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The history of personal debt in the U.S. suggests we’ve not strayed far from our roots: Americans always look for more. From what I read, and from what I have experienced personally, people who owe money today act as though…
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Do, or do not—there is no ‘try.’ My mother never went to Europe. She talked about it, dreamed about it—even opened a travel agency at age 55. Never got there. She died 15 years later, having never achieved the goal.…
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... and other misadventures in regulation Workplace wellness programs remain on the rise. More employers than ever are using the programs to identify, evaluate and treat health risks posed by employees, and in some cases to incentivize lifestyle changes to…
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From across the expanse of the Show-Me State, Ingram’s is pleased to introduce you to 50 accomplished business people with unique interests beyond their careers. Five years ago, Ingram’s set out to identify some of the key leadership figures in…
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Market jitters that accompanied the new year are to be expected, experts say, but the prospects for moderate growth are still with us for 2016. The pieces are laid out on the economic chessboard for 2016—rising interest rates, slow growth…
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A new year promises plenty of activity in regional construction and development, with some even bigger plans envisioned in the years to come. The Kansas City area suffers no shortage of developmental visionaries, and if their plans were to become…
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As a third-generation family business owner, Hans Peter knows the numbers well: Startup businesses fail in the first year at a rate of better than one in five, he tells employees at 120-year-old Phenix Label, in Olathe. Three out of…
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Some are national names that most everyone in America will recognize, but might not be known—even to the locals—as companies based in Missouri. Some are names well-known to residents of this two-state region, but perhaps not as fully appreciated across…
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Thanks, Stan. Don’t let the door hit you. It’s hard to write about the Rams’ upcoming move to Los Angeles without feeling deep sorrow for what fans are experiencing—or a surge of anger at the costs inflicted on them over…
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Hollywood? Telling only a part of the story? What are the odds of that? To give credit where it is due, Hollywood has managed to make a film about the collapse of the international financial system that is halfway enlightening…
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