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U.S. Announces Deal With Abbott Laboratories for Rapid Covid-19 Tests

August 28, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on U.S. Announces Deal With Abbott Laboratories for Rapid Covid-19 Tests
The Trump administration unveiled a $750 million deal to buy 150 million rapid Covid-19 tests from Abbott Laboratories, a move that would substantially expand the nation’s capacity for rapid testing.

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Walmart Joins With Microsoft in Race to Purchase TikTok

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Walmart Joins With Microsoft in Race to Purchase TikTok
The world’s biggest retailer by revenue is teaming up with Microsoft to bid for TikTok’s U.S. operations, which have an asking price of about $30 billion.

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Clothing Retailers Go Casual as Consumers Spurn Dressy Clothes

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Clothing Retailers Go Casual as Consumers Spurn Dressy Clothes
Americans’ newfound love for sweatpants has apparel retailers racing to get casual, as they try to kick-start sales decimated by coronavirus-related store closures.

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Joplin High School Teacher Named Outstanding District Director

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Recently, the Missouri Choral Directors Association named Monica Reynolds the Outstanding District Director for the Southwest District. Each year, this award is nominated and voted on by the colleagues within the district. […]

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PSC Sets Hearing Schedule in Missouri-American Water Company Rate Cases

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka 0

(Jefferson City, MO) – The Missouri Public Service Commission will hold formal evidentiary hearings in late February 2021 in water and sewer cases filed by the Missouri-American Water Company (MAWC).  Formal evidentiary hearings are scheduled […]

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Joplin Teacher Selected for National History Day Summer Webinar Series

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka 0

(Washington, D.C.) – Mrs. Heather Van Otterloo, a teacher at South Middle School in Joplin, Missouri, is one of only 98 teachers selected for a National History Day® (NHD) summer professional development program. This new […]

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TikTok’s Founder Wonders What Hit Him

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on TikTok’s Founder Wonders What Hit Him
Zhang Yiming, 37 years old, admired Silicon Valley and always wanted to build a global tech company, not a Chinese one. He succeeded, only to find himself caught in today’s U.S.-China standoff.

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Millennials Help Power Housing-Market Rebound

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Millennials Help Power Housing-Market Rebound
Long viewed as perennial home renters who were reluctant or unable to buy, the generation now in their mid-20s to late 30s is emerging as a driving force in the U.S. housing market’s recent recovery.

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TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits as Trump Pushes Chinese App to Sell U.S. Business

August 27, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits as Trump Pushes Chinese App to Sell U.S. Business
TikTok’s Chief Executive Kevin Mayer said he would be leaving the social-media platform about three months into the job, as the company comes under increasing pressure from the White House over its ties to China.

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Abbott’s $5 Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test Gets Emergency-Use Status From FDA

August 26, 2020 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Abbott’s $5 Covid-19 Rapid Antigen Test Gets Emergency-Use Status From FDA
The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency-use authorization to Abbott Laboratories for a $5 rapid-response Covid-19 antigen test that is roughly the size of a credit card.

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