US Business
A GE-AerCap Deal Would Add Pressure on Boeing and Airbus
The possible merger of the largest aircraft lessors could mean less-expensive planes for airlines already leaning on lessors for help during the pandemic.
Articles by Erin Slifka
Entertainment
Joplin Little Theatre Spotlight for March 2021
Upcoming Season The Joplin Little Theatre’s (JLT) Board of Directors is finalizing the procedures to put together a very exciting season for 2021 to 2022. After being shut down for a year, we are ready […]
Events
Access to Justice to Give Back to Community with Free Tacos
Access to Justice MO, LLC is excited to announce they will be hosting their first ever Community First event. To give back to the Joplin community, they are bringing Los Panchos Taco Truck to their […]
US Business
T-Mobile to Step Up Ad Targeting of Cellphone Customers
T-Mobile US will automatically enroll its phone subscribers in an advertising program informed by their online activity, testing businesses’ appetite for information that other companies have restricted.
US Business
Tegna Board Nominee Withdraws, Citing CEO’s ‘Cultural Insensitivity’
A candidate for broadcaster Tegna’s board of directors has withdrawn his nomination, citing potential conflicts of interest and an incident that he says demonstrated cultural insensitivity by the company’s chief executive.
US Business
Zoom CEO Transfers $6 Billion of His Shares
Eric Yuan transferred roughly 40% of his ownership in the company he runs, a stake valued at about $6 billion, after Zoom’s shares more than tripled last year.
Education
Joplin Soroptimist Announces Local Live Your Dream Award Recipient
(Joplin, MO) – Soroptimist International of Joplin, a global organization that works to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment, awarded a total of $5,000 in Soroptimist […]
US Business
Christian Louboutin Sells 24% Stake to Italy’s Agnelli Family
The stake values the luxury footwear brand, known for its red soles, at $2.73 billion.
Health Care
Fake News About Nutrition
Written by Dr. Andrea Cullers, RDN, Associate Professor of Kinesiology at Missouri Southern State University You may think of “Fake News” and politics, but “Fake Nutrition News” is even more rampant. “Carbs make you fat,” […]
US Business
Deregulation Aimed to Lower Home-Power Bills. For Many, It Didn’t.
Retail energy companies compete with local utilities to give consumers more choice. But in nearly every state where they operate, retailers have charged more than regulated incumbents, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.