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Supreme Court: States Can Collect Online Sales Taxes

In a 5-4 ruling on Thursday, the United States Supreme Court ruled that individual states have the right to force most online retailers to collect state sales tax.  This ruling overturned a previous ruling by the Supreme Court.   The original… more

KCUMB Breaks Ground on Med-Ed Building

With the skyline of Kansas City rising up behind them, Kansas City University leaders and donors broke ground today on a $33 million project. The Center for Medical Education Innovation building, or CMEI, has been in the works since 2015,… more

Kemper’s Retirement Shakes Up Commerce Bank Leadership

Commerce Bancshares Vice Chairman Jonathan Kemper is set to retire from the company at the end of July, according to a press release sent out by the company.  Kemper will end his day-to-day activities in that role on July 31st.… more

Fed Proposal Would Ease Volcker Rule Restrictions

The Federal Reserve just took a huge step forward in rolling back some restrictions of the Volcker Rule.  As part of the Dodd-Frank legislation in 2010, the Volcker Rule was a response to the financial collapse of 2008 and designed… more

Citizen Rights vs. Employer Rules

Actress Roseanne Barr's Twitter tirade on Tuesday morning ended up costing her more than just a publicity black eye.  The Walt Disney ABC network canceled the revamp of Roseanne in response to the actress' comments about former President Obama aide Valerie… more

Twitter Ruling Blurs the Line of Public and Private

It's hard to escape the world of social media in 2018.  Your business undoubtedly uses it for marketing or news releases, your family uses it for fun and to be informed and your employees use it in the same way. … more

GDPR: What It Is and Why It Affects You

There is a looming deadline in the European Union but its effects will be felt worldwide.  On Friday, businesses will have to be in compliance with the GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, which the EU passed in 2016. Essentially,… more

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Arbitration

A 5-4 ruling by the US Supreme Court today allows businesses to "force employees to use arbitration, not the courts, to resolve disputes." In an article by the Associated Press, the ruling is noted to not affect unionized employees but… more

Century-old Kansas City Business Involved in Merger

Bartlett and Company, a 111-year-old Kansas City company, announced on Wednesday that it will merge two portions of its enterprise with Savage Companies, which is based in Salt Lake City.  The deal will include Bartlett's grain and milling businesses and… more

Increase Battery Life by 100-Fold? We’re listening..

A study released by the University of Missouri news bureau today states that a group of physicists at MU have "applied for a patent for a magnetic material that employs a unique structure—a “honeycomb” lattice that exhibits distinctive electronic properties."… more