US Business
Country Garden Lost $24.33 Billion in 2023
The Chinese developer released its long-delayed results showing that its net loss narrowed in the first half of 2024 following a record loss in 2023.
Year: 2025
US Business
Canada Approves Bunge’s $8.2 Billion Deal for Viterra
Canada has approved Bunge’s $8.2 billion deal for Glencore-backed Viterra, as the companies agreed to concessions to address previous antitrust concerns.
US Business
GeoPark, Repsol Agree to End Previously Inked Deal After Rights Exercised
Repsol in November signed a deal to sell upstream assets in Colombia to Latin American oil-and-gas explorer GeoPark for $530 million.
Chamber Updates
Erin Slifka Promoted to Vice President of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce
(Joplin, MO) – The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to share that they have promoted Erin Slifka to the role of Vice President. “Over the past several years, Erin has strategically enhanced the […]
Health Care
Freeman Health System Appoints New President/CEO, Matthew Fry
(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System’s Board of Directors announced this week the appointment of Matthew Fry as Freeman’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Fry, President and CEO of the Springfield, Illinois-based HSHS (Hospital Sisters […]
Events
Joplin Health Department Offering First Impact Class to Prepare New Drivers and Their Parents on January 18
The Joplin Health Department is hosting a free First Impact teen driver program on Saturday, January 18.This is a great program for parents/guardians and teenage drivers, both recent, new or soon-to-be drivers, to learn more about safe […]
US Business
FDA Bans Artificial Dye Red 3 From Food
Consumer-advocacy groups petitioned the agency to restrict the additive, which has been linked to cancer in animals.
US Business
Building-Products Distributor QXO Prepares to Nominate Directors Over Beacon Deal
QXO publishes offer to buy Beacon for $124.25 per share, says it has been rebuffed time and again.
US Business
Carnival Is the Biggest Gainer in the Management Top 250
Nvidia and Cintas had the next-biggest increases in overall score
US Business
GM Signs Multibillion-Dollar Deal for Supply of EV Battery Materials
The deal, with Norway’s Vianode, is for delivery of a material critical for electric-vehicle batteries.