Kansas
OptumRx, a UnitedHealth Group pharmacy care services organization, is looking to hire a combined 135 pharmacy technicians and customer service representatives today and tomorrow at a job fair in Overland Park. All new positions will be based at Optum’s Overland…
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Another major retailer is set to open a distribution center in the Kansas City metro area, as Overstock.com announced it will put down roots in Kansas City, Kan. The online retailer, which sells everything from home goods to apparel and…
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The owners of Shawnee Mission Health, an anchor for acute-care hospital services in Johnson County, have expanded their reach to Ottawa, 45 miles to the southwest. The medical center's parent, Florida-based Adventist Health System, says it has signed a letter…
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To the chorus of voices chiming in on Sprint Corp.'s bid to merge with T-Mobile, add the Communications Workers of America--the national labor group today announced its opposition to the deal. The CWA submitted comments the Federal Communications Commission, listing…
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Circle this date on your calendar: Dec. 31, 2031. What’s special about that particular New Year’s Eve? It’s the date on which the very last members of the Baby Boom generation, born just before the clock ran out on 1964,…
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Animal-health products company TechAccel, which launched in Kansas in 2015, has announced that it will join forces with Reliance Animal Health Partners to form Covenant Animal Health Partners, a company that will focus exclusively on bringing animal health innovations to…
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Stinson Leonard Street is at it again: Just weeks after opening a second office in Denver and absorbing a small law firm to boost its presence in Dallas, Stinson announced this morning that it was merging with one of Missouri's…
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The good news, if you’re a renter in Kansas City (and perhaps, less-than-good news if you’re a landlord): This metro area ranks No. 6 nationwide in terms of rental ability, according to a Census data analysis by the online real-estate…
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital has purchased a 20-acre plot of land to build a 200,000-square-foot medical center. The site is at the northeast corner of Sixth Street and South Lawrence Trafficway. The hospital announced a $100 million expansion plan late last…
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Less than two miles separate the main campuses of the University of Kansas Hospital and Saint Luke’s flagship medical center near the Country Club Plaza. Which means, according to the editors of U.S. News and World Report, that residents of…
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