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Missouri Realtors, the statewide association advocating for real-estate professionals, has named Breanna Vanstrom as its next CEO. She succeeds John Sebree, who has assumed leadership of the California Association of Realtors. Vanstrom, CEO of Boise Regional Realtors Association, was selected…
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Total M&A technology transactions in the U.S. ended 2021 with 7,829 deals. Strategic buyers accounted for 36 percent of buyers, financial buyers a slim .05 percent, and hybrid buyers 54 percent. Software was the leading industry among buyers.
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One can’t fully appreciate where Kansas sits at the center of life sciences excellence in 2022 and think about where that might take the state going forward without looking backward. So do a little time traveling here: • In 2004,…
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This past week was a disaster, recently the norm for both the president and vice president. As markets struggled what else could go wrong did go wrong. The 10-year Treasury rate rose to 1.87 percent, inflation is at a 40-year…
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During recent weeks we’ve witnessed more Americans speaking out against a wide array of nonsense and finally seeking more “common sense”. Maybe that’s one reason the stock market has been so robust – foreseeing a long overdue return to sanity. …
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According to the New York Times’ latest report of U.S. cases, Kansas represents the U.S. state with the most new cases per 100,000 recorded Tuesday. The table is sorted by states with the most cases over the last seven days.…
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A new program from the U.S. Department of Transportation will soon deliver the first payout of a five-year $484 million investment to rebuild bridges across the state. In the first year of the program, Missouri will receive $96.9 million. Funding arrives…
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A notice of intent from Canadian National (CN) is asking regulators to require Canadian Pacific (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) to divest the Springfield Line as a condition of their merge. The divestment would allow Canadian National to take…
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With the nation recording the highest case COVID-19 case counts since the pandemic began in March 2020, the Biden administration has directed private insurers to cover the cost of up to eight at-home coronavirus rapid tests per person, per month.…
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The stock market ended 2021 with a Santa Claus rally, even as the spread of COVID-19’s Omicron variant caused states to reimpose masking requirements and other restrictions. Warnings that commerce would be restricted followed many as countries reimposed restrictions on…
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