressure on an industry that has already cut investments and jobs.
US Business
J&J’s Talc Bankruptcy Case Thrown Out by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court said Johnson & Johnson’s LTL Management can’t use bankruptcy to resolve numerous talc-injury lawsuits.