Dimensional Innovations finds growth opportunity: building e-gaming facilities
Overland Park-based Dimensional Innovations landed a contract to design an e-sports practice facility for the Minnesota Timberwolves' new NBA 2K team. Timberwolves Gaming consists of six players who...
View ArticleGuilty of stealing from previous employer, suspect faces new embezzlement charge
An office manager and accountant for a Kansas City company has been indicted for embezzlement, and when the indictment came down Wednesday, she was in Leavenworth serving time for embezzling from a...
View ArticleDispute over gas can business ignites lawsuit by Lenexa company
Lenexa-based No-Spill Inc., a manufacturer of gas cans, is suing a competitor for infringing on patents for a device that inhibits gasoline from exploding. No-Spill said Scepter Manufacturing of Miami,...
View ArticleGreen resigns as chairman of CorEnergy
Richard Green resigned as executive chairman of Kansas City-based CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust Inc., