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Lathrop Gage hires a director of diversity and inclusion
Lathrop Gage LLP hired Michelle Martin Bonner as its director of diversity and inclusion. Bonner spent the past 16-plus years at Thompson Coburn LLC, a large St. Louis law firm, most recently as...
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Lockton hires chief digital officer to steer through looming tech changes
With the insurance industry in the midst of rapid technological change, Lockton Cos. Inc. created the position of chief digital officer. The Kansas City-based insurance brokerage hired Said Taiym as...
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Tradewind is officially the nation’s busiest wind energy developer
Lenexa-based Tradewind Energy developed and installed more wind energy projects than any other company in the U.S. in 2017, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
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H&R Block hires TD Ameritrade exec as new chief marketing officer
H&R Block Inc. hired Vinoo Vijay as its new chief marketing officer, filling a position that has been vacant since January, when the company parted ways with Kathy Collins. Vijay will start at...
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Ex-IRS employee in KC gets prison for filing false returns for family, friends
Carla L. Mitchell, a former Internal Revenue Service employee, was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after pleading guilty to five counts of filing false tax returns. Mitchell worked...
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Leawood attorney looks to give Big Pharma heartburn with lawsuit
Leawood lawyer Kirk Goza filed suit against some of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the United States, on behalf of 27 clients who took acid reflux medication that allegedly caused kidney damage.
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Want to catch a home run ball at The K? Here's where to sit
A new study by SeatGeek took a look at every home run the Kansas City Royals hit at Kauffman Stadium last year to find where fans have the best chance of catching a free souvenir. The Royals ranked...
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Transportation company owner gets three years for $1.7M tax evasion
Randy Small, owner of a transportation company based in Lexington, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for failing to pay about $1.7 million in payroll taxes. Small operated a company under...
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KCB Bank CEO: The plan behind our explosive growth
KCB Bank is an institution that likes to run silent and deep, but its recent success is getting it noticed more often these days.
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Rare private-label tequila brand has KC roots
Tequila is the fastest-growing category of spirits in the United States and Michael Dean of Kansas City, Kan., believes he is positioned perfectly to capitalize on that opportunity.
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Boulevard fires up its new $10M canning line [PHOTOS]
When Boulevard Brewing Co. found itself maxed out on capacity in 2004, it implemented a three-phase plan that now has been fully executed with the final piece — a new canning line that is up and...
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Lead Bank CEO: Tech, innovations help better clients, which makes a better bank
Lead Bank CEO Josh Rowland is leaving no stone unturned on the technology front to help consumers gain financial strength and in turn create loyal, lifelong customers.
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Farmers Bank CEO: Why we made a ranking of strongest U.S. community banks
Farmers Bank & Trust was named as one of the Top 100 Highest Performing Community Banks in the 21st Century by 47-year bank consulting veteran Alex Sheshunoff.
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Trust expert: Nonprofits can compensate for expected $13B to $20B dent from...
The new tax law probably will cause a significant reduction in the number of people who file itemized tax returns, generating concern among nonprofits and causing them to rethink their strategy for...
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Edgemoor picks 'little bank' to help finance MBE/WBEs' work on $1B KCI project
Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate LLC named Lead Bank as the financing source for diverse and disadvantaged local businesses working on the $1 billion single-terminal modernization project at...
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CEO: Trump's TPP is the reason Harley is headed to Thailand
Harley-Davidson Inc. CEO Matt Levatich said if President Donald Trump hadn't removed the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), he wouldn't have to build a plant in Thailand. The statement was...
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H&R Block ends five-year skid in tax returns, makes gains in DIY market
H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) stemmed a five-year skid in total tax returns prepared, seeing a 2.6 percent jump to 19.87 million for the latest tax year. The tax preparation results for the season are...
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Kansas City Breweries Co. launches crowdfunding campaign
Kansas City Breweries Co. LLC, which hopes to construct a 100,000-barrel brewery near Interstate 435 and Truman Road, is trying to raise capital. Kansas City Breweries set up a crowdfunding page on...
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Platte County prosecutor faces potential suspension of law license
Eric Zahnd, the longest-serving prosecutor in Platte County history, faces a potential suspension of his law license at a disciplinary hearing by the Missouri Supreme Court on May 1. The issue stems...
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Kansas City escapes unscathed as Ford cuts $25.5B
Ford Motor Co. said it plans to halt production of virtually all sedans and focus on production of more profitable trucks, vans and SUVs. The move is part of plan to cut $25.5 billion in costs by 2022...
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