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Creative Planning has added another company to its list of acquisitions, this time buying TrueWealth, a Registered Investment Advisory firm in Atlanta, Ga. The buy adds $1.6 billion in assets to Overland Park-based Creative Planning, who has acquired three different…
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On Wednesday, Cerner Corp. announced that William Mintz is now the company’s new chief strategy officer for the global health care technology company. In his new role, Mintz will work alongside company and client leadership to identify and develop new…
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Unemployment insurance claims have dropped below 1 million, according to a Thursday morning news release from the U.S. Department of Labor. This report reflects similar news from the department in early August, the last time benefit claims were reported to…
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Based in Springfield, Mo. and the Kansas City area’s largest accounting firm, BKD has announced their new CEO, Tom Watson. Watson will assume his role as CEO next year on June 1, 2021, taking over the position from current CEO…
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The Department of Transportation is making a big investment nationwide, an investment that will impact two local Kansas City area airports. On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao revealed a list of airports in the U.S. that are to…
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Urban Outfitters is seeking industrial revenue bonds – about $403 million – to build a new distribution center on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kan. met on Monday to further…
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An adjustment in classrooms nationwide due to the coronavirus has led to deeper look into teachers’ salaries, data on K-12 showing where teacher pay falls in each state. A report by business.org shows that both Missouri and Kansas rank toward…
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Missouri and Kansas are beginning to see a slowdown of COVID-19’s impact after new data over the weekend shows no new deaths in Missouri from Sunday to Monday and only one new death in Kansas over the same time period.…
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Original plans for the Grain Belt Express energy transmission line have changed following a battle to gain approval from Missouri and Illinois. As part of the original proposal, transmission line would run from Kansas to Indiana, however critics hoping to…
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A Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing earlier this summer has led to a Tuesday filing for NPC International, which now seeks court approval to sell all of its Wendy’s and Pizza Hut assets. Between the two fast food chains, Leawood-based NPC…
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