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Posted August 14, 2023 Wichita State University announced the results of its 2022 Economic Impact Study, showing its total economic impact in Kansas in 2021 reached $1.3 billion. According to the study published earlier in August, WSU and WSU Tech’s…
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Posited August 14, 2023 In the week ending August 5, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 248,000, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 227,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The…
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Posted August 10, 2023 Kansas City-based Commerce Bank, which has nearly 50 branch locations in the Kansas City, Lawrence, and St. Joseph area, is among 10 small-to-mid-sized banks whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody’s. In a recent report from…
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Posted August 10, 2023 Kansas City-based CPA firm Mayer Hoffman McCann PC joined with Cleveland-based CBIZ Inc. ranked among the top 100 accounting firms in the U.S. for net revenue, according to Inside Public Accounting’s Top 500 Firms list. The…
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Posted August 10, 2023 The Small Business Administration is more than doubling the caps of its disaster loans, adjusting the amount of its loan program for the first time in 30 years. SBA key changes: Increase Loan Limits for Primary…
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Posted August 9, 2023 Smithfield Foods Inc. will close operations and lay off more than 90 workers in northwestern Missouri later this fall, according to the state's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the pork processor announced this week. Smithfield…
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Posted August 9, 2023 NRC Health has identified 100 top-performing hospitals through its annual healthcare consumer-perception survey, the healthcare data firm announced Tuesday. The survey includes multiple healthcare providers from the two-states area. In order to identify recipients of its…
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Posted August 9, 2023 More than 9,000 new COVID-19 cases arose in recent weeks across the United States and Kansas is but one state experiencing this wave of summer COVID hospitalizations. There were 9,056 new cases for the week ending…
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Posted August 8, 2023 Olathe-based Garmin Ltd. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire JL Audio, a privately-held U.S. company that designs and manufactures audio solutions for multiple automotive markets. The completion of this acquisition is expected…
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Posted August 7, 2023 The trucking company Yellow Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with layoffs’ totaling around 30,000 employees, according to a release. The Nashville, Tenn.-based less-than-truckload company (formerly Overland Park-based) filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy with…
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