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QC Holdings Officially Acquired by Prospect Capital Corporation in $115M Merger

Posted July 2, 2025 Lenexa-based QC Holdings, Inc. has been acquired by New York-based Prospect Capital Corporation in a deal valued at approximately $115 million. The acquisition officially closed on June 30 in an all-cash transaction for $2 per share.… more

Historic Sauer Castle Approved for $11M Redevelopment

Posted July 1, 2025 The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City approved over $11 million in bonds for the renovation and redevelopment of the historic Sauer Castle. Located at 935 Shawnee Road, the Sauer Castle is a historic… more

Take One For The Team

I’m waking up on day three at North Kansas City Hospital with several broken ribs and a fractured right transverse process of my first lumber vertebra. In a rush Friday morning during the rain, I slipped and fell down a… more

UG of Wyandotte County Approves Master Plan for 600MW Data Center

Posted July 1, 2025 The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City has approved a master plan amendment and request for a six-building data center near the Kansas Speedway. Red Wolf DCD Properties LLC requested rezoning of around 550… more

Who Really Failed the Corporate Diversity Challenge?

You can get a nuanced argument about this from almost any cultural anthropologist, economist or sociologist, but in general, the history of capitalism—the American stripe, and the various versions practiced around the world—can’t be written without highlighting major tipping points.… more

Swimming Through the Mud

I have to hand it to the companies that earned their place on this issue’s 36th annual Corporate Report 100 ranking. If we were to ever find ourselves in a street fight, I’d want these folks on our side. They’re… more

It’s Not the 1 Percent; It’s the 0.01 Percent . . .

Hey, gang! Dot-connecting time! Let’s play . . . If the reporting is to be believed—big “if” these days—your pal and mine in eCommerce, Jeff Bezos, has commissioned construction of a $500 million super-yacht. The good shipbuilders in the Netherlands,… more

Can the Circle Be Unbroken

In recent years, we’ve bought several homes and developed building lots at the Lake of the Ozarks and have established a pretty popular destination for a number of repeat guests as well as a host of new ones. The pandemic… more

Putting the Edge on Small-Town Living

Everyone who has ever met the aptly named Loy Edge—and that is just about everyone in Kansas City—will agree on one word to describe him: Edge is a character. For all its virtues, our beloved town is rather short on… more

Cold Calls in 2021 . . . Really?

I make my living with words, so full disclosure: I’m not a salesman. And neither, it seems, are the legions of people, purportedly in sales roles, who interrupt my day with phone calls asking if I’m the IT guy at… more