At a leading investor conference called The MoneyShow held in Las Vegas this week, two Ripley Countians will be launching a globally competitive Internet product: StockMark.it. Nathan Bradham and Aaron Smothers are excited to present the only investor-centric social network to potential angel and venture capital investors. StockMark.it: The Social Network for Investors will go live next week as a great framework for people to research stocks and communicate with other investors within the online investment community. With a growing user base, the support of the right business network is crucial for StockMark.it in order to have a serious chance at success. Competing with tech giants like Google and Yahoo! provides serious hurdles for these two founders, both of whom have spent
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PBII's Appeal Case Is Affirmed (the bitter) Pearson Is Appointed Mayor (the sweet) First the SWEET... Last night three new councilmen (Jack Rushin, David Johnson and Peter Tinsley) were sworn in. The first order of business was to elect a Mayor. Angela Pearson was elected as the new Mayor of Poplar Bluff and Jack Rushin elected as the new Mayor Pro Tem. The Mayor is the spokesperson and figurehead for our community. Many people hear the word "mayor" and assume it is a position of power. In Poplar Bluff's form of government, a third-class optional City Manager form found in Mo Rev Statues 78.700, most of the power typically associated with Mayor is wielded by the City Manager. In our form
Apr 22,I've tried to investigate two stories surrounding the City Cable sale, but am getting no where so I'm left to either not report it or let you know what I've come across and see if you can help me corroborate the stories. Of course my critics are going to claim I'm rumor-mongering, and to a degree I understand and accept that critique. Insurance Questions Regarding City Cable One of the city employees who was potentially being fired as a result of the sale of City Cable has a child with serious health issues. I asked the labor rep of the union to provide me any details and he couldn't give me specifics but did say that a trip to a
Apr 10,City Cable - 2013 Yields Highest Profits Since Inception of $642,693 I have now received both the City Cable purchase agreement and consultant's appraisal of City Cable. If you read something in the agreement that you think needs to be known, please comment below. For your protection, you are welcome to stay anonymous by commenting under the name "Visitor" and the email address of "questions@semo.net" if you prefer. One of the first things I noticed was how much money that City Cable profited in 2013. I was under the impression that council members were told that City Cable was losing money. But according to page 104-105 of the Purchase Agreement PDF file, the city actually profited more than $642,000 in
Mar 25,The video from Monday night's City Council meeting where Council voted to sell City Cable to New Wave Communications is now online. The video is set to start at 46:30 where the city's consultant is describing the sale. Citizen discussion follows. http://youtu.be/VYzYfo4bulQ?t=46m30s
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