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Six Questions Every Business Owner Must Answer

As long as businesses are managed and owned by humans, business succession will happen. Will it happen in an orderly fashion, according to a thoughtful plan based on the owner’s wishes? Or will it be sorted out by those who… more

In The News: Mar 2015

Missouri Buchanan County Bayer Selling BuildingsBayer HealthCare has announced plans to sell two manufacturing facilities in St. Joseph, following a transition of workers into sites acquired with the 2013 purchase of Teva Pharmaceuticals. Officials hope to use the vacated properties… more

No Cats Killed in Bloch School Scandal

In the first month or so of 2015, readers of The Kansas City Star received updates, daily or close to it, on two scandals, one national, one local. Both involved the inflation of things—footballs in New England and academic rankings… more

Around the Region

MARCH   13 | Friday “Starr Women’s Hall of Fame”The Starr Women’s Hall of Fame will induct its inaugural class of historical and contemporary women who have significant ties to the area. Named in honor of the late Martha Jane Phillips… more

HNTB’s Feuerborn Will Lead KC Office

HNTB Corp. announced this morning that Wayne Feuerborn, an associate vice president, has been named Kansas City office leader for the firm, succeeding Mike Hess, who had been promoted to Central Division operations officer. In a release making the announcement, HNTB said that Feuerborn would… more

Lidia’s Celebrates the Old with the New

Lidia's-KC celebrated 16 years in the Historic Crossroads District with a new addition to it's Kansas City location, named the Terrazza, Tuesday night with host Tanya Bastianich Manuali, daughter of Lidia Bastianich, owner of Lidia's-KC.     more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon Acquires Boutique Firm, Enters Chicago Market

Shook, Hardy & Bacon announced today that it would enter the Chicago market by bringing on board the lawyers and staff from Grippo & Elden LLC, a complex commercial litigation boutique firm there, effective  March 1. That will bring to 11… more

BATS Designates Next CEO as Ratterman Prepares for Move to Chairman

Joe Ratterman, who built BATS Global Markets into the second-largest equities trading platform in the U.S., is turning the reins of chief executive officer over to Chris Concannon, who joined the company in December. The effective date for that transition… more

Missouri, Kansas Cited for Barriers to Entry Among Low-Income Entrepreneurs

Kansas City may want to think of itself as the Entrepreneurial Capital of America, but if it is, it's an oasis in a two-state desert of regulations that stifle entrepreneurship among the poor. That's according to a new report assessing conditions… more

UMKC Rankings Issue Prompts Another Resignation

Less than a week after the resignation of the top official embroiled in the controversy over the Bloch School of Management's rankings for entrepreneurial education, a second faculty member has resigned. UMKC announced this afternoon that John Norton had resigned as associate… more