US Business
Latham Poaches Two Wachtell Partners, Latest Move in Legal M&A Talent Wars
Latham has been advising Paramount Skydance on its hostile bid for Warner
Month: February 2026
US Business
There Are 154 Billionaire Women in the U.S. Here’s How They Amassed Their Fortunes.
The ever-growing list includes CEOs and entrepreneurs, ex-wives and widows, and some heiresses, too
US Business
The Epstein Ties That Are Haunting a Hollywood Power Broker
Casey Wasserman is selling his talent agency after client defections. He says any association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell was years before their crimes came to light.
US Business
Anna de Peyster, Novelist and Former Wife of Rupert Murdoch, Dies at Age 81
The Scottish-born writer was a member of News Corp’s board for eight years.
Restaurant
HTeaO Webb City Now Offering Fundraising Opportunities for Groups
HTeaO Webb City is excited to announce that they are now offering fundraising opportunities! These are perfect and simple ways to raise funds for organizations and groups like: Nonprofits Youth groups Schools clubs Project Graduation […]
US Business
Rocco Commisso, Who Built Cable Empire From ‘Scraps’ That Others Shunned, Dies at 76
When the cable industry was consolidating around the nation’s largest cities, he went small to create one of the biggest cable companies in the U.S.
US Business
How Streaming Became Cable TV’s Unlikely Life Raft
Charter Communications and other providers are slowing the cord-cutting exodus by bundling the very apps that once threatened their survival.
Events
City of Joplin’s Monthly Tree Limb Drop-Off Program to Open on Third Weekend of Each Month Beginning February 20 and 21
Residents who have cleared old brush and tree limbs from the winter months of accumulation can drop them off on Friday and Saturday, February 20 and 21, at the City of Joplin’s Tree Limb Drop-Off […]
Education
Crowder College to Host 13th Annual Calf Fundraiser Auction for Agriculture Division on April 1
(Carthage, MO) – Crowder College’s Agriculture Division will hold its 13th Annual Calf Fundraiser Auction on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 11:00 am, at the Joplin Regional Stockyard. This year’s calf is donated by Dr. Dale […]
US Business
Amazon Is Now America’s Biggest Company. Its 17-Year Journey to Surpass Walmart.
Walmart had held the title as the biggest company by annual revenue since 2009.