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| Joplin businessmen to be honored by the SBA >> Business | wlewis |
| Participants of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce and owners and employees of Amplify Gymnastics of Joplin gather for a ribbon-cutting.
The U.S. Small Business Administration presents two disaster ...more |
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| Express Scripts to hire about 100 in Joplin area >> Business | wlewis |
| St. Louis-based Express Scripts, one of the country’s largest pharmacy benefit companies, is looking for people to fill up to 100 jobs it will soon bring to the Joplin area.
The Fortune 100 ...more |
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| Accountng scholarship winners announced >> Business | jw64870 |
| The Joplin Tri-State Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is very proud to announce our 2013-2014 scholarship winners.
Shelley Pritchett, Brenton Phillips and Taylor ...more |
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| Retirement complex gets new director >> Business | janschu |
| Scott King has been named executive director at Spring River Christian Village in Joplin.
King has 22 years of healthcare management experience, including serving as a regional director of ...more |
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| Has your pet been throwing up? >> Business | jjudge |
| KANSAS CITY – Doctors from BluePearl Veterinary Partners are urging people to stop using and return or discard certain Natura Pet Products food and treats after the company issued a recall due to ...more |
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| Pizza Hut employees file lawsuits >> Business | staff |
| The world's largest Pizza Hut franchisee, NPC International, Inc, that operates more than 1200 Pizza Hut restaurants in the United States, including the one in Joplin, has been sued by employees in ...more |
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| Aiding lions and tigers, oh my! >> Business | gdrennon |
| In 1797 artist James Ward painted Lion and Tiger Fighting.
In addition to going on safari, one may witness preservation of these majestic species locally at refuges in Arkansas and ...more |
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| Hy-Vee found selling toxic dog food >> Business | jjudge |
| KANSAS CITY – Doctors from BluePearl Veterinary Partners are urging people to stop using and return or discard certain bags of Hy-Vee dog food after the company issued a voluntary recall throughout ...more |
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| Big utilities lose to Court of Appeals decision >> Business | staff |
| A court decision recently was cited as a victory for both the Public Service Commission and energy efficiency advocates like Renew Missouri and ratepayers set to enjoy the commission's rules that ...more |
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| Call center is given tax credits >> Business | ktippin |
| SPRINGFIELD – The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced today that a Springfield call center has been approved for state tax credits under the Enhanced Enterprise Zone program. ...more |
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| BlueCurrent Credit Union announces merger >> Business | reynolds |
| BluCurrent Credit Union with a branch in Joplin at 2007 S. Sergeant, has announced that they will merge with Greater Ozarks Community Credit Union (GOCCU). This will result in expanding BluCurrent’s ...more |
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| Verizon brings 4G speeds to Joplin area >> Business | mfarnen |
| Verizon Wireless customers will be able to experience the speed and capabilities offered by its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network when it is introduced in Joplin and Carthage, Missouri on August ...more |
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| Red Lobster's Flenniken receives top award >> Business | vtostes |
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Michael Flenniken, pictured, general manager of the Red Lobster in Joplin, has been presented with Darden Restaurants’ top honor – the Joe R. Lee Diamond Club Award, named after the company’s ...more |
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| Walgreen to purchase May's Drug >> Business | mariwinn |
| May's Drug Warehouse of Joplin and Webb City along with a total of 144 stores owned by Stephen L. LaFrance Holdings Inc. and members of the LaFrance family and operated under several names in a seven ...more |
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| Horse slaughter is proposed for Rockville, MO >> Business | mariwinn |
| With the advent of laws banning horse slaughter, such as those enacted in 2007 in Illinois and Texas, the practice seemed to have gone underground, at least domestically. The difficulty in collecting ...more |
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| The Villas on Monkey Island is acquired by Kislak >> Business | cwine |
| The Villas on Monkey Island, a luxury real estate venture in Afton, Oklahoma, has officially changed hands from Cherokee Village, LLC, to the Kislak Organization. The two entities announced the ...more |
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| Color for Facebook teams up with Verizon Wireless >> Business | mfarnen |
| Verizon Wireless customers can use their smartphones to share live video broadcasts of life’s special moments with their Facebook® friends using Color for Facebook, a free social camera application, ...more |
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| AT&T beefs up service along Missouri corridors >> Business | staff |
| COLUMBIA, MO — AT&T recently has announced completion of upgrades to its mobile Internet network along Interstate 70, Interstate 44 and Interstate 55 in Missouri, helping provide communities along ...more |
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| Maple Leaf Festival vendors are wanted >> Business | nmyers |
| The Carthage Chamber of Commerce is currently accepting applications for Maple Leaf Festival vendors. Craft vendors will be able to sell handcrafted items on the historic Carthage square before, ...more |
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| Safelite manager is rewarded for relief efforts >> Business | mmetzger |
| David Leach, a division manager for Safelite AutoGlass® based in Denver, has been awarded one of the company's $5,000 Exceptional Customer Service Awards.
