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College students helping some Columbia businesses staffing issues as others remain in search of employees

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Thursday marks one month since Mizzou students returned to campus for the school year. Some businesses in Columbia say students have helped with the staffing shortage they were experiencing, while others have received few applications. Jeff Spencer, the owner of Just Jeff’s, said they have received over 100 applications over the past

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James Mattis

Former Defense Secretary James Mattis invested $85,000 in Theranos and let Elizabeth Holmes take his blood

By Sara Ashley O’Brien and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business James Mattis, the former US Secretary of Defense and onetime Theranos board member, recounted how he lost confidence in the failed blood-testing startup during his testimony Wednesday in the criminal trial of the company’s founder and former CEO Elizabeth Holmes. Mattis, in a San Jose federal

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Senator Elizabeth Warren and three other Democratic lawmakers have sent an open letter to the executives behind popular SPACs

Elizabeth Warren calls out SPAC creators amid concerns of ‘misaligned incentives’

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Senator Elizabeth Warren and three other Democratic lawmakers have sent an open letter to the executives behind popular SPACs, raising concerns about the potential for insiders to exploit regulatory gaps at the expense of everyday investors. “We seek information about your use of SPACs in order to understand what sort

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Amazon's DSPs have played a critical role as the company grew rapidly during the pandemic

They took a stand against Amazon for their drivers. They say it cost them their businesses

By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Ryan Schmutzer and Tracy Bloemer, owners of businesses that deliver packages for Amazon in Portland, Oregon, hit their breaking point this spring. Both had run technically independent businesses since 2019 that usually rent vans owned by Amazon, and are paid by Amazon to deliver its packages. The businesses are called

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Stacey Abrams: ‘Callous’ leadership in these states has left millions of Americans without health coverage

Opinion by Stacey Abrams for CNN Business Perspectives Throughout the course of the pandemic, we have witnessed inequities ripple across our society, particularly along racial and socioeconomic lines. Most tellingly, this imbalance affects frontline workers — many of whom are people of color — who put their lives and health on the line to keep

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