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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

Service Employment Rises While Activity Remains Largely Unchanged, KC Fed Survey

Posted August 28, 2023 Tenth District services activity remained flat in August, unchanged from July, and firms expect to see growth at a modest rate in the coming months, according to the Tenth District August 2023 Services Survey. The month-over-month… 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

TreviPay Develops Cross-Currency B2B Payment System

Posted August 24, 2023 TreviPay has added a new capability to its business-to-business payment platform for merchants around the world allowing sales between different currencies. TreviPay, headquartered in Overland Park, operates in 32 countries and 20 currencies and now can… 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

Justice Department Enforcement Action Combats $836M In Alleged COVID-19 Fraud

Posted August 24, 2023 The Justice Department announced Wednesday the results of a coordinated, nationwide enforcement action to combat coronavirus aid fraud, including 718 enforcement actions and over $836 million in alleged COVID-19 fraud. The coordinated law enforcement action occurred… 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

Community Wholesale Tire Leases 204,000SF in Hunt Midwest’s ‘Automotive Alley’

Posted August 22, 2023 Hunt Midwest has broken ground on a facility for Community Wholesale Tire at the Hunt Midwest Business Center (HMBC)—a space encompassing a 2,500-acre industrial development site—with construction expected to complete this year. Community Wholesale Tire will… more