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[caption id="attachment_22223" align="alignleft" width="480"] From left: HealthJoy's Dorfman, Swell Spark's Baysinger, PayIT's Gordon and Andy Rieger.[/caption] Legitimate tariff-strife aside, by most economic measures, the economy doesn't look like it's going to face a major recession the likes of 2008 any…
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City Wide Maintenance Co., the Lenexa-based building-maintenance and janitorial-services franchisor, is opening its first location in Canada, in southwestern Ontario, and the firm has plans to further expand in the country. The company's leadership announced its intention to enter Canada…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPu9j-mjbzU&feature=youtu.be[/embed] There's a lot of talk about the difficulty Kansas City area employers' ability to retain workers, but the situation has constantly improved over the years, says Sean Miller, chief executive officer of insurance firm Robert E. Miller Group. More…
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[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSm-qwpjuQQ[/embed] Sure, most of Intouch Solutions' clients aren't in the Kansas City area, and his company is based in Overland Park, but it doesn't bother CEO Faruk Capan. After all, the company has offices around the country, and he says…
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Kansas City has secured two highly prized federal agencies that have been reviewing relocation sites nationwide: The Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The Kansas City Area Development Council announced that decision with a…
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Kansas City is one of five metro areas nationally to have a 5G network operated by Sprint. The announcement came today during a presentation by company CEO Michel Combes and others. Sprint's Kansas City 5G network covers 625,000 people and…
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[caption id="attachment_22007" align="alignleft" width="480"] KCB Bank headquarters, in Kearney.[/caption] Academy Bank is growing in the Northland with the purchase off KCB Bank and its six branches there in various cities, as well as Bonner Springs. Dickinson Financial Corp. (DFC), Academy's…
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The number of Kansas City homes listed on realty Web site Zillow dropped dramatically in April from the same same month last year, according to the firm's monthly Real Estate Market Report. Listings here fell 24.1 percent from April 2018,…
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Logistics Park Kansas City will be the home to Hostess Brands’ main distribution center as industrial vacancy rates in the area are tightening and strong leasing activity continues. Hostess is moving its distribution operations from Illinois to the Edgerton industrial…
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[embed]https://youtu.be/2S083A6E2AA[/embed] In 2017, Ingram's named Henry Bloch Philanthropist of the Year. During a celebration of the award, several speakers paid tribute, including colleagues and friends. The H&R Block co-founder and continuous giver to the community, told the audience that he…
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