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Joplin Commons Awarded Best Downtown Housing Project Award by Missouri Main Street Connection

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka 0

(Branson, MO) – Missouri Main Street Connection (MMSC) awarded the Best Downtown Housing Project Award to Joplin Commons for the Pennington Drug Company Rehabilitation Project during Missouri’s Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference’s Evening of Excellence Awards […]

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City Manager of City of Joplin Provides Insight into Budget for Fiscal Year 2025–2026

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka 0

City Manager of the City of Joplin, Nick Edwards, has published his Budget Message for the coming fiscal year (which runs from November 1 through October 31). You can read the message, which summarizes and […]

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Ford’s Answer to Cheap Chinese EVs Starts With a $30,000 Electric Pickup

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Ford’s Answer to Cheap Chinese EVs Starts With a $30,000 Electric Pickup
The automaker said it would spend $2 billion to overhaul a Louisville, Ky., factory to build a new line of affordable, high-tech EVs, and it aims to launch the pickup in 2027.

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Skydance’s Paramount Lands UFC Rights in $7.7 Billion Deal

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Skydance’s Paramount Lands UFC Rights in $7.7 Billion Deal
Under the seven-year deal, UFC fights will be streamed on Paramount+ and select bouts will be simulcast on CBS.

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JATSO Seeking Public Comments on the 2026 Proposed Unified Planning Work Program

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka 0

The Joplin Area Transportation Study Organization (JATSO) is seeking a seven-day public comment period for the proposed FY2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The UPWP lists transportation studies and tasks that MPO staff and member […]

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Orsted Shares Tumble After Halting of U.S. Wind Project Sale; $9.4 Billion Rights Issue Proposal

August 11, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Orsted Shares Tumble After Halting of U.S. Wind Project Sale; $9.4 Billion Rights Issue Proposal
The decision to stop the sale comes after developments in the U.S. wind market disrupted the renewable-energy company’s asset sale plans.

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Inside Target, Frustrated Employees and the Search for a New CEO

August 10, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Inside Target, Frustrated Employees and the Search for a New CEO
Target, needing to revive sales and boost morale, is searching for its next leader.

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Activist Investor to Push Avantor to Make Changes or Sell Itself

August 10, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Activist Investor to Push Avantor to Make Changes or Sell Itself
Engine Capital has a roughly 3% stake in the life-sciences company.

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Intel CEO Singled Out by Trump to Visit White House on Monday

August 10, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on Intel CEO Singled Out by Trump to Visit White House on Monday
Lip-Bu Tan is set to meet with the president, who last week called for Tan’s removal.

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How Warby Parker Has Kept the Price of Glasses at $95 for 15 Years

August 10, 2025 Erin Slifka Comments Off on How Warby Parker Has Kept the Price of Glasses at $95 for 15 Years
The eyewear brand is betting it can mitigate tariffs and other costs with recent increases on more expensive offerings.

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