Regional News
Leslie Davis is the owner of True Peace Financial Solutions in Overland Park, Kan., an affiliate of Topeka-based AE Wealth, which has more than $7 billion in assets under management. She talked about challenges in the investment market right now.…
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As the nation’s banks continue to fine-tune the Paycheck Protection Program implemented by Congress to help avert layoffs during the COVID-19 crises, today looms as a key date in phase II of the $349 billion program. As of this morning,…
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A year that started on with a booming U.S. economy is now certain to include a recession. That’s the take-away from UMB Bank’s chief investment officer, KC Mathews, who has issued a 2020 economic forecast updated to reflect the impact…
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“The greatest financial relief we can give small and mid-sized businesses in this economic crisis is faster payment of their outstanding invoices—liquidity.” With that declaration, Kansas City’s Sandy Kemper, founder and CEO of C2FO, is calling for a different approach…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has chosen a Florissant hotel for Missouri's first alternative medical site for patients suffering from mild COVID-19 symptoms. He said other sites are looking being looked at across the state for similar facilities. “Our hospitals and…
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Unemployment claims were in excess of six million for the second week in a row, due to COVID-19, bringing the numbers to nearly 17 million over the last few weeks. For the week ended April 4, claims were 6.06 million,…
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Overland Park-based wealth-management firm Waddell & Reed's assets under management took a plunge from February to March, dropping from $65 billion to $56 billion. The fall has taken place as the stock market saw extreme volatility during that time frame.…
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The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has announced more than $44 million in emergency funding to almost 50 health centers across Missouri and Kansas as part of the national effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and provide treatment…
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With the greater Kansas City area’s older adult population expected to grow to more than 370,000 in the next 10 years, the health of the long-term care industry will become increasingly important. “Rising prevalence of dementia, Alzheimer’s, heart disorders, respiratory…
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Called to action by a Kansas City health-care non-profit, a team of a dozen medical providers is on its way to New York, the nation's epicenter in the fight to save lives of COVID-19 patients. Olathe-based Heart to Heart International…
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