Kansas City, Missouri
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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For the fourth straight year, the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City has earned the No. 1 spot nationally for its performance relative to the 153 other Jewish federations in North America. That came following the annual survey by…
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The Kansas City office of McGladrey, the nation's fifth-largest provider of assurance, tax and consulting services, announced today that board member and tax partner Ed Bartak had been named office managing. He replaces Tom Rourick, who has been tabbed to lead the assurance practices in…
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BATS Global Markets has tabbed former NASDAQ executive Chris Concannon as its new president, the company announced this morning. Concannon, formerly executive vice president for transaction services at NASDAQ, will start his new role on Dec. 15, reporting directly to CEO Joe Ratterman, BATS said…
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Market-share records continue to fall, both domestically and in Europe, for Lenexa-based BATS Global Markets, which became the world’s largest trading platform earlier this year. The company today announced October market share of 21.4 percent in U.S. equities trading and…
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Frontier Wealth Management, a Kansas City-based investment advisory firm, has jumped into the St. Louis market. In a news release this afternoon, Frontier announced the acquisition of AHM Asset Management, saying the St. Louis firm meshed with its own client-service…
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