Missouri
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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Traditions are a terrific thing, and you’re holding perhaps Ingram’s most valued annual recognition program. It’s hard to believe this is the 23rd year of 40 Under Forty and The Leadership Edition. I vividly remember in 1998 when we selected…
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Last year on Friday, March 13 Ingram’s team sat down to what clearly was one of the oddest meetings of my career. I felt at that time like a military leader addressing troops going into battle and sensing the probability…
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Posted January 21, 2026 Mariner has entered the new year with two acquisition deals: Rockland, MA.-based First National Advisors, LLC and Pittsburgh, PA.-based Strava Wealth. The two deals bring approximately $1.8 billion in assets under advisement to Mariner, according to…
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We love history, and Michelle and I greatly enjoy exploring regions during those rare opportunities for leisurely travel. Operating a small hands-on business with always-ambitious plans and live-or-die deadlines makes it difficult to get away. Ingram’s readers can certainly relate…
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Posted January 21, 2026 National Bank Holdings Corporation, the parent company of Bank Midwest, announced it has completed its acquisition of Vista Bancshares, Inc., and will begin adopting the Vista Bank brand for its operations. Following the completion of the…
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Posted January 20, 2026 The University of Kansas Health System executive, Tammy Perterman, has been selected as the 2026 chair of the Kansas Hospital Association Board of Directors. Peterman was elected to the position during the Kansas Hospital Association (KHA)…
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