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| Joplin named a 2008 Choice city >> Business | ksmith |
| Business Development Outlook, a publication of the World Economic Development Alliance, a company in Dallas that offers free preliminary service to companies looking to expand or relocate, recently ...more |
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| Family farmers rally at Missouri Capitol >> Business | tgibbons |
| One hundred and fifty family farmers, rural citizens and consumers gathered at the capitol to oppose tax-payer subsidies to Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, protect the rights of consumers to ...more |
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| Human resources expo seeks exhibitors >> Business | p-lyons |
| Businesses interested in reserving exhibitor booths at the 2008 Oklahoma Human Resources Conference and Expo are encouraged to register now. The annual conference will be held April 16-18, 2008, in ...more |
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| Bass Pro's Morris named Innovator of the Year >> Business | staff |
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The National Retail Federation, the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution named John L. (Johnny) Morris, pictured ...more |
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| Crowder benefits from donations >> Business | c-brown |
| Mary Ellen Sims, Crowder College Foundation president and Dr. Alan Marble, Crowder president, accepted a $1,000 donation from Brad Wilson, the new manager of the upcoming Lowe's store in Neosho at a ...more |
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| Boulevard Bank gives Habitat for Humanity land >> Business | staff |
| Boulevard Bank, with office locations in Neosho, Columbia and St. Louis, today turned over the deeds to three lots in Joplin to the Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity. According to Connie Mosbaugh, ...more |
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| Furloughed TWA employees given second chance >> Business | admin2 |
| U.S Senator Claire McCaskill has brought some holiday cheer to the families of over 1,200 laid-off flight attendants for American Airlines who were about to face expiration of their recall rights. In ...more |
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| Rowling's book won in auction by Amazon.com >> Business | admin2 |
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An act of charity? Simply a tax write-off? A brilliant marketing move? Those are the questions being asked of Amazon.com after several of Amazon's discussion board members learned of Amazon's ...more |
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| AmerenUE settlement includes money for Katy Trail >> Business | admin2 |
| The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Attorney General's Office, and AmerenUE announced a settlement on November 28, 2007, regarding reparations for the Taum Sauk Dam disaster, that has ...more |
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| $3 generic drug program is expanded >> Business | jslack |
| A locally based, employee-owned company is set to celebrate the successful one-year anniversary of its $3 generic drug program by expanding its services. Since its launch, RPCS’s pharmacists have ...more |
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| Missouri Second Injury Fund is in peril >> Business | cjackson |
| Gary Marble, president of Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM), was the only business organization representative to offer testimony at hearings of the House Interim Committee on the Second Injury ...more |
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| BP Products hit with largest criminal fine ever >> Business | admin2 |
| Coming on the heels of what the US Environmental Protection Agency considered the "single largest environmental enforcement settlement in history" after it fined American Electric Power for violating ...more |
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| Hometown names new commercial relationship manager >> Business | chris-o |
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Marcel Walther, pictured, is Hometown Bank's new AVP/commercial relationship manager. His new duties will include helping commercial clients with lending projects and assisting them in achieving ...more |
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| EPA lauds partners for reducing greenhouse-gases >> Business | admin2 |
| Two Joplin companies are part of the 34 businesses and organizations recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency recently at the annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management ...more |
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| Lafayette House opens resale shop >> Business | admin2 |
| Lafayette House, a private, not-for-profit organization that assists women and children in Southwest Missouri who are the victims of domestic violence or rape or have problems relating to alcohol or ...more |
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| EPA/taxpayers to fund CAFO pollution mitigation >> Business | dryan |
| Washington, D.C. - EPA has awarded two grants totaling $8 million to provide direct technical assistance to livestock operators to prevent water pollution discharges and reduce air emissions. RTI ...more |
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| Clean Air settlement is biggest in history >> Business | admin2 |
| Washington, D.C.- Residents of certain sections of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia and surrounding states should be able to breathe a bit easier. American Electric Power has ...more |
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| Fuel efficiency heats up auto market >> Business | admin2 |
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A re-designed window sticker allowing consumers to make more informed decisions about fuel consumption has been mandated for all new cars, light trucks and SUVs produced and sold after September ...more |
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| Why the push for alternative fuels? >> Business | admin2 |
| Ed Browning in an article for the September Ag News and Views Newsletter of the University of Missouri Extension has evaluated some of the alternative fuels and concluded that while ethanol and ...more |
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| Missouri entrepreneur enters Pittsburg, KS market >> Business | jonrim |
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Who is Gordon Elliott, pictured on the left? Those in Pittsburg, KS will be hearing more about him and his firm Elliott Lodging Group after word of his acquisition of the Holiday Inn property on ...more |
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| Comments from small business owners are encouraged >> Business | ktippin |
| JEFFERSON CITY – The Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board will hold a public hearing from 1-4 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, in Room 500 of the Harry S Truman Building, 301 W High St, ...more |
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| Lowe's Home Improvement to locate in Neosho >> Business | dbridges |
| Lowe's Home Improvement has been issued a permit by the city of Neosho for the construction of a store on approximately 17 acres across from the present Wal-Mart on Clemons Dr. behind the Southwest ...more |
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| AIM applauds signing of SB 30 >> Business | cjackson |
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Ray McCarty, executive director of TRIM shakes the hand of Matt Blunt after the Missouri governor signed SB 30, legislation that helps alleviate a tax burdon on manufacturing. At left in the ...more |
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| Ethanol by-product feed may be lethal >> Business | d-burton |
| By-products of the ethanol industry may have caused the deaths of three yearlings in a short period of time in an area cattle herd.
