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Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett's investment company, has sold its shares of the four largest airlines after taking a $50-billion loss during its most recent quarter. However, the company still has $137.3 billion in cash. "The world has changed for the…
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Kansas and Missouri both saw double-digit-percentage declines in small-business applications, following suit with much of the rest of the country. Missouri applications were down just under 19 percent from their five-year average so far in 2020, making it the state…
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A third round of Paycheck Protection Program funding might from the Small Business Administration might be needed soon, according to the head of the National Economic Council. “We waited a little bit too long, I thought, when the last tranche…
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About 10.3 percent of Kansas small businesses have received loans from the Paycheck Protection Plan, which might seem like a small number, but it ranks the state in the top 10 percentile of states that have gotten funding. At 8.7…
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Stormont Vail Health, in Topeka, will re-open for elective surgeries on May 4 and its clinic in Emporia is set to open on that date as well. Prior to the elective surgery, patients must be tested for COVID-19 two to…
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The Missouri Gaming Commission has opted to keep casinos in the state through May 15, despite a softening of Mayor Quinton Lucas' stay-at-home order. Casinos closed on March 17 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that the state is receiving $24 million in federal funding, much of which will go toward mortgage and rent-payment relief for residents. The money would be distributed through the state's Community Development Block Grant program…
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Splitting with Gov. Laura Kelly's reopening plan that starts on Monday, Johnson County commissioners opted to push back their stay-at-home order until May 11. The plan was extended as cases have risen in the county. “We are also keeping a…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly last night released her plan to reopen the Kansas economy in the wake of COVID-19, as the state reported 500 new cases in one day. The first phase will look much the same as things are…
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Kansas City-based law firm is seeing the highest rate of Chapter 11 bankruptcies in seven years, according to its Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report. “It’s actually quite common to not see an immediate increase in bankruptcies during an economic crisis. With…
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