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KC’s Tech Appeal Draws Koch Presence

The evolution of Kansas City's technology ecosystem has prompted Koch Business Solutions, a division of Wichita-based Koch Industries, to opened a new coworking office space in Kansas City, designed to provide IT support to the parent and its affiliates around… more

Cerner Co-Founder and CEO Neal Patterson Dies at Age 67

Neal Patterson, co-founder and CEO of healthcare information technology giant, Cerner Corp., died Sunday, July 9, at age 67. According to a company news statement, Patterson died from unexpected complications that arose after a recurrence of a soft-tissue cancer for… more

Local Firms Form KCI Design Team

The drive to bring a single-terminal configuration to Kansas City International Airport took on additional business-civic overtones today as five prominent design firms from the region were introduced as partners for the proposal put forward in the spring by Burns… more

Missouri, Kansas Recognized for Startup Assets

The startup ecosystem in Missouri puts the Show-Me State among the nation's elites, according to the Web site fitsmallbusiness.com, which today released its 2017 rankings of the entrepreneurial climates across the nation. Kansas wasn't far behind, finishing just outside the… more

Employee Group Buys Lawing Financial

Lawing Financial, No. 21 on Ingram's list of Top Area Wealth Management Firms last year, announced this morning that an employee group had purchased the firm from CEO Kerry Lawing and minority investors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.… more

California Animal-Health Company Picks KC

 Chalk up one more addition to the Kansas City region as a global center of excellence in animal health: San Francisco-based Kindred Biosciences announced today that it will open its first regional location at a manufacturing facility in Elwood, Kan.,… more

Bank Midwest Buying Lawrence-based Peoples

The parent company of Bank Midwest announced today that it would acquire Lawrence-based Peoples Bank, boosting its status as the fourth-largest locally headquartered bank based on assets. If approved by regulators, it would push Bank Midwest's asset levels well above… more

Washington University Dropping Its eMBA Program Here

Washington University of St. Louis announced today that it would discontinue its first-year of the executive MBA curriculum in Kansas City, effectively pulling out of the market for business higher education here, starting in January. In a letter addressed to… more

Animal-Health Corridor Adds Chinese Company

Adding another power player to the regional animal-health corridor, the largest animal-vaccine company in China has announced that it will open a vaccine research lab and office at a facility being developed by Kansas State University in Manahttan. A news… more

Comcast Entering Gigabit-Service Fray

The battle for high-speed Internet service dominance in the Kansas city region ratcheted up tody as Comcast announced it would launch service with speeds up to 1 Gigabit-per-second to residential customers throughout the its suburban service areas. That adds to… more