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Home Prices Dropped Month-to-Month Despite High Annual, Mortgage Rates

Posted September 1, 2023 The housing market is sending mixed signals according to real estate data and analytics company Black Knight. The company released its Home Price Index for July 2023 last week and reported the annual rate increased to… more

PayIt Is Now The Statewide Vendor For Massachusetts Commonwealth

Posted August 31, 2023 Kansas City-based PayIt LLC announced Wednesday it will be adding its digital payment services to Massachusetts. PayIt specializes in software that allows residents to submit forms digitally to local, county and state governments. Massachusetts residents can… more

June Figures Hint of Home Price Rebound

Are U.S. home prices beginning to recover? New data from the  S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index hints that things in the housing market may be turning, after prices on a monthly basis rose in June. Prices were unchanged… more

Creative Planning Adds Goldman Sachs Unit

Posted August 29, 2023 Creative Planning, the Kansas City region's biggest wealth-management firm, is getting bigger: The Overland Park firm has announced the acquisition of the Goldman Sachs Group's  Personal Financial Management unit. Neither the terms of the sale nor… more

American’s Higher Wages Could Lead To Continued Rise In Inflation

Posted August 28, 2023 Based on the latest consumer price index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, weekly earnings have increased to 3.5 percent year-over-year since July. However, the Federal Reserve is cautious about wage hikes and could affect its… more

T-Mobile To Cut 5,000 Jobs, 7 Percent Of Workforce

Posted August 28, 2023 T-Mobile US Inc. CEO Mike Sievert informed the wireless carrier’s employees that the company will be laying off close to 5,000 workers, in a memo sent last week. The layoffs would account for nearly 7 percent… more

Welcome to Missouri

PUBLISHED AUGUST, 2023 You could fill the better part of a day trying to build a comprehensive list of the qualities that make Missouri an ideal location to own or operate a business, to raise a family, to build a… more

Creative Planning’s Third Acquisition This Year, Adds 600 Minneapolis Workers

Posted August 24, 2023 Creative Planning announced its acquisition of Minneapolis-based CTB Financial Services, Ltd., marking the wealth management firm’s third acquisition this year. CTB will add support to Creative Planning’s already bolstered tax planning with investment management services. “Having… more

Saint Luke’s Nurses Avoid Burnout Through Virtual Meetings

Posted August 23, 2023 As a strategy to avoid valued nurses potentially leaving their profession, Saint Luke's Healthcare System has provided its nurses with a way to ease their burnout through virtual means. Saint Luke's Healthcare has nurses offering to… more

Unemployment Claims Get a Bump for The First Week in August

Posited August 14, 2023 In the week ending August 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 248,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 227,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The… more