What the mega-acquisition of a billion-dollar family business means for KC
The sale of one of the Kansas City area's largest private companies is now complete. Here's what the combination of Bartlett & Co. and Salt Lake City-based Savage Cos. means for Kansas City in...
View ArticleEnterprise Bank invests in talent to drive growth in KC
Kansas City has been a growth engine for St. Louis-based Enterprise Bank, and Regional President Jeff Carson sees no signs of that slowing anytime soon.
View ArticleScottrade exec joins Waddell as new chief technology officer
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. hired Joan Albeck as a senior vice president and chief technology officer. Albeck has more than 25 years of experience in financial technology, spending the last 13...
View ArticleExclusive: Lockton's plan to create double-digit growth for the next decade
Lockton Cos. Inc. has growth initiatives underway on a multitude of fronts, including mergers and acquisitions, hiring and training, investments in technology, and expansion into new global markets....
View ArticleZillow acquires one of KC's fastest-growing companies
Mortgage Lenders of America LLC, one of the Kansas City area's fastest-growing companies in 2018, reached an agreement to be acquired by Zillow Group Inc. Seattle-based Zillow (Nasdaq: Z) is one of the...
View ArticleNew Black & Veatch CFO's experience flies from experimental airplanes to...
Black & Veatch picked a new CFO with a diverse base of experience to draw from as a successor for Karen Daniel, who retired in July after 18 years in the role. Here's what you need to know about...
View ArticleKC labor attorney: What to expect in the wake of right-to-work's defeat in...
Voters in Missouri soundly defeated a measure that would have passed a right-to-work law, which would have allowed people to avoid joining unions that represent them in collective bargaining with their...
View ArticlePublic safety credit union in Kansas City gets a new CEO
The Greater Kansas City Public Safety Credit Union, which serves first responders throughout the metro area, named a new president and CEO. Mary Shea succeeds Aaron Goff, who resigned after 10 years at...
View ArticleDigital Ally trades looming IP litigation payday for working capital
Digital Ally Inc. signed an agreement trading its potential to get a huge payday in several intellectual property cases for working capital. The agreement with Brickell Key Investments LP (BKI) is...
View ArticleLocal judge, two others nominated for Missouri Court of Appeals vacancy
The Appellate Judicial Commission in Missouri announced three nominees to fill a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, resulting from the March retirement of Judge James Welsh. The nominees are: W....
View ArticlePrime Capital expands its leadership team by adding a COO
Overland Park-based Prime Capital Investment Advisors hired John Seibolt to its new position of chief operating officer. Seibolt spent the past 12 years at Medtronic, a medical technology, services and...
View ArticleFlyover Capital portfolio company sells for $63M
The $63 million sale of Agrible Inc. to Nutrien Ltd. is the latest success story for an Overland Park-based venture capital firm. Flyover Capital was part of a $4.1 million Series A round of funding...
View ArticleBanking vet who helped rejuvenate Citizens Bank's commercial banking retires
A 42-year banking veteran of Kansas City retired as executive vice president and director of commercial banking at Citizens Bank & Trust.
View ArticleKC lawyer leads national defense counsel group
Scott Kreamer, managing member of Kansas City-based law firm Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC, is the new chairman of the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC). He will serve until...
View ArticleLaw firm adds experienced names after competitor's breakup
Horn Aylward & Bandy LLC in Kansas City added three experienced trial lawyers in the wake of a competitor splitting up.
View ArticleE-commerce auto retailer will create 100 jobs in Lenexa
Turn5 Inc., an e-commerce after-market automotive parts retailer based in Paoli, Pa., will open a new distribution center in Lenexa in October that will create 100 jobs over the next three years. Turn5...
View ArticleMidwives deliver lawsuit accusing hospital, OB-GYNs of killing their business
Midwife Partners in Women's Wellness LLC is suing the Kansas State Board of Nursing, Shawnee Mission Health and several obstetricians who work at Shawnee Mission Medical Center for effectively putting...
View ArticleSelectQuote plans to add 400 jobs in the next two years
Overland Park-based insurance broker SelectQuote plans to add 400 people to its local workforce.
View ArticleStinson Leonard combines with big St. Louis IP firm
Stinson Leonard Street LLP reached an agreement to merge with St. Louis-based intellectual property firm Senniger Powers LLP. The combination will give the Kansas City-based law firm 28 attorneys with...
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