Last year, Leach, pictured, came to ...more |
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| Deregulation is culprit in air service failures >> Business | kbrown |
| America's airline service is collapsing fast, and business across Heartland America is taking the hit, according to a new article by Phil Longman and Lina Khan of New America Foundation's Markets and ...more |
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| Allgeier Martin announces promotions >> Business | miwalker |
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| Pittsburg farmers' market launches website >> Business | staff |
| PITTSBURG, KS - Friends and customers of the Pittsburg Farmers’ Market will now be able to access information from the organization's new website. Founded in 2002, the market helps provide fresh, ...more |
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| McDonald's is charged with discrimination >> Business | staff |
| The employees of a non-franchised McDonald's restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles allegedly refused to serve a blind woman who had come into the restaurant with her guide dog, her ...more |
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| Mother launches petition against Enterprise >> Business | c-hill |
| WASHINGTON, DC – Thousands of concerned consumers have joined a grieving mother’s breaking campaign on Change.org calling on Enterprise Rent-A-Car to stop opposing proposed legislation that would ...more |
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| Chocolatiers convene at the Candy House >> Business | mariwinn |
| Terry Hicklin, co-owner of the Candy House Gourmet Chocolates, oversees his candy operation as an employee marks each piece of chocolate by hand with his distinctive identifying mark.
The Candy ...more |
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| CheeZies Pizza to reopen on 32nd St. >> Business | staff |
| J&H Foods, parent company of Simple Simon's Pizza and CheeZies Pizza announces the re-opening of CheeZies Pizza at its new location: 1710 E. 32nd St. in Joplin. Franchise owners and operators Mandy ...more |
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| Nancy Good is vice chair of small business council >> Business | tpack |
| JOPLIN – The National Federation of Independent Business, Missouri’s leading small-business association, has selected Nancy Good of Joplin to serve as vice chair of the NFIB/Missouri Leadership ...more |
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| Higher beef prices are in sight >> Business | bfannin |
| Historic drought conditions took a toll on the Texas cow herd in 2011 as more than 150,000 head left the state for greener pastures – three times more than the 45,000 recorded in 2010, according to ...more |
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| USPS increases to go into effect on Jan. 22 >> Business | staff |
| As a reminder, new postal service prices will take effect on January 22, 2012, based upon an announcement made by the postal service on October 18, 2011. For business mailers who are first-class mail ...more |
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| Panera presents 10th Pink Ribbon Bagel® donation >> Business | cdugger |
| Representatives from Panera Bread will present a check to the Hope 4 You Breast Cancer Foundation at a ceremony on December 1, 2011. During the first two weeks of October, Panera Bread sold their ...more |
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| Judge sets back tobacco labeling >> Business | tony-t |
| Columbus, GA – The Food and Drug Administration’s efforts to slap graphic labels on packaging of tobacco products – including artisan cigar boxes - suffered a setback today when U.S. District Judge ...more |
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| Local firms help R-8 rebuild their ballfields >> Business | sseeng |
| Typically, design build contracts are awarded to large construction and engineering firms, but because of the emergency situation in Joplin after the May 22, 2011 tornado, the Federal Emergency ...more |
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| Commercial property-owners need to heed warning >> Business | l-onstot |
| The city of Joplin has announced that commercial property owners have until November 30, 2011 to have their lots cleared of debris or have a provable plan in place for the work to be completed ...more |
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| Dominium to create 1502 Michigan Place >> Business | mariwinn |
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The Oak Meadow Apartments on Michigan Avenue heavily damaged by the May 22, 2011 tornado will undergo renovation as the 1502 Michigan Place apartments.
Dominium, a nationally-known ...more |
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| United Rentals supports EMHE build >> Business | balboni |
| Convoy delivers more than 140 Pieces of equipment for rebuilding effort
Equipment rental company United Rentals is working around the clock in Joplin, this week. Employees are providing ...more |
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| Missouri company moves up in Inc. 5000 list >> Business | staff |
| SSE, does the name sound vaguely familiar? SSE, or Schultz and Summers Engineering, a Missouri-based engineering company founded by Stan Schultz with offices in Poplar Bluff, Branson and Lake Ozark, ...more |
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| Verizon brings 4G LTE to Springfield/Branson >> Business | mfarnen |
| Verizon Wireless yesterday (Oct. 10, 2011) announced that on November 17, 2011, Springfield and Branson will be part of its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network in an expansion that will include 178 ...more |
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| Trident settles with EPA over violations >> Business | s-kika |
| WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 28, 2011, announced that Trident Seafoods Corp., one of the world’s largest seafood ...more |
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| Project Safe Home-Joplin offers advice, discounts >> Business | gary_p |
| A group of national, regional and local construction and real estate professionals has organized Project Safe Home - Joplin, to assist homeowners and businesses who lost homes and buildings in the ...more |
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| Local banks receive incentive to loan money >> Business | staff |
| WASHINGTON – Today (Aug. 31, 23011), the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that four additional Missouri community banks have received $117.1 million as part of the next wave of funding ...more |
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| Biemdiek creates Mega Fan Dome >> Business | staff |
| It looks like a spaceship. Its futuristic design may be seen in many places. What is it?
