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Posted April 29, 2024 UMB Financial Corporation and Heartland Financial, USA Inc. announced the two companies have entered into a merger agreement. The transaction will increase UBM assets by over 40 percent, the largest acquisition in UMB history. UMB’s acquisition…
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Posted April 29, 2024 Faculty at the University of Kansas voted to unionize, citing competitive wages and health concerns as driving factors of the vote. More than 1,550 full-time, part-time tenured and nontenure-track KU faculty are now represented by United…
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Posted April 25, 2024 Bank of America has named Tiffany Owens as the new market executive for the private bank in Kansas City, Mo. As the market executive, Owens is responsible for leading a team of Kansas City-based advisors. She…
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Posted April 25, 2024 A new report from real estate company Redfin shows buying a home in the U.S. now costs more than ever following rates for an average 30-year fixed mortgage surpasses 7 percent. The median U.S. home sale…
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Posted April 25, 2024 Equity Bank announced it will merge with another Kansas-based bank, KansasLand Bank, adding two locations to Equity Bank’s network in the state. Wichita-based Equity Bancshares, Inc. entered a definitive merger agreement with KansasLand Bancshares Inc., the…
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Posted April 24, 2024 Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, a nonprofit healthcare system, announced it will transfer two of its Kansas-based clients to another healthcare provider and permanently close its Kansas City, Kansas clinic. Intermountain Health operates three clinics in…
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Posted April 24, 2024 Updated at 2:56 p.m., April 24, 2024 The University of Kansas Health System announced it will open the new Quivira Campus in Olathe, Ks., sometime in mid-June. The Quivira Campus, located at 12000 W. 151st St.,…
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Posted April 24, 2024 The executive vice chancellor of The University of Kansas Medical Center, Dr. Robert Simari, announced he will be stepping down from his role after six years of service. Simari will be retiring from the University of…
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Posted April 23, 2024 The Kansas City Current and Port KC have unveiled plans for the next phase of its $800 million Berkley Riverfront development. The development is scheduled to break ground at the end of 2024 and targeting a…
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Posted April 22, 2024 Olathe-based engineering firm Terracon Consultants Inc. announced two new C-suite positions, adding a new chief legal and administrative officer. On Thursday, Terracon appointed Aaron Mann to the role of chief legal officer and will be responsible…
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