The veterinarian’s diagnosis was polioencepholomalacia or PEM. ...more |
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| Sunrise Media names Jackson general sales manager >> Business | admin2 |
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Joplin – Sunrise Media Group, Inc. recently expanded their sales force and named Brian Jackson as their new general sales manager. Jackson, pictured, will be responsible for client market ...more |
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| Appeal of online grocery shopping >> Business | jslack |
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Add e-grocery to the list of time-saving services that Joplin residents can utilize online.
PriceCutterOnline.com, which launched successfully in the Springfield area in July, is set to debut in ...more |
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| New website for Hispanics is announced >> Business | ktippin |
| JEFFERSON CITY – To better promote the diverse and culturally important contributions of Hispanic Missourians to the state, Missouri Department of Economic Development Director Greg Steinhoff today ...more |
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| Egg industry comes under fire again >> Business | mariwinn |
| The egg industry is currently fighting tooth and nail a federal rule-making petition being reviewed by the Food & Drug Administration that would mandate production-method labeling on egg cartons that ...more |
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| Money lending at high rates necessitates HB237 >> Business | admin2 |
| Kansas City, MO — A recent report showing that payday loan businesses in Missouri charged an average annual percentage rate of 422 percent last year has led to a renewed call for reform in the payday ...more |
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| Bank of America boycott group posts petition >> Business | admin2 |
| The National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition (NIIBC) is launching a boycott of Bank of America because of the bank's offer to issue credit cards, mortgages, and accounts to illegal aliens in ...more |
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| Hot fuel is ripping you off at the pump >> Business | mariwinn |
| Rep. Kate Meiners (D-Kansas City) has introduced a bill that is intended to make sure consumers get what they pay for at the fuel pump. HB105 would require a gallon of diesel or gasoline to have its ...more |
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| Wind energy to serve growing needs in Missouri >> Business | t-wyche |
| Skepticism about wind energy in Missouri was blown away October 20, 2006, when legislators toured construction of the state’s first wind farm and developers announced that a third utility-scale wind ...more |
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| Hometown Bank beefs up commercial lending dept. >> Business | c-owens |
| Changes have occured at Hometown Bank, N.A in its commercial lending department in the Joplin market.
Joining the bank's commercial lending department as a relationship manager vice president is ...more |
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| Tuesday Morning comes to Joplin >> Business | mariwinn |
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What customers found when they visited the opening of Tuesday Morning at the Concorde Plaza, 2639 East 32nd Street, Joplin, was an array of merchandise consisting of domestic and European famous ...more |
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| Pittsburg entrepreneur Gene Bicknell tells secrets >> Business | mariwinn |
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Pittsburg, KS entrepreneur Gene Bicknell (at left) shakes the hand of Clair Goodwin who just recently retired as a full-time news correspondent for the Joplin Globe. Goodwin had the honor of ...more |
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| Cattle branding is deterrent to theft >> Business | d-burton |
| The recent increase of cattle thefts in Barry, Christian and Stone counties has caused cattle producers to ask questions about branding cattle and the Missouri brand law.
Eldon Cole, livestock ...more |
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| Missouri pickups suck up gas and money >> Business | mariwinn |
| St. Louis, MO — Missouri pickup truck drivers would have saved over $387 million at the gas pump last year and cut global warming pollution by over 3.2 million tons if U.S. automakers had used ...more |
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| Are plants poisoning your livestock? >> Business | d-burton |
| There are several common plants in southwest Missouri pastures that are considered poisonous to livestock according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist. The good news ...more |
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| Goats, goats, and more goats >> Business | d-burton |
| Increased Goat Population Gives Rise to New Organization
Residents of southwest Missouri have probably noticed a large increase in the number of goats grazing in area fields.
As a result of ...more |
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| Agriculture 2nd most dangerous occupation >> Business | d-burton |
| Agriculture ranks as the second most dangerous occupation, just behind the mining and quarrying industry. In 2002, there were about 3.4 million Americans working in agriculture. There were 730 ...more |
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| Feed the cow, reap the milk >> Business | d-burton |
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Does a cow give more milk because she eats more, or does she eat more because she gives more milk? Unlike the question pertaining to the chicken and the egg, this one has an answer, and it has a ...more |
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| Kyle Craig discusses dynamics of leadership >> Business | mariwinn |
| Calling the military model of leadership passé, Kyle Craig, guest speaker at a Leadership Joplin Symposium, outlined more effective dynamics for motivating people. The rapt audience, gathered at the ...more |
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| ACH--is it phasing out paper checks? >> Business | mariwinn |
| We live in stressful times when people are becoming more remotely involved in decision-making processes that affect their lives.
So, when John Hunt of Joplin discovered that he was missing a ...more |
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