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Posted February 12, 2024 Overland Park-based Compass Minerals International Inc. released its fiscal first-quarter results and announced it will terminate a lithium brine project at the Great Salt Lake. The company determined it is no longer in the best interests…
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Posted February 12, 2024 Westlake Ace Hardware announced it will soon be hosting a grand opening event for its third location in Lee’s Summit. The new Westlake Ace Hardware in Lee’s Summit, located at 3511 S.W. Market Street near the…
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Posted February 12, 2024 Updated 9:47 a.m. February 13, 2024 Connecticut-based XPO, Inc. has proposed plans to create a 180,000-square-foot-plus trucking facility in northwest Shawnee. XPO rezoning approval of approximately 45 acres east of Kansas 7 Highway on the north…
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Posted February 12, 2024 The Kansas City Chiefs have won Super Bowl LVIII and hometown fans can expect to see this year's champions at the parade and victory rally downtown on Wednesday. The Chiefs Kingdom Champions Parade and victory rally…
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Posted February 12, 2024 JE Dunn Construction Co. lands a contract for more than $62 million for building improvements at the Charles E. Whittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. The project is estimated to create over 300 jobs over…
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Posted February 12, 2024 North Carolina-based Cinterra has added former Black & Veatch executive, Shelby Barbier, as its new chief operating officer. Cinterra, formerly Directional Services Inc., a renewable energy contractor announced Barbier as the company’s next COO in a…
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Posted February 8, 2024 AdventHealth Shawnee Mission has appointed its new president and chief executive officer Alan Verrill, MD and will step into his new role later this month. Effective February 25, Verrill will be the new President and CEO…
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Posted February 8, 2024 Q: Who did you look up to early in your career as pinnacle examples of wealth-management executive leadership, and what did you adopt from them that has been most influential in the firm’s growth? Who do…
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Posted February 8, 2024 H&R Block announced chief financial officer Tony Bowen will retire from the company and will remain at the company into September of 2024. “Tony has been a tremendous partner during our transformation and instrumental in guiding…
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Posted February 8, 2024 The former Overland Park-based trucking company, Yellow Corp. announced it has repaid the $700 million U.S. Treasury loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Yellow has repaid $700 million in principal, as…
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