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Inside luxury watchmaker Niall's bankruptcy filing
A Leawood-based luxury watchmaker filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Thursday. Founded in 2012, the startup's watches were popular with sports figures and local celebrities, including Paul Rudd, Bill Self...
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New HQ in Independence could deliver 125 new jobs
Healthy Plus LLC will set up its new headquarters in Independence, creating 75 to 125 jobs over the next two years. Healthy Plus will move into a former 32,000-square-foot Sprint call center at 3445 S....
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Owners of KC business plead guilty to not paying taxes
The owners of M.S. Consulting LLC in Kansas City, a minority-owned concrete and glazing construction company, pleaded guilty to failing to pay $328,000 in payroll and other taxes. The husband-and-wife...
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Changes swirl for KC Tornadoes ahead of second season: new coach, venue, logo
The Kansas City Tornadoes professional basketball team has a lot of changes underway this offseason: naming a new head coach, playing in a new venue, revealing a new logo and seeing ownership of its...
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St. Joe group plans up to $500M in private equity investments
BERKS Group, a subsidiary of News-Press & Gazette Co. in St. Joseph, set up a private equity fund with plans to invest as much as $500 million.
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Asset purchase entrenches Thomas McGee Group further in St. Louis
Kansas City-based risk management provider Thomas McGee Group agreed to acquire some assets from Corporate Claims Management Inc., a third-party property-and-casualty and workers' compensation claims...
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George: Fed’s balance sheet creates uncertainty for interest rates
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City said the economy is ripe for an increase in interest rates, but the move must be made carefully. Speaking Tuesday at the Federal Reserve Bank of...
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Former Intrust market leader in KC joins CrossFirst
The executive spent the past 13 years at Intrust Bank, including a stint as managing director for Northeast Kansas, but has joined CrossFirst Bank as its new managing partner of corporate banking.
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Entrepreneur: SBA program works, but only if you work the program, CEO says
Jackie Foley says the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program is working for Firelake Construction — but that's only because she is working the program.
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Citizens Bank & Trust's new trust officer is a tax law expert
Citizens Bank & Trust hired Bob Paredes, an 18-year veteran of the Kansas City banking scene, as senior vice president and trust officer for the wealth management group. Paredes spent the past six...
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Local VC firm invests $10M in Dallas software provider
Kansas City-based Five Elms Capital made a $10 million Series A investment in Service Fusion, a Dallas-based client retention software provider. Founded in 2014, Service Fusion offers software and...
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Equity Bank's Elliott: Expect an aggressive growth strategy in KC
Equity Chairman and CEO Brad Elliott said the metro area will play a key role in the company’s aggressive growth plans.
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Bank, insurer join forces to serve members of the military
A pair of companies that each have served active and retired members of the military for more than a century are allying to provide a one-stop solution for banking and insurance products. Kansas...
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Chiefs draft unexpected player to handle all the team's banking needs
The financial institution scored a touchdown in its efforts to build up its relatively new commercial banking business, landing the Kansas City Chiefs as a client.
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OP tech company fills out C-suite with internal promotions
Lockpath Inc. created four new executive positions to oversee its day-to-day operations and help manage its growth. Lockpath is an Overland Park-based technology company founded in 2010 that provides...
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Union helps laid-off Harley employees retrain for new KC-area jobs
Harley-Davidson Inc. will start permanently eliminating jobs in Kansas City on Monday, and the local union is doing everything it can to place members into new metro-area jobs.
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Court squashes $90M claim that Olathe company was illegally recruiting workers
A $90 million damage claim filed against Olathe-based TransAm Trucking Inc. was thrown out of court on Tuesday through summary judgment. TransAm Trucking was accused of actively recruiting drivers from...
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Filing reveals cost of CEO change at H&R Block, extraordinarily high...
H&R Block Inc. filed a report Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining the cost of hiring of current CEO Jeff Jones and the retirement of former CEO Bill Cobb. The Kansas...
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Tradewind sells Florida solar project that will power 20,000 homes
Lenexa-based Tradewind Energy, one of the nation's largest independent wind and solar project developers, just sold its first project in Florida and one of its largest solar projects ever.
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2018 NextGen Leaders: Justin Mahoney
Justin Mahoney is senior vice president and director of commercial and industrial banking at Enterprise Bank.
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