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In a Nutshell: Fed Optimistic, But Are Investors?

Stocks swung wildly following last week’s FOMC's highly anticipated meeting as the yield curve pulled back, steepened, then pulled back once more.  The central bank sharply upgraded its 2021 GDP growth forecast to 6.5%, the largest annual output since 1984,… more

Cerner closes on $375M deal for Kantar Health

Kantar Health, a life sciences company and division of Kantar Group, has been sold in a $375 million cash deal to North Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. Acquisition for the New York company was originally initiated in December 2020, and was… more

U.S. nursing facilities see 96 percent drop in COVID cases

Representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the U.S., a report from the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living shows  nursing homes in the U.S. continue to see a rapid decline… more

Amazon employees in Mo., Kan. receive on-site COVID vaccine

Amazon employees in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City, Kan. and other areas across Missouri and Kansas can now participate in an on-site COVID-19 vaccination program put on by the company and local government. The multinational e-commerce giant started the program… more

Ferrellgas Press Release: Ferrellgas Successfully Strengthens its Financial Position for the Future

Overland Park, KS., March 30, 2021 – Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (OTC: FGPRQ) ("Ferrellgas" or the "Holdings") announced today the successful completion of its previously announced restructuring transactions that strengthen its balance sheet while allowing it to continue as an employee-owned… more

Coping With COVID: U.S. Down-Trend Levels Out

Since peaking at 308,000 new cases on January, and driving that week's rolling 7-day average for new COVID-19 cases to more than 256,000 a day, the nation has seen a sharp reduction in new infections. By early March, the rolling… more

Lucas Bristles at February Gas Bill for KCI

Residents across the Midwest are seeing some startling numbers with gas bills adjusted after the big freeze in February. The statement that arrived for Kansas City International Airport, however, took increases to a whole new level. Consider this, from the… more

Barkley Joins Ranks of B Corporations

Since the first of what are known as Benefit Corporations were certified in 2007, that new way of looking at business has gained a foothold in American capitalism, one that places equal value on the good a business can do… more

NPC Completes $801 Million Sale to Flynn, Wendy’s

While business headlines in Kansas City this week focused on the sale of publicly traded Kansas City Southern Railway, the private-business side saw another corporate titan take its last bow. San Francisco-based Flynn Restaurant Group closed on its $553 million… more

Kan., Mo. selected for national cybersecurity policy initiative

The National Governors Association selected Kansas and Missouri as part of a four state collaboration on cybersecurity governance. “We’re honored to be chosen to collaborate with NGA for this prestigious academy,” Kansas Governor Laura Kelly said. “With rapid changes in… more