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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced a strategic review of its electronic health records modernization, a $16 billion effort with North Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced the review after his assessment of the program…
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For over 130 years, Kansas City Southern stood a strong symbol among Kansas City businesses, growing and expanding through the decades since its start in 1887. Over the years, the Kansas City-based railway made a number of investments and acquisitions.…
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to delay this year's tax filing deadline to mid-May, a similar move made in 2020 when the deadline was extended to July. Additional time is being given to allow filers more time to navigate tax…
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On Friday, a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware confirmed the reorganization plan that allows the Overland Park-based holding company (OTC: FGPR) to refinance more than $1.5 billion in debt, including converting $357 million of…
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New Mountain Capital of New York increased its bid for St. Louis-based Aegion Corp. on Monday, raising its original asking price by $32 million. Engineering services company Aegion now faces an asking prices of $995 million from New Mountain, an…
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During this earnings season, many of my colleagues on Wall Street shared their opinions that the market’s momentum had been too good to believe. Many of their stock picks were up over 20 percent in terms of earnings momentum, earnings stability, earnings…
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Register for *free* today for the April Ingram's Business Forum! Sign-up is fast and easy. The Ingram's Business Forum is a FREE webcast presented on the second Wednesday of each month, where best-selling author Jon Gordon will interview entrepreneurs, CEOs,…
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A new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) project is putting forth roughly $9.2 billion in funding help bridge the rural digital divide in 49 states. Grants are being awarded to hundreds of companies, including a few dozen in Kansas and Missouri,…
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Penske Automotive Group Inc. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire Kansas City Freightliner, a retailer of medium- and heavy-duty commercial trucks. Penske expects the acquisition is to generate $450 million in annual revenue and build further scale within…
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In the week ending February 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 745,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 6,000 from 730,000 to 736,000. The…
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