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Saint Francis Healtcare System increasing footprint in Poplar Bluff (2/20/19)POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Saint Francis Healthcare System has announced it will deepen relationships with two Poplar Bluff medical facilities in the coming weeks. Formal discussions have started to merge... -
Business Notebook: Notre Dame's business law class has legal, practical aspects of starting a company (2/19/19)Teacher Gail Timpe says Notre Dame Regional High School's business law class isn't just about the legalities of starting, owning and operating a business. It's also about researching and building a...
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Retailers, fashion brands struggle with racial insensitivity (2/19/19)NEW YORK -- Retailers and top fashion brands such as Gucci and Prada keep apologizing for products smacking of racial insensitivity. The big question is: Why does it keep happening? Experts say many... -
Return to sender: High court to hear undeliverable mail case (2/19/19)WASHINGTON -- Mitch Hungerpiller thought he had a first-class solution for mail that gets returned as undeliverable, a common problem for businesses that send lots of letters. But the process he... -
NerdWallet: Millennial Money: How to buy happiness (2/19/19)If you have a few extra bucks you don't need for necessities such as rent or loan payments, consider shopping for happiness. From ancient philosophers to current experts in behavioral economics,...
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Business Notebook: Heath-care consultant: Companies should break up categories of insurance for best price (2/11/19)Howard Danzig, president of Employers Committed to Control Health Insurance Costs, or ECCHIC, a St. Louis-based company, says employers are up against high costs in providing health insurance to... -
Retailers are shopping for ways to get rid of checkout lines (2/11/19)SAN FRANCISCO -- Get ready to say good riddance to the checkout line. A year after Amazon opened its first cashier-less store, startups and retailers are racing to get similar technology in stores... -
NerdWallet: Divorce is an expensive process, and these mistakes only make it more so (2/11/19)If you're getting a divorce, it pays to keep quiet on social media, New York divorce attorney Jacqueline Newman says. Trashing a soon-to-be ex or boasting about your great new life can complicate...
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Sponsored: Centering Students on Christ through dinner auction support (2/4/19)Saxony Lutheran High School exists to center students on Christ and God’s Word, to strive for excellence in all phases of education and to prepare students for a life of Christian discipleship using... -
Sponsored: Riverside Roofing Completes New Projects (1/28/19)In many ways, a building is only as good as its roof. Matching the proper roof system with the needs of your building and its geographic location will create the building’s overall aesthetic,... -
Sponsored: Be a Crusader: Come See Why at Saxony's Open House (1/17/19)High school can be a difficult four years: it’s a time of many firsts, a time of understanding who you are and who you might become, a time when adolescents make choices that will impact the... -
Sponsored: EPDM or TPO: Which roofing system is right for your building? (1/10/19)It’s a current trend in roofing: because of Americans’ growing awareness of and concern for climate change, people are jumping on the band wagon to install white reflective roof systems, known as... -
Treasure Hunting: Vintage Software curates estate sale items in online marketplace (1/9/19)“It’s a niche market,” says Micky McQuade, owner and CEO of Vintage Software in Jackson, Missouri, “so it took awhile to take off.” But for a company that started as a hobby, turned into a side gig... -
Your ideas needed: Local governments increasingly look to public-private partnerships (1/9/19)Cape Girardeau deputy city manager Molly Mehner describes public-private partnerships as integral to city services and targeted economic development in the future: “Cities have to look at different... -
Here's How a Hackathon Works (1/9/19)Cape Girardeau has its first hackathon happening July 19-21, 2019. At it, coders, nurses, designers — anyone with an interest in improving health care for our community — will be available to come... -
Plan. Cooperate. Train and grow. (1/9/19)We can do this. Cape and small communities are reaching out to bridge the gap between the demand for tech workers, attracting higher paying jobs and the opportunity for Missourians to train up. Those...
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Opinion: Automation and our jobs (1/9/19)What’s next in automation as Missouri minimum wage increases? Missouri’s minimum wage will increase to $8.60 per hour in January, thanks to the voter-approved Proposition B that appeared on the...
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Column: Innovation with a Lowercase T (1/9/19)Many read “Tech” and feel excluded. Today, technology seems synonymous with coder languages, apps, AI and smart gadgets. Some would-be entrepreneurs wonder if the world of innovation left them behind...
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Letter for the Publisher: Tech + Innovation (1/9/19)Too often we link the words “innovation” and “technology” as if you can’t have one without the other. But there are plenty of examples where innovation is taking place and technology has little or no...
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Business Briefs (1/9/19)Mike Marshall, Sikeston Area Regional Chamber of Commerce and Area Economic Development Corporation president and CEO, spoke Oct. 31 to the Delta Grassroots Caucus (DGC) in the Arkansas State Capitol...
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Tech + Public Safety: Utilizing drone technology uncommon for a city of Cape's size (1/9/19)In 2016 when the Castor River flooded, the Cape Girardeau Fire Department provided a safer solution to search and rescue efforts: drones. It was the first use of drones by the department, proposed by... -
Local delivery apps changing the face of grocery and restaurant industries (1/9/19)In 1962, the future was Jane Jetson, feeding her cartoon family with her automatic — albeit, gargantuan — dinner-making machine. She tapped a few buttons and in short order, the meal appeared, hot... -
Satire: Welcome to Silicon Cape (1/9/19)Who would have thought that Cape Girardeau would become a hotbed for startup companies? This curmudgeon never saw it coming, that's for sure. Tech companies are now lining the Broadway corridor... -
What’s on your phone? (1/9/19)Think Dirty Think Dirty is the easiest way to learn about the potentially toxic ingredients in your cosmetics and personal care products. Just scan the product barcode, and Think Dirty will give you...
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Back to the Basics: Concept Agri-Tek uses bugs to renew soil and increase crop yield (1/9/19)It’s true: for thousands of years, trees have grown naturally. Without synthetic fertilizer. Without the meddling of people. Without chemicals. Instead, this is how we’ve gotten forests: leaves fall... -
Eat Local, Learn Local: Amanzi Farms utilizes hydroponics to feed local students fresh produce while re-integrating incarcerated men into society (1/9/19)More than 20 years ago, a school invited Steve Hamra in for lunch, to observe the children eating the produce he grew. It was the first time Hamra, president and founder of Amanzi Farms in Sikeston,... -
Sponsored: Keep Calm and Carry On: 4 tips for weathering through market volatility (1/9/19)No matter if you have just started saving for your future or you are preparing for retirement, market volatility is an issue that can make investors fearful. The important thing to remember, however,... -
Sponsored: Be a Bulldog: Freshman Placement Testing at Notre Dame (1/8/19)Enter to learn, leave to serve. It’s the mission at Notre Dame Regional High School, where students are viewed as whole people, and education is for the mind, body and soul. It’s this holistic...
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