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The City of Kansas City, Mo., and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) are holding a community meeting today for discussion of the planned $54 million Prospect MAX bus rapid transit (BRT) line. Anyone interested in attending is invited…
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, America’s economy added 156,000 nonfarm jobs in September while the unemployment rate, up to 5 percent from 4.9 percent in August, hovered in the same range it has been in for the…
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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the nation’s agricultural cooperatives, which include Kansas City-based Dairy Farmers of America, posted record net income in 2015. The overall figure for cooperatives was $7 billion, with $4.3 billion among the companies on…
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The parent company of Alterra Bank, First Business Financial Services, Inc., has announced that Alterra president and CEO, Pam Berneking is no longer with the bank. Chuck Mackey, Alterra Bank Board Chairman, said, “Under Pam’s leadership, Alterra Bank set out…
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The personal finance website, WalletHub, has released its Fastest Growing Cities report for 2016. The fastest growing city in the U.S. was Frisco, Texas (part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metro) and the slowest was Jacksonville, North Carolina. How did Kansas…
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Compass Minerals has announced its completion of the purchase of all remaining interest in Produquímica Indústria e Comércio S.A., one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers and distributors of specialty plant nutrients. As previously disclosed, the acquisition is expected to add an…
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Creighton University released its monthly Survey on Economic Conditions for Business taken among supply managers in a nine-state region that includes Kansas and Missouri. The overall index came in below the growth neutral ranking of 50 for the third consecutive…
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Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s Incorporated, two big-names retailers catering to lovers of the outdoors, have announced a definitive agreement in which Bass Pro will acquire Cabela’s for $65.50 per share in cash; the total deal is valued at approximately $5.5 billion. Bass…
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The Kauffman Foundation has announced a 10-year, $79 million investment in KC Scholars, a program developed by the Foundation and 70 community partners to, as the KS Scholars website states, “increase postsecondary education attainment in the greater Kansas City area.”…
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A Jackson County Circuit Court Judge has cleared the way for voting on the expansion of the Transportation Development District (TDD) for Kansas City’s budding streetcar service. The expanded district would support a southward expansion of the existing Main Street…
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