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Entrepreneur Business Basics, a Kauffman Foundation affiliate, will unveil a new piece of the support ecosystem for entrepreneurs this week, in partnership with the Block School of Management at UMKC. The organization announced today that it would launch Kansas City’s…
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What does Lawrence offer retirees that other cities do not? Forbes has released its 2018 rankings of the best places to retire in each state. While Columbia takes the title in Missouri, Lawrence is ranked No. 1 in Kansas. Lindsey…
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Mexico is Kansas City’s second-largest export market after Canada, which means the stakes are high for our city as with the Trump administration's efforts to revise the North American Free Trade Act. With Kansas City companies exporting primarily automobile parts,…
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Burns & McDonnell is expanding its headquarters to make room for more jobs. The company announced this week that it would break ground on a $42 million expansion (which includes a 550-stall parking garage and 142,000 square-foot office building) to…
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The owners of Shawnee Mission Health, an anchor for acute-care hospital services in Johnson County, have expanded their reach to Ottawa, 45 miles to the southwest. The medical center's parent, Florida-based Adventist Health System, says it has signed a letter…
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To the chorus of voices chiming in on Sprint Corp.'s bid to merge with T-Mobile, add the Communications Workers of America--the national labor group today announced its opposition to the deal. The CWA submitted comments the Federal Communications Commission, listing…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson headlined a list of dignitaries who gathered Friday for the ribbon-cutting of a new CVS retail distribution center, which will add more than 360 jobs to the Kansas City area. The facility, covering 760,000 square feet,…
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Today, China will impose an additional $16 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports. This comes in response to the Trump administration's move to impose $16 billion in tariffs against Chinese imports. With this increase in tariffs, the price of…
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The change at Children’s Mercy Kansas City was coming; turns out, it’s arriving just a bit ahead of schedule. The region’s premier pediatric hospital announced this week that CEO Rand O’Donnell’s planned retirement departure would take effect after next week.…
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Animal-health products company TechAccel, which launched in Kansas in 2015, has announced that it will join forces with Reliance Animal Health Partners to form Covenant Animal Health Partners, a company that will focus exclusively on bringing animal health innovations to…
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