INGRAM'S • May 2012 • Volume 38, No. 5
Joe Ratterman and BATS
Extraordinary Success
How CEO Joe Ratterman and BATS Global Markets emerge as the third-largest U.S. equity market and one of the largest European stock exchanges.
Energy: The Flame Game
Before you start ripping out equipment to capitalize on low natural-gas costs, a longer-term perspective might be in order.
Best Companies to Work For
Here are the companies that are redefining what it means to be a great employer, using tools that go beyond compensation and standard benefits packages. For many, the common thread is employee satisfaction through empowerment and ownership.
We’ve Built It; Now What?
The past 10 years have given a new look to Kansas City—as well as to the line-up of companies that made it all happen in construction, engineering and architecture.
Construction Industry Outlook Report
Executives from the construction sector gather to ponder the state of their industry.
Real Estate Revival?
Across a range of realty specialties, signs of new life are sprouting up around the Kansas City region.
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
Sales Moves
Just because it’s too soon to measure the ROI of social media doesn’t mean you should ignore its power to fuel growth.
Financial Adviser
There are sound financial reasons why you might want to consider a Bring-Your-Own-Device policy. And risks, as well.
Wealth Management
If the real-estate market has scared you off, you might want to reconsider multifamily housing as an investment option.
Of Counsel
Two key developments in the construction sector are changing the nature of working relationships: One involves subcontractor default insurance; the other, integrated project delivery.
PERSPECTIVES
Editor's Note
A Glass Ceiling
Between the Lines
We already have the pieces we need for an effective system of transportation Downtown: They’re called “shoes.”
