Banking & Financial Services


KC Council passes $1.78B budget

The Kansas City Council signed off on a $1.73 billion budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The measure revisited borrowing money for infrastructure, included money for tenant advocacy and deferred tapping into $195 million in stimulus funds. After objections that… more

Ferrellgas Press Release: Ferrellgas Successfully Strengthens its Financial Position for the Future

Overland Park, KS., March 30, 2021 – Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (OTC: FGPRQ) ("Ferrellgas" or the "Holdings") announced today the successful completion of its previously announced restructuring transactions that strengthen its balance sheet while allowing it to continue as an employee-owned… more

Ferrellgas completes terms of prepackaged bankruptcy plan

Ferrellgas Partners LP has successfully completed the terms of a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan that have allowed the company to remain an employee-owned enterprise. Ferrellgas Partners is a holding company for its propane businesses. Operating partnership Ferrellgas LP was… more

Shuttlewagon to sell with parent company for $400M

A Pittsburgh-based railroad industry supplier announced its plans to acquire Nordco in a $400 million deal. Nordco Inc., which owns both Kansas City manufacturer Shuttlewagon and Nordco Rail Services and Inspection Technologies, formerly Dapco Technologies of Lee's Summit, employs about… more

Missouri lawmakers propose delay in minimum wage hike

Missouri's minimum wage is on track to reach $12 by 2023, but a bill would push it back to 2026. The delay of the gradual increase is a proposal from Rep. Cody Smith of Carthage. Rep. Smith addressed fellow lawmakers… more

March manufacturing activity kicks up in Kansas City Federal Reserve District

Kansas City's Federal Reserve District which encompasses the western's portion of Missouri, all of Kansas and other territory stretching into Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma Wyoming and New Mexico, shows manufacturing at a steady incline in March. Manufacturing activity in the central… more

In a Nutshell: Rapid Economic Rebound In 2021 – Fasten Your Seatbelts?

As with any economic recovery interest rates and bond yields rise. Historically it’s been a bullish development for stocks because the earnings rebound (fueling the “risk on” appetite) typically far exceeds that of the “risk off” fear of rising rates.… more

Kansas small businesses receive $57M in grants

Roughly $57 million in aid has reached around 3,000 small businesses in Kansas in Small Business Working Capital (SBWC) grants. Funding for the grants was drawn out from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which sent monetary aid to businesses… more

Coping with COVID: Missouri jobless fund to receive $300M from state’s COVID-19 relief fund

On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson authorized the transfer of $300 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds from the State Treasury into the Missouri’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. The transfer, according to Parson, will help prevent tax increases on Missouri small… more

Tax deadline pushed back for second year, extended to May

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to delay this year's tax filing deadline to mid-May, a similar move made in 2020 when the deadline was extended to July. Additional time is being given to allow filers more time to navigate tax… more