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The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, or MOHELA, has denied allegations made against it by a teachers union and an advocacy group claiming the student loan company took part in a “call deflection scheme.” On Wednesday,…
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Posted February 27, 2024 According to the Associated Builders and Contractors ranking, some Kansas City-area contractors have made the cut to be recognized as the top performers in the nation. The ABC's Top Performers 2024 ranks member contractors who achieved…
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Posted February 19, 2024 A poll survey from Express Employment Professionals-Harris shows 37 percent of U.S. employees are actively searching for a new job in 2024 and fewer believe there are more job opportunities in their chosen field. Only 28…
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Posted February 13, 2024 Zillow released its January 2024 Rental Market Report, showing how rental prices have increased in Kansas City, and other major cities, despite apartment construction on the rise and cooling for economic growth in the nation. Rents…
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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 7, 2024 Oracle Corp. has appointed Seema Verma, the former head of Medicare in the Trump administration, as the executive vice president of Oracle Health. Oracle announced Verma’s new role via an internal memo in December, Bloomberg reported.…
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Posted February 6, 2024 Kansas City-based firm HNTB Corporation announced it has relocated its Austin, TX, office to meet the rising demand for infrastructure solutions and to allow growth for its workforce. The new 20,000-square-foot office space is inside Indeed…
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Posted February 6, 2024 This year could be a bounce-back year for office leasing as industry forecasts show a rise in active tenants in the Kansas City area despite lower activity and coinciding with national trends. Jones Lang LaSalle IP…
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Posted February 5, 2024 North Carolina-based Honeywell is investing $84 million to expand its aerospace manufacturing facility in Olathe, elevating the facility to one of the company’s most technologically advanced and creating 156 new jobs. “Expanding this facility will enable…
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Posted January 31, 2024 Ceva Animal Health announced it has acquired Philadelphia-based biotech company Scout Bio to achieve a “significant leap,” in innovation for pet therapeutics. Scout Bio uses gene therapy and technology to address major areas of unmet medical…
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