Erin Slifka – Page 392 – Joplin Business Outlook

Food Industry Pushes Back Against Harris’s ‘Price Gouging’ Plan

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Companies reject claims that consumers are being bilked on prices. Still, says one executive, “We understand why there is this sticker shock.”

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Freeman Health Center Gives $1 Million to Missouri Southern State University’s Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka 0

(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System has given $1 million to support Missouri Southern State University’s new Roy Blunt Health Science Innovation Center, providing significant investment in a facility being created to educate the region’s […]

Mike Lynch: The ‘British Bill Gates’ Who Loathed Silicon Valley

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

The software company founder who was recently cleared of fraud accusations is missing after a storm capsized the yacht he was on.

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Eli Lilly Says Weight-Loss Drug Sharply Reduces Diabetes Progression

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Eli Lilly said preliminary data from a late-stage study showed its weight-loss drug significantly reduced the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes and obesity or overweight.

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XPeng Loss Narrows on Higher Sales

August 20, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

XPeng’s second-quarter net loss narrowed on stronger sales, higher revenue from its collaboration with Volkswagen and improved margins.

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SEC Accuses Carl Icahn of Concealing Stock Pledges

August 19, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Activist investor Icahn agrees to pay $500,000 and his company will pay $1.5 million, without admitting or denying SEC findings.

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7-Eleven Parent Gets Takeover Offer From Circle K Owner

August 19, 2024 Erin Slifka Comments Off

Seven & i received the acquisition offer from Alimentation Couche-Tard following pressure on activist shareholders to improve the Japanese company’s profitability.

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