The Mega Fan Dome, an inflatable tent-like structure, is the proud creation of the Beimdiek Insurance ...more |
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| Terry Hicklin becomes president of RCI >> Business | staff |
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Terry Hicklin, pictured at right, co-founder of Candy House, has been name president of Retail Confectioners International. He will serve for one year and in the role of past president for up to ...more |
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| Curbside program guidelines are defined >> Business | l-onstot |
| Joplin city officials remind commercial property owners that they must arrange for the pickup and disposal of tornado-generated commercial debris on their own properties and not push that debris to ...more |
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| Displaced St. John's staff to join McCune-Brooks >> Business | cscott |
| St. John's Mercy Hospital, destroyed in the May 22, 2011 tornado in Joplin, has made an unrestricted donation to McCune Brooks Hospital located in Carthage. In return McCune-Brooks has signed an ...more |
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| Joplin Tomorrow to aid business >> Business | mariwinn |
| As many as 450 businesses were destroyed by the tenacious May 22, 2011 tornado that affected the employment of about 4500 people and claimed the lives of 155 people as of today.
Citing that ...more |
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| Verizon store offers free equipment use >> Business | bhill |
| Verizon Wireless is continuing its commitment to assisting Joplin residents in their recovery from last month's devastating tornado. This includes the deployment of mobile cell towers to the area and ...more |
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| Have money to launder? >> Business | staff |
| LOCUST BUILDING - ST. LOUIS
The Locust Building in St. Louis is up for auction but not necessarily for a bargain price. The owner has imposed a reserve that must be met and even apparently ...more |
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| Academy Sports issues official statement >> Business | staff |
| Academy Sports has issued an official statement in order to quell rumors being circulated.
According to Elise Hasbrook, senior communications manager, there have been several inaccuracies ...more |
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| SB A low-interest loans are now available >> Business | l-onstot |
| The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Missouri Southern State University Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce today announced the ...more |
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| Grants available to help hire senior citizens >> Business | staff |
| Experience Works, a nonprofit organization has funds available to help small businesses in Joplin grow by assisting them in the recruitment, training and employment of mature workers. Services are ...more |
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| Company fined for neglecting to provide lead info >> Business | cwhitley |
| Window World of St. Louis, Inc., has agreed to pay a $19,529 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it failed to notify owners and occupants of at least 20 St. Louis area ...more |
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| Aid available for creating energy-efficient farms >> Business | staff |
| MAESTRO, a program provided by the U.S. Dept. of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is now available for eligible farmers. The program provides technical assistance in the ...more |
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| LaBarge lands missile contract >> Business | colleen |
| LaBarge, Inc. (NYSE Amex: LB), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS), has been awarded contracts valued at $4.5 million from Raytheon Missile Systems to continue to provide complex ...more |
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| Keller assumes new role at TAMKO >> Business | mdunson |
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JOPLIN - TAMKO recently has announced the promotion of Jamie Keller, pictured, to sales and marketing promotions manager. In her new role Keller will assist in the planning, creation and ...more |
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| O'Fallon firm purchases Mid-Western Machinery >> Business | rbristow |
| Equipment manufacturer Mid-Western Machinery Company, Inc., with over 65 years of experience, has been acquired in an asset purchase by Bramko Specialty Products, LLC. The new company will operate ...more |
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| Joplin Farmers Market seeks vendors >> Business | l-onstot |
| Joplin Farmers Market is currently accepting applications from vendors. The city is encouraging all vendors interested in selling fresh fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers, locally raised beef, ...more |
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| Schmidt Associates ensures its future >> Business | staff |
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Demonstrating a plan to ensure clients have access to professional, financial and accounting services for many years to come, Stan Schmidt, president of Schmidt Associates PC of Carthage has ...more |
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| Reserve dumps money; gas prices surge >> Business | pdehaan |
| Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 6.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.66/g yesterday. This compares with the national average that has increased 5.4 cents per ...more |
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| Funding continues for Missouri's high speed rail >> Business | jamison |
| JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Transportation has received two High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program grants totaling $4.1 million from the Federal Railroad Administration. The ...more |
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| New AT&T hiring is announced >> Business | ksmith |
| Joplin - The Joplin Regional Prosperity Initiative, an arm of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce, announced today that the AT&T Mobility Center in Joplin will be hiring 95 new people.
The ...more |
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| New employment opportunity opens in Joplin >> Business | staff |
| Kodiak Sports, LLC has been presented with Community Develoment Block Grant funding by the city of Joplin, according to an announcement by Kirstie Smith of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce. Kodiak ...more |
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| Free postings for Rte. 66 businesses are offered >> Business | staff |
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Historic businesses on Route 66 are encouraged to submit information to a directory being posted by John's Modern Cabins News. The site, offered free of charge by Carolyn Hasenfratz of Brentwood, ...more |
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| How to make sure that free credit report is free >> Business | staff |
| Before you call that number or visit that website to order a free credit report, make sure you are not doing business with a company that claims to offer free credit reports, but requires you to ...more |
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| Grove Hospital site to become retail center >> Business | jon.w |
| Wheeler Development recently has announced that they have entered into an agreement with INTEGRIS Health, Inc. to purchase the site of the former Grove Hospital at Har-Ber Road and Highway 59 in ...more |
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| KC law firm files class action against UMB >> Business | kdillman |
| KANSAS CITY, MO – David Johnson, a Missouri resident who was assessed hundreds of dollars of overdraft fees, recently filed a lawsuit against UMB Bank, N.A. (his bank since 1998) and UMB Financial ...more |
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| Bartlett Grain pays small fine for FIFRA violation >> Business | cwhitley |
| A Missouri agricultural merchant has agreed to pay a $14,560 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it repackaged and sold four different pesticides without proper ...more |
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| Bankers present perspective on the economy >> Business | mariwinn |
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Local bankers gather around Congressman Roy Blunt, second from right, to discuss how the economy is affecting their industry. (Photo by Vince Rosati)
Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt (R-7) met ...more |
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| MRCC wins war against proposed animal labeling >> Business | staff |
| USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) announced the cancellation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) due to producer and consumer concerns. His agency instead will ...more |
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| Hunte nabbed by EPA for FIFRA violation >> Business | cwhitley |
| A southwest Missouri pet supply dealer has agreed to pay a $56,632 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ...more |
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| New program bolsters business hiring decision >> Business | staff |
| An on the job training program to help employees learn new skills has been introduced by the Joplin-based Economic Security Corporation of the Southwest Area. The agency serves Barton, Jasper, Newton ...more |
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| Vintage Stock opens in Northpark Mall >> Business | l_bond |
| Vintage Stock announced the October opening of their 36th store located in Joplin at the northwest storefront of Northpark Mall, formerly occupied by clothing retailer Steve and Barry’s. This marks ...more |
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| IBT celebrates 60th anniversary during 2009 >> Business | mariwinn |
| The man came forward all smiles with a strong handshake that would make the most timid feel welcome. He wore a shirt with the IBT logo embroidered on it. A visitor would think he was just one of the ...more |
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| Joplin chamber honored long standing members >> Business | ksmith |
| Osborn Paper Company, the oldest member of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce with 67 years, was recognized with others with at least a decade of membership. The Milestone Members Awards Reception ...more |
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| S&P raises Joplin's credit rating >> Business | l-onstot |
| Standard & Poor’s “Ratings Direct” July report provided good news to the city of Joplin – the city received a two-step increase in its credit rating--from an A+ to an AA. Ratings range from AAA to C ...more |
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| Two Greene County farms hit century status >> Business | d-burton |
| The farms of Bobbie and Carol Coble Sr. of Stafford and Randy and Jan Mooney of Rogersville will be joining 91 others recognized as century farms in Southwest Missouri. Family representatives will ...more |
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| Agencies' Rapid Response softens economic woes >> Business | mariwinn |
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Joplin's economy is dynamic, companies here are diversified. These were reasons Jasen Jones executive director of the Workforce Investment Board, pictured at left, gave for Joplin's unemployment ...more |
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| Search continues for Missouri Century Farms >> Business | staff |
| COLUMBIA, Mo. – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1909, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm, according to an announcement by Andy Emerson, Missouri ...more |
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| COOL labeling is law but has caveats >> Business | d-burton |
| The new country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law has gone into effect on September 30, 2008, but food packages produced before this date may not be labeled and retail establishments selling less than ...more |
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| Food 4 Less attributes success to local ownership >> Business | mmoore |
| A Joplin based grocery business celebrates its 25th year in operation this year. CNW Foods, owner of Food 4 Less in Joplin and Springfield was started in 1983 by Dick Casey, president, and partners ...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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| 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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| 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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| 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 ...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 ...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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| 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 ...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 ...more |
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