Articles by Erin Slifka
US Business
Directors of the world’s largest entertainment company voted unanimously to renew Chief Executive Bob Chapek’s contract for another three years.
US Business
P&G, Target to Cover Employee Travel for Abortions
Big employers in Midwest states joined tech giants and big banks in adding the benefit after the Supreme Court decision.
US Business
Pinterest Taps Google’s Commerce President as CEO
Ben Silbermann will become executive chairman after leading the company since its founding in 2010. His replacement, Bill Ready, had been president of commerce at Google since 2020.
Information Technology & Innovation
Midwestern Interactive Invites Public to Celebrate 10th Anniversary
(Joplin, MO) – Midwestern Interactive invites friends, family, and fellow businesses to celebrate ten years of excellent software services from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Friday, July 1, 2022, at their downtown location, 713 South Main […]
Government
City Manager Names Tony Robyn as Assistant City Manager for Joplin
(Joplin, MO) – Joplin City Manager Nick Edwards is pleased to announce that Tony Robyn has accepted the position of Assistant City Manager. Robyn worked at the City of Joplin from 2012 to 2017, and […]
US Business
CVS, Walmart Impose Purchase Limits on Plan B Pills
Some retailers’ websites indicated that the emergency contraceptive was in short supply amid a surge in demand following the Supreme Court’s abortion-rights decision.
US Business
JetBlue Raises Offer to Buy Spirit Airlines—Again
Budget carrier Spirit has been in the middle of a bidding war between JetBlue and Frontier, and the intensity has picked up in the final days before a shareholder vote.
US Business
Volkswagen Nears Deal to Sell Stake in Electrify America to Siemens
The transaction would value the electric-vehicle charging business at more than $2 billion.
US Business
Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud—Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder
Serhat Gumrukcu faces trial in a purported murder-for-hire plot to silence an associate who could have exposed him and derailed a drug-development deal worth millions of dollars.
Uncategorized
Local Author Izzy B. Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Fund Book in Honor of His Father
Local children’s book author and illustrator Isaiah Basye, known as Izzy B., usually writes books like A Tighty-Whitie Wind and A Teacher in the Wild with silly and fun themes. But his latest project is […]
