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[caption id="attachment_14097" align="alignright" width="600"] (seated, left to right): Nancy Russell, Metropolitan Community College; Steve Dunn, J.E. Dunn Construction (co-sponsor and host); Ralph Reid, Sprint Corp. (co-sponsor); Maurice Watson, Husch Blackwell; John Murphy, Shook, Hardy & Bacon (co-chair and co-sponsor);Bill Ebel,…
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From Golden Spoon to Silver Ladle to Best of Business Kansas City, the name of the game may have changed over the years, but the underlying concept never has: The most discriminating audience in the Kansas City region weighs in…
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BEST BARBECUE1. Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que2. Fiorella’s Jack Stack Barbecue3. Q39 BEST BURGER1. BRGR Kitchen + Bar2. Five Guys Burgers and Fries3. Blanc Burgers + Bottles BEST BUSINESS BREAKFAST1. First Watch2. The Classic Cup (tie) 2. Eggtc. (tie)3. Harvey’s at Union Station…
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...can indeed be Gold. But what does it take to be a repeat winner, year after year, in Ingram’s Best of Business Kansas City awards? For starters, excellence. Approximately 1,000 companies have been recognized with a Best of Business Kansas…
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Explosive growth in the region’s transportation, distribution and warehousing is just a start, executives say. Let’s start with a history lesson: For someone living in Kansas City today, what’s the historical significance of the week of July 3-10, 1890? Take…
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Health-care costs and compliance are putting the squeeze on employers’ flexibility with benefits programs. For those pursuing innovation as they toil in the fields of employer benefits programming, the ground remains as fertile as ever. Studies by various interest groups…
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Health and wealth can be at odds in retirement planning, but advisers say investors have options to align those factors. For years, wealth managers have been advising younger clients to build a retirement plan that didn’t make Social Security a…
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An aging nation is about to witness huge growth to meet the residential needs of never-before-seen numbers of seniors. The implications of immigration and the browning of America command the attention of polit-ical candidates and policymakers, but the biggest change…
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Problems at KCPD Start at the Top Budget constraints or not, I have serious concerns regarding the leadership at the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, and sadly, it begins at the top, with Chief Daryl Forte. By way of history,…
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More and more, conversations taking place in public forums are marked by a decidedly one-sided appeal. Walt would not approve. Where have you gone, dear old Walt Bodine Our region turns its lonely eyes to you ...What’s that you say…
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