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Cigna To Exit Kansas and Missouri Markets Next Year

Posted August 30, 2023 Cigna Healthcare will be trimming its footprint on Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges next year and will not be providing healthcare plans for Kansas and Missouri in 2024. Despite the insurance company cutting two states from… more

KC Entertainment District To Add 150-Foot Ferris Wheel This Fall

Posted August 29, 2023 A new view of Kansas City will debut this fall in the form of the KC Wheel, a 150-foot Ferris wheel in the Pennway Point entertainment district. The developers, Maryland-based ICON Experiences, will continue construction of… more

Panasonic To Lease 500,000SF At Flint Commerce Center in De Soto, KS

Posted August 29, 2023 Newmark Zimmer is leasing 509,760 square feet to Panasonic Energy at the 1,019,520 square foot Building C at the Flint Commerce Center in De Soto, the commercial real estate agency announced Tuesday. Building C offers a… more

Bluhawk Adds New Tenants and Gives Update on Sports Park

Posted August 29, 2023 Bluhawk, the mixed-use development in Overland Park, is adding several new restaurants and retail tenets and is gearing up to add more when its completes its sports park. Bluhawk is nearing completion of phase 1 of… more

June Figures Hint of Home Price Rebound

Are U.S. home prices beginning to recover? New data from the  S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index hints that things in the housing market may be turning, after prices on a monthly basis rose in June. Prices were unchanged… more

Creative Planning Adds Goldman Sachs Unit

Posted August 29, 2023 Creative Planning, the Kansas City region's biggest wealth-management firm, is getting bigger: The Overland Park firm has announced the acquisition of the Goldman Sachs Group's  Personal Financial Management unit. Neither the terms of the sale nor… more

American’s Higher Wages Could Lead To Continued Rise In Inflation

Posted August 28, 2023 Based on the latest consumer price index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, weekly earnings have increased to 3.5 percent year-over-year since July. However, the Federal Reserve is cautious about wage hikes and could affect its… more

Service Employment Rises While Activity Remains Largely Unchanged, KC Fed Survey

Posted August 28, 2023 Tenth District services activity remained flat in August, unchanged from July, and firms expect to see growth at a modest rate in the coming months, according to the Tenth District August 2023 Services Survey. The month-over-month… more

TreviPay Develops Cross-Currency B2B Payment System

Posted August 24, 2023 TreviPay has added a new capability to its business-to-business payment platform for merchants around the world allowing sales between different currencies. TreviPay, headquartered in Overland Park, operates in 32 countries and 20 currencies and now can… more

Justice Department Enforcement Action Combats $836M In Alleged COVID-19 Fraud

Posted August 24, 2023 The Justice Department announced Wednesday the results of a coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat coronavirus aid fraud, including 718 enforcement actions and over $836 million in alleged COVID-19 fraud. The coordinated law enforcement action occurred… more