US Business
Ozempic Might Help You Drink and Smoke Less
Animal studies suggest GLP-1 drugs alter behaviors associated with reward and pleasure.
Articles by Erin Slifka
US Business
Lots of Hiring, but Not So Much Working
Companies are resisting layoffs even as economic weakness looms.
US Business
Farmers Worry Agriculture Deal Will Curb Competition
Consumer advocates are saying that Bunge’s $8.2 billion agreement to buy Viterra could drive up prices, while Bunge says the companies don’t overlap.
US Business
How Modelo Dethroned Bud Light in America
Demographic shifts and savvy marketing fueled the Mexican import’s rise. A Bud Light boycott finished the job.
US Business
Behind Elon Musk’s Management Philosophy: First Principles
The entrepreneur has long talked about a physics-based, problem-solving approach that his new Twitter CEO invoked in her first memo to staff.
US Business
Global Tax Mess Awaits U.S. Companies, and Congress Isn’t Helping
The consequences of an international minimum-tax agreement are about to be felt.
US Business
Mark Zuckerberg Was Early in AI. Now Meta Is Trying to Catch Up.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has invested for more than a decade in academic discoveries about AI, even making them open for others to view and use. Now Meta is behind in making consumer products like ChatGPT.
US Business
These Pandemic-Era Habits Just Won’t Die
From how we shop and work to how we connect with others, the pandemic greatly accelerated our adoption of some key technologies. Americans aren’t going to go back to the way things were before.
Events
City of Joplin to Host Public Meeting on the Tin Cup Trail on June 27
(Joplin, MO) – The City of Joplin is finalizing plans for construction of the Tin Cup Trail, a pedestrian/bike trail along the Tin Cup Creek, connecting the St. Johns Trail (that begins near Mercy Park) […]
Entertainment
Summer Break Boredom Busters from the Joplin Public Library
Kids have been out of school for a few weeks now, and you may be hearing “I’m bored” more often than you’d like. Fortunately, the Joplin Public Library (JPL) has you covered with these Summer […]