2024 – Page 81 – Joplin Business Outlook

Edgar Bronfman Submits $4.3 Billion Bid for Redstone’s National Amusements, Paramount Stake

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Bronfman is looking to scuttle a previous agreement to merge Paramount with David Ellison’s Skydance Media.

Freeman Health Center Gives $1 Million to Missouri Southern State University’s Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System has given $1 million to support Missouri Southern State University’s new Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center, providing significant investment in a facility being created to educate the region’s […]

Mike Lynch: The ‘British Bill Gates’ Who Loathed Silicon Valley

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The software company founder who was recently cleared of fraud accusations is missing after a storm capsized the yacht he was on.

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Eli Lilly Says Weight-Loss Drug Sharply Reduces Diabetes Progression

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Eli Lilly said preliminary data from a late-stage study showed its weight-loss drug significantly reduced the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes and obesity or overweight.

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XPeng Loss Narrows on Higher Sales

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

XPeng’s second-quarter net loss narrowed on stronger sales, higher revenue from its collaboration with Volkswagen and improved margins.

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SEC Accuses Carl Icahn of Concealing Stock Pledges

August 19, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Activist investor Icahn agrees to pay $500,000 and his company will pay $1.5 million, without admitting or denying SEC findings.

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7-Eleven Parent Gets Takeover Offer From Circle K Owner

August 19, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Seven & i received the acquisition offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard following pressure on activist shareholders to improve the Japanese company’s profitability.

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