2024 – Page 157 – Joplin Business Outlook

Crowder College Board Approves No Tuition and Fees Increase for Upcoming Year

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka 0

(Neosho, MO) – Crowder College’s Board of Trustees, under the advisement of administration, opted to not increase tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year: Fall 2024, Spring, and Summer 2025. “It is important to […]

He Thinks Your Next Vacation Should Be in Detroit. Yes, He’s Serious.

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The doom loop is over. Now it’s a boom loop. But after the city revived itself, can Detroit rebrand itself?

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Exxon, Chevron Earnings Fall Back to Earth

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The oil companies are still printing big profits, but their postpandemic run of record earnings is slowing down.

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AMC Entertainment Sees Flat Revenue in Despite Fewer Film Releases

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The movie-theater chain said the Hollywood writers and actors strikes from last year had dragged on box office returns.

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Apollo Global to Buy U.S. Silica in $1.85 Billion Deal

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

U.S. Silica Holdings has agreed to be taken private by Apollo Global Management in a deal that gives the industrial minerals company an enterprise value of roughly $1.85 billion.

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China to Pay Consumers Up to Nearly $1,400 to Replace Old Cars

April 29, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

China plans to give car owners up to nearly $1,400 to replace their old cars with new ones, a move to boost slowing demand in the world’s largest electric-vehicle market.

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California Fast-Food Chains Are Now Serving Sticker Shock

April 27, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

A month after a higher state minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect, consumers picking up burgers and burritos at chains in the Golden State grapple with prices rising at a faster clip than in other states.

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