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As need for executive outsourcing grows, a local company offers experienced...
Core Catalysts continues assembling a team of highly experience executives to be outsourced into temporary leadership roles at client companies.
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Exclusive: H&R Block CEO Jones says change is painful but must happen
H&R Block Inc. CEO Jeff Jones shared why he's resolute in making long-term investments, even though it's creating short-term uncertainty for investors.
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H&R Block CEO looks to immerse himself in the community
It took about 10 months to buy a house and move his family here, but H&R Block Inc. CEO Jeff Jones said they’re settled in now and ready to start getting more involved in the community. Jones had...
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Lawsuit alleges company paid ag tech company $7M for 'worthless' patents
An Omaha-based company's lawsuit involves Farms Technology LLC selling a license to a portfolio of patents.
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SEC fines Creative Planning, Mallouk
The Securities and Exchange Commission levied a total of $250,000 in fines against Overland Park-based Creative Planning Inc., one of the nation’s fastest growing registered investment advisory firms,...
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UMB’s lead grows atop KC-area deposit market share ranking
UMB Bank is No. 1 for market share of deposits in the Kansas City area for the eighth straight year — and its lead continues to widen. UMB Bank posted $11.5 billion in deposits inside the metro area,...
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Growth spurs OP renewable energy company to add four to C-suite
Overland Park-based BioStar Renewables LLC added four new executive positions to help manage its growth. Founded in 2005, BioStar Renewables offers engineering, financing, construction and operations...
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UMB Bank acquires $160M funeral trust account portfolio
UMB Bank acquired a $160 million portfolio of preneed, endowed care and custody trust accounts with funeral homes and cemeteries throughout Missouri. After the acquisition, UMB became one of the...
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After capital raise, CrossFirst hopes to double in size in 5 years
CrossFirst Bank just finished raising $127 million in private capital and plans to raise an additional $50 million in institutional money to support plans to double in size within the next five years.
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Mobile payments leave local banks in one of two states: worried or in denial
When mobile payment service Venmo launched its debit card backed by Mastercard in June, it was a milestone moment that caught the attention of many bankers.
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Move to unionize bakery delivery routes gives rise to lawsuit
Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc. faces a lawsuit accusing it of giving bakery delivery routes to members of Teamsters Local 955 without compensating the independent owner-operator who owns the delivery rights....
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JoCo doctors' prescriptions lead to wrongful death lawsuit
The father of a 24-year-old man who died due to a deadly mix of prescription drugs is suing two Overland Park doctors for wrongful death. The lawsuit was filed Friday in federal court in Kansas City,...
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Littler Mendelson's new CFO has a Kansas City connection
Littler Mendelson PC hired Thomas Burns as its new CFO. He will be based in the firm's Kansas City office. Although Littler has been operating a midsize law office in the Kansas City area since 2010,...
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Former Kauffman Foundation CFO's startup looks to expand
Nancy McCullough left the Kauffman Foundation to start e2E LLC in 2013, which is in the process of adding new services.
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Mutual Fund Store founder joins management buyout of talent agency
After Adam Bold sold his interest in The Mutual Fund Store in 2016, he started focusing on the entertainment industry, and on Tuesday he joined a management buyout of one of the nation’s leading talent...
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KC's first fintech accelerator attracts 6 companies from Australia to Tulsa
NBKC Bank, which is about to start the nation's first vertically integrated fintech accelerator program, has named the six companies that will participate in the 75-day program. Here's who made the cut...
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Shick Esteve promotes exec to CFO
Shick Esteve, an automation solutions provider for food processing companies, named Blake Day as its new CFO and executive vice president. Day has more than 20 years of financial services experience...
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North KC-based construction company becomes 100 percent employee owned
The last two private owners for Mega Industries Corp. agreed to sell their shares and make the company 100 percent employee owned. Founded in 1992 in North Kansas City, Mega Industries created an...
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Newsmaker: CBIZ's Thomas benefits from expanding horizons
Polly Thomas, who leads CBIZ Employee Services Organization, understands the importance of benefits for employees, a perspective she developed in her own work experience.
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Is your company fully covered on international travel risk? Probably not
On any given day, Wenger Manufacturing in Sabetha, Kan., might have 80 people traveling around the globe to conduct business, facing lots of risks that typical business insurance policies don't cover.
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