US Business
Amazon Faces Union Push in Alabama
Election to be scheduled for workers at the company’s Bessemer facility, the first such election since 2014 at the nation’s second-largest employer.
Articles by Erin Slifka
US Business
Facebook Wades Into ‘Fortnite’ Maker’s Dispute With Apple
The social-media giant said it would provide supporting documents to Epic Games and also reiterated its opposition to Apple’s plan to restrict access to iPhone users’ personal data.
US Business
Google Is Accused of Enlisting Facebook to Aid in Ad-Rigging
A Texas-led antitrust case accuses the search giant of manipulating digital advertising markets, in part through an alleged agreement with rival Facebook aimed at preserving Google’s dominance.
US Business
Shoppers Pulled Back Spending at Start of Holidays
U.S. retail sales declined in November amid a surge in coronavirus cases and new business restrictions in some states.
COVID-19
COVID-19 Tax Relief for Small Businesses
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was enacted to provide financial help to both employees and small business owners. If your business experienced financial losses due to […]
Education
Industrial Maintenance Training Opportunities with Crowder College for January, February, and March
(Joplin, MO) – Crowder College Training & Development Solutions is offering open enrollments in industrial maintenance courses for January, February, and March of 2021. In these uncertain times, we are trying to offer more flexible […]
US Business
Coke’s Elusive Goal: Boosting Its Black Employees
Two decades after it settled a historic racial-discrimination lawsuit, Coca-Cola’s diversity efforts have lost ground. Its struggle offers lessons to companies trying to institute long-lasting change.
COVID-19
Freeman Featured in Worldwide COVID-19 Response Recognition
(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System is one of just 102 hospitals from 27 countries around the world being honored by the International Hospital Federation’s (IHF) Beyond the Call of Duty for COVID-19 program. Freeman […]
COVID-19
First Caregivers Vaccinated for COVID-19 in Joplin
(Joplin, MO) – A Mercy Joplin doctor was the first in Joplin to get the vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus. The Pfizer vaccine, which just received emergency use authorization on December 11 from the […]
US Business
BP Boosts Its Bet on Trees
With majority ownership of Finite Carbon, the oil giant plans to take global the business of paying landowners not to cut down trees.