COVID-19
Though localities around the Kansas City metro area will allow businesses to open in phases next week, the federal government's guidelines on social distancing expired today. As a result President Trump said he would soon travel to Arizona, which is…
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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is allowing some businesses to have soft opening and all employees back to work on May 6, a move up from the prior May 15. Called the "10/10/10 rule," it lets some non-essential businesses open…
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Kansas City-based healthcare-tech giant Cerner reported that it had increases in sales and earnings during its first quarter, despite impacts other businesses have sustained during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, executives lowered their earnings-per-share guidance for the year to between $2.78…
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Though COVID-19 will inflict some pain on the medical-office sector of commercial real estate, as it is for other industries, this building type is expected to bounce back relatively quickly, according to a Marcus & Millichap report. Last year, there…
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The Kansas City Metro area has seen varying reports of COVID-19, depending on the county that people live in, which is also indicative of the counties that people live in and their respective populations. Here are the current number of…
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Gross Domestic Product fell 4.8 percent during the first quarter, which reportedly the first quarterly decline since 2014 and the biggest drop since the first quarter of 2008, when it dropped 8.4 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says…
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Randall Williams, who is the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has been giving regular updates about the impact of COVID-19 on Missouri. Q. At this point in the circulation of the virus, is real containment…
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Truman Medical Center will cut the pay rates of its staff, with executives taking the largest decrease, at 20 percent, due to COVID-19-related revenue declines. The move follows major furloughs and pay cuts at Children's Mercy Hospital that were announced…
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Platte County has joined neighboring Clay County and North Kansas City in rolling back its stay-at-home orders from May 15 to May 4. However, there were still be a significant number of restrictions on residents and businesses that are set…
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Garmin was a rare bright spot in public-company earnings during its first quarter despite an economy challenged by COVID-19. The Olathe-based GPS-device maker saw earnings per share rise 25 percent quarter over quarter, while revenues were up 17 percent year…
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