(Warrensburg, Mo.) – Warrensburg Collision has a new e-marketing coordinator. Ellen Becker is working to support the company’s marketing and sales by focusing on Web-based consumer experiences, including targeted marketing,… Read more »
Category: Business
Stripped-down Harley rebounds from recession
By M.L. JOHNSON (MILWAUKEE, AP) — Some motorcycle enthusiasts feared Keith Wandell might be the outsider who drove Harley-Davidson into the ground. Instead, he may be remembered as the guy… Read more »
Gov’t proposes safety labels for tenderized beef
By MARY CLARE JALONICK (WASHINGTON, AP) — Beef tenderized by machines before it is sold in grocery stores could soon carry labels warning customers to cook the meat thoroughly. The… Read more »
NW Mo. packaging plant closes; 54 jobs eliminated
(ST. JOSEPH, Mo., AP) — A northwest Missouri packaging company that was founded nearly a century ago has been closed by its New York-based parent firm. The St. Joseph News-Press… Read more »
Arch Coal scaling back work at 2 mining complexes
(LOUISVILLE, Ky., AP) — Arch Coal Inc. says it will scale back operations at two coal mining complexes in Kentucky and Virginia, trimming the work force by more than 100…. Read more »
Air Evac helicopter crash kills 3 crewmembers
(MANCHESTER, Ky., AP) — The crash of a medical helicopter that killed three crewmembers in southeastern Kentucky on Thursday was the fourth deadly accident in the past six years for… Read more »
Nestle Purina to purchase Petfinder
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Nestle Purina PetCare Co. has agreed to buy Petfinder, the online pet adoption website, from Discovery Communications LLC, St. Louis-based Nestle Purina said… Read more »
UCM Foundation appoints new directors to board
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Fourteen new directors were appointed to the University of Central Missouri Foundation as part of the organization’s expansion. “By expanding the size, we were able to complement… Read more »
Judge orders Google to give customer data to FBI
By PAUL ELIAS (SAN FRANCISCO, AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Google Inc. must comply with the FBI’s warrantless demands for customer data, rejecting the company’s argument that… Read more »
Petro America chief seeks new trial in fraud case
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The lead defendant in a federal securities fraud case in Kansas City is asking for a new trial because of juror misconduct. Isreal Owen Hawkins… Read more »