Kansas
Macquarie Asset Management officially closed on its $1.7 billion acquisition of Overland Park-based Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. on Friday afternoon. The transaction brings $76 billion in assets to Macquarie Asset Management, making it a top 20 actively managed, long-term…
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There have been many economic factors contributing to our present extraordinary expansion. In the last several days of Wall Street reporting on financial indicators, one stands out as a dramatic example: March Retail Sales. The first signs of a spending…
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A change in CDC guidance regarding COVID-19 is resulting in changes to metro health orders. Local governments such as those presiding over Jackson County in Missouri and Johnson County in Kansas are announcing changes that will take effect as soon…
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For the week ending April 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 553,000, a decrease of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 19,000 from 547,000 to 566,000. The…
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The city of Lenexa bypassed the Kansas Department of Transportation and instead requested about $600 million from the federal government to pay for the third phase of the Johnson County Gateway roads project. Funding has been requested to pay for…
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The Unified Government Public Health Department announced that it will now offer free, COVID-19 vaccinations to anyone age 16 and over, regardless of where they live or work. This includes people who live outside of Kansas, and is a change…
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KU Health System and Hays Medical Center decided to pull back from an affiliation deal and operate independently, according to a Hays Post report. The affiliation is four years long, going back to 2016. Hays kept their own boards, leadership…
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Two Kansas City-area hospitals made the cut for the 2021 Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals list, which highlights the nation’s top-performing hospitals and health systems. Hospitals on the list were measured on aspects such as clinical outcomes, operational efficiency and patient…
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Locally headquartered - and nationally operating - Barrier Companies has been acquired by New York City-based private equity firm, Lincolnshire Management, Inc. Founded in 2008, Barrier Companies is composed of Barrier Technologies and Barrier Compliance Services, and is a leading…
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OneDigital Investment Advisors made another acquisition, adding Westminster Consulting LLC and its $6 billion in plan assets to the ranks of Overland Park-based subsidiary OneDigital Retirement + Wealth. Westminster's employees will work from its headquarters in Rochester, plus three other…
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