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When your otherwise credible electric company rewards you for not using its services and does so by posting smiley faces on your “Home Energy Report,” you get the unsettling sense that something is amiss in the world of power. As…
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November13 | THURSDAY“Attitude of Gratitude”HappyBottoms, which bills itself as Kansas City’s Diaper Bank, will hold its third annual Attitude of Gratitude: A Thanks Giving Event, at the Roasterie’s Bean Hangar event space from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. It starts with…
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If you were to ponder the history of banking in the Kansas City area, and think of one historical figure who cast a shadow that’s still visible 50 . . . 100 . . . even 150 years after the…
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The timing simply couldn’t have been better: One of the nation’s most iconic basketball venues, celebrating its 60th year, and another college basketball season just around the corner. That was the backdrop Oct. 27 when thousands of University of Kansas…
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Children’s Mercy Hospital announced today that its Ward Family Heart Center had been approved to begin pediatric heart transplants. It's the first hospital in the region to offer that treatment for children. “The community has been underserved in the area of pediatric heart…
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The Kansas City office of McGladrey, the nation's fifth-largest provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, announced today that board member and tax partner Ed Bartak had been named office managing. He replaces Tom Rourick, who has been tabbed to lead the assurance practices in…
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Investors stand to benefit from a great capital-markets conundrum as 2015 approaches, officials with US Bank's Private Client Reserve said in their 2014 Investment Outlook this morning at the World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. David Heidel, regional investment director,…
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BATS Global Markets has tabbed former NASDAQ executive Chris Concannon as its new president, the company announced this morning. Concannon, formerly executive vice president for transaction services at NASDAQ, will start his new role on Dec. 15, reporting directly to CEO Joe Ratterman, BATS said…
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For the fourth straight year, the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City has earned the No. 1 spot nationally for its performance relative to the 153 other Jewish federations in North America. That came following the annual survey by…
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Market-share records continue to fall, both domestically and in Europe, for Lenexa-based BATS Global Markets, which became the world’s largest trading platform earlier this year. The company today announced October market share of 21.4 percent in U.S. equities trading and…
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