Regional
Straight from the experts’ mouths, guidance on getting things done. Running a successful business in many cases comes down to applying the correct dosages of common sense at precisely the right time. There are occasions, though, when workplace situations call…
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They made it into 40 Under Forty this year based on what they’ve done with their careers and their efforts to support the region’s non-profit and civic sectors. This year’s class, the 17th installment, convened in the Sprint Plaza at…
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Tenant responsibilities—and obligations—can go well beyond the terms of a lease. After a commercial tenant signs a lease, he may think the paperwork is over and can get back to business. This article describes two other common documents that tenants…
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Critics may liken it to market timing, but history suggests there’s more at work here. Every year about this time, people are looking towards summer break. However, the summer break I’m writing about here is a break from the stock…
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Take some responsibility and change the outcome by taking action. Jeffrey, I have some sales situations I can’t get past, and maybe you can help. I’m an insurance agent. I read your stuff—OK, I’m a fan. I’ve been getting blown…
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It’s been an interesting decade for the region’s contractors, but the recovery is here. Across the construction sector, in Kansas City and nationwide, the past decade has been a time of profound change. Ten years ago, we were riding the…
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Years in the making, a full-scale revival of the construction sector seems to be upon us—at long last. Back in 2000, Ingram’s launched the Industry Outlook concept, a series of annual roundtable discussions involving top executives from key business sectors…
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You can’t assess public-school finance without an honest look at the numbers. The teachers at Padre Pio Academy in Shawnee watch the hysteria about Kansas public school budgets, I imagine, much the way Gary Butler watches the hold-out of Pittsburgh…
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The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has formally announced the award of an $834 million contract for construction of the research labs at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. That's the final piece of the $1.25 billion project,…
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ACA Cost, Compliance Issues Coming to When Ingram’s launched the Industry Outlook series 16 years ago, we wondered if there would be enough new material in any given sector year-to-year to keep it fresh. Within months of that first assembly,…
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