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H&R Block announced this morning that it had named Jeffrey Jones II as its next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Bill Cobb, who retired earlier this year, and interim president Tom Gerke, the firm's general counsel and chief administrative…
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The 1,500 employees of Kansas City-based USA800 are now working for someone besides themselves: The employee-owned calling-center concern has been acquired by The Results Companies of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In a news release completion of the deal this week, officials…
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Last spring, the nation’s leading accrediting body for medical centers, the Joint Commission, created a new category of performance recognition: Comprehensive Cardiac Center certification. Today, it announced the first organization in the nation to receive that certification--the University of…
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Horizon Global, which makes towing and trailering equipment, announced today that it was nearly finished with construction of its 512,000-square-foot distribution facility in Edgerton, which is expected to create more than 120 new jobs. The site will serve as the main…
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Lockton, Inc. chairman David Lockton announced this morning that Ron Lockton will expand his role to become president and CEO of the world's largest independent insurance brokerage. He succeeds Glenn Spencer, who resigned from those roles for personal reasons, effective…
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The Burns & McDonnell KCI HOMETOWN Team will lead a jobs rally at Mark One Electric this morning to introduce 20 new members of the project team and share new details about the proposed construction schedule, job training and pre-apprentice…
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The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced yesterday that the state’s unemployment rate continues its now 10-month decline, edging down one tenth of a point to 3.8 percent. During the month of June, Missouri’s non-farm payroll employment grew by 11,900…
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Neal Patterson, co-founder and CEO of healthcare information technology giant, Cerner Corp., died Sunday, July 9, at age 67. According to a company news statement, Patterson died from unexpected complications that arose after a recurrence of a soft-tissue cancer for…
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The drive to bring a single-terminal configuration to Kansas City International Airport took on additional business-civic overtones today as five prominent design firms from the region were introduced as partners for the proposal put forward in the spring by Burns…
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The startup ecosystem in Missouri puts the Show-Me State among the nation's elites, according to the Web site fitsmallbusiness.com, which today released its 2017 rankings of the entrepreneurial climates across the nation. Kansas wasn't far behind, finishing just outside the…
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