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The University of Missouri - Kansas City will start to reopen on Monday with a small number of employees "engaged in critical operations that support the university’s core mission and who must be physically present to effectively complete their work…
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The State of Missouri and Kansas City, Mo., now have conflicting stay-at-home orders. Gov. Mike Parson has extended his emergency order to June 15, which requires retail locations at 10,000 square feet at 25-percent capacity and larger locations at 10…
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Congress is meeting for a two-day session to discuss changes to Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses. The proposed legislation would give small businesses more time to use federal subsides for payrolls and other business costs. Senate Majority Leader…
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Paul Holewinski is the president and chief executive officer of Academy Bank. Q. What are you seeing in terms of loan-request volume since COVID hit? A. Loan volume and applications have been down the last 60 days as businesses try…
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Boeing is laying off 6,770 employees, which will reportedly reduce the aircraft manufacturers' headcount by 10 percent. “Following the reduction-in-force announcement we made last month, we have concluded our voluntary layoff (VLO) program,” CEO Dave Calhoun said in a memo…
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About 31 percent of small businesses have closed during the pandemic, and only 45 percent will hire back their workers, according to a Facebook survey. But more than half of those companies are encouraged by the reopening of the economy…
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Just over 2.1 people filed for unemployment insurance for the week ended May 23, which was a decline of 323,000 from the prior week. The insured unemployment rate actually dropped to 14.5 percent, which was a decline of 2.6 percent,…
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Apartment rents in Kansas City have slowed down in their increases year over year, but not as much as in other parts of the country. Rent growth was at 3.3 percent year over year in the metro, down from the…
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The number one item that people are spending their stimulus checks on is bills, despite the run-up of shopping at various mass-merchandise retailers. About 30 percent of those receiving checks spent them on bills, according to a recent survey. Read…
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There have been 100,000 Americans killed by COVID-19 since the spread of the pandemic in the United States. An average of 900 Americans have died every day from the virus since it first appeared here four months ago. Read more…
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