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Unique jobs program keeps hospital employees from Joplin on various payrolls
jscherder@ky3.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The mass destruction by the tornado in Joplin on May 22, left more than 2,000 people without places to work. A major hospital, the Walmart store and other businesses were all gone in seconds. St. John's Regional Medical Center...Tags: Natural Disasters, Employees, Hospitals and Clinics, Tornadoes, Joplin, Missouri Tornado (2011)
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Pretty in Pink - free taxi helps women get access to mammograms in Branson
jscherder@ky3.comBRANSON, Mo. -- Since 1990, deaths from breast cancer in our country have dropped 30 percent, largely because of early detection through mammograms. A problem still exists for many people in the Ozarks, however: getting to the hospital to get that scan...Tags: Breast Cancer, Mammogram, Diseases and Illnesses, State Farm Insurance, Hospitals and Clinics
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From a garage to a warehouse -- SCORE organization helps business flourish in Republic
jscherder@ky3.comREPUBLIC, Mo. -- More than 550,000 businesses were born across the nation in 2009. Unfortunately, almost 660,000 closed in the same year. One local organization helps business owners in the Ozarks get on their feet and stay on their feet. Only seven out...Tags: Firearms, Medical Specialization, Business, Nursing, Defense
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Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance, yen awaits BOJ
ReutersSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street with Japan's Nikkei reaching a 5-1/2 year high, while the yen took a defensive stance ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) policy meeting. MSCI's...Tags: Luxembourg, Wars and Interventions, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Heavy Engineering, Cirrus Logic Incorporated
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion, vows not to screw it up
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. The...Tags: Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, Media Industry, Corporate Officers, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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EU mergers and takeovers (May 21)
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 21 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Private equity firms KKR and Bregal Fund to jointly invest in private school...Tags: Electrical Appliance, Metal, Qatar, Lion Capital Holdings, Politics
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Activist investor wants Alere to explore $2.5 billion unit sale: sources
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - An activist investor in Alere Inc wants the health diagnostics and services company to explore a sale of its drug testing business, which it believes could fetch as much as $2.5 billion and help Alere pay down debt, two people...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Marketing, Medical Procedures and Tests, Substance Abuse, Economy, Business and Finance
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Sprint receives SoftBank waiver to consider Dish offer
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp, as pressure mounts on SoftBank to sweeten its offer for the No. 3 U.S. wireless...Tags: Shareholders, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Royal Bank of Canada, Barclays PLC
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FACTBOX-Yahoo's acquisitions: from Geocities to Tumblr
ReutersSAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.1 billion to buy blogging service Tumblr, in a bid to revitalize its brand and attract a younger generation of users. Yahoo has been criticized for making big...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Yahoo! Inc., Social Media, Computer Networking and Internet, Media Industry
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Mergers rare among startups and venture capitalists
The typical venture capital success story goes like this: Investor backs startup. Startup grows rapidly and either goes public, gets acquired or licenses its technology. Investor collects a healthy return. GrubHub and Seamless' plan to merge their...Tags: University of New Hampshire, Financing and Stock Offerings, Media Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Business
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Bold move: Yahoo makes $1.1 billion bet on Tumblr, Internet whiz kid in bid to be hip again
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in...Tags: Stock Market, Social Media, Technology, Online Advertising, Larry Page
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