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It’s almost enough to make one question whether the prospects for business growth are truly grounded in economic fundamentals, rather than something much harder to gauge—like the concept of optimism itself. After a recession of historic proportions that ended in…
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(Front row seated, left to right) Gordon Lansford | JE Dunn Construction (host, sponsor and co-chair); Bill Fagan | Design Mechanical, Inc. (sponsor and co-chair); Tom Buchanan | McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan (sponsor and co-chair); Paul Rodriguez | Rodriguez…
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More Than Shop Talk It Started With a Simple Goal: If We All Sit Down and Chat for a Spell, It Might Be Good for Business As things turned out, a seat at the table for the annual Construction Industry…
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The Heart of a Nation, Beating Proudly Meet 50 Missourians whose achievements set them apart. What makes the Show-Me State the centerpiece of America? We can give you 350 reasons why Missouri is both a state of mind and a…
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In the 7 1/2 years since June 2009, the official end of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy has struggled to maintain some sense of recovery, scratching out small gains in GDP most every quarter. Well, mission accomplished, says Andew…
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Southwest Steel Fabrication, the longest-operating steel fabricator in the Kansas City region, has a new owner: A local private equity firm, Four Pillars Investors, announced Friday morning that it had acquired the Bonner Springs company. In a…
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An all-star cast of executive leadership in the Kansas City region turned out Thursday night as Ingram's magazine paid tribute to the inaugural Ingram' 250, recognizing the most powerful and influential business leaders in the Kansas City region. Among them…
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The Henry W. Block School of Management at UMKC today announced that four local entrepreneurs, including the legendary barbecue master Ollie Gates, were being inducted into its Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. A news release from UMKC said Gates…
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Block & Company, Inc., Realtors announced today that it had purchased the former Kmart shopping center in the southeast quadrant of I-35 & Shawnee Mission Parkway. That 11.8-acre property will take on new life as a mixed-use development featuring retaurants…
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Overland Park-based Sprint today announced that it would commit to creating or bringing back to America 5,000 jobs by the end of its 2017 fiscal year. In a news release issued late this afternoon, the company said it expects those…
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