Kansas City, Missouri
When you send your eager little freshmen off to college next fall, there is a good chance the campus thought police will stop them before they even find their dorm rooms and demand of them, “Check your privilege!” “Check my…
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MISSOURI DeKalb County Wind Farm on MarketThe Lost Creek Wind Farm, a 100-turbine operation that spans 23,000 acres in northwest Missouri, is being listed for sale by its owner, St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group. The wind farm started generating electricity…
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UMKC's Bloch School of Management is preparing to roll out the first class of its Entrepreneur Hall of Fame with a private induction ceremony Friday at 4 p.m. The invitation-only ceremony will recognize 20 Kansas Citians for their entrepreneurial spirit and business success.…
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Loan delinquencies on commercial real estate in the Kansas City area in November were down nearly a full percentage point from November 2013, the New York-based realty analytics firm Trepp said today. That's the good news. The less-than-good? For a fifth…
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Freightquote, one of the Kansas City region's entrepreneurial shining stars for the past 15 years, is about to get a new owner: C.H. Robinson, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., has announced that it will acquire Freightquote for $365 million. Pending approval from regulators,…
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Dairy Farmers of America has issued a statement confirming that it will partner with one of China's largest dairy companies to build a milk-powder plant in Kansas. Various media reports put the value of the plant at $100 million, but…
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Heartland Regional Medical Center, one of the Kansas City region's biggest, in terms of annual admissions, has a new name: It's now Mosaic Life Care at St. Joseph Medical Center. The former Heartland Regional Health System and the med…
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College football fans aching for Division I action in Kansas City will get a one-day fix next fall: The Chiefs announced today that the Missouri Tigers will play the Brigham Young Cougars on Nov. 14, 2015, at Arrowhead Stadium. It will…
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Children’s Mercy Hospital announced today that its Ward Family Heart Center had been approved to begin pediatric heart transplants. It's the first hospital in the region to offer that treatment for children. “The community has been underserved in the area of pediatric heart…
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Investors stand to benefit from a great capital-markets conundrum as 2015 approaches, officials with US Bank's Private Client Reserve said in their 2014 Investment Outlook this morning at the World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. David Heidel, regional investment director,…
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