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Kansas City entrepreneur John Sherman has become a minority owner and vice chairman of the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball. Sherman joins the Dolan family, who will retain the majority ownership they have had since 2000. Financial details of…
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Aratana Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: PETX), a Leawood, Kan.-based pet therapeutics company focused on the licensing, development and commercialization of innovative biopharmaceutical products for companion animals, this week announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Veterinary Medicine has approved…
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Visit KC, the region’s leading hospitality and tourism organization, has announced nine major convention bookings by eight groups for future years. The groups represent the sports, religious, education, multi-cultural and multi-level marketing segments. Together, the meetings will inject a estimated…
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Kansas City, Mo.-based Hallmark Cards has announced a new licensing agreement with the Country Music Association that will bring music from some of the most popular country artists into the greeting card aisle. With this contract, Hallmark will leverage the…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City members will be getting a letter offering them free online identity protection after the company’s ID card provider revealed it was the victim of a computer hacker. Albany, N.Y.-based Newkirk Products on…
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Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN – News) on Wednesday announced results for the second quarter ended June 25, 2016, with growth in fitness and outdoor-sports products more than making up for continuing decline in its original auto-direction business. The company is…
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The nation's largest law-firm merger of the year is now a done deal, with the announcment today that Husch Blackwell and Milwaukee-based Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek had finalized the agreement announced in April. The new entity began operations on Friday, and…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Sporting Club, U.S. Soccer and Children’s Mercy broke ground Sunday on the National Training and Coaching Development Center in Kansas City, Kansas. The NTCDC will provide a world-class environment to develop players, coaches, and referees of all…
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Lockton, the world's largest privately held independent insurance brokerage, announced this morning that Glenn Spencer would become president and chief executive officer next May, when John Lumelleau retires. Lumelleau has been at he helm during much of Lockton's rise from…
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Techweek, a traveling technology festival based in Chicago, has announced that Kansas City will be part of an expanded lineup that will bring the event to eight cities in 2016. Celebrating its fifth year, the festival will add Toronto and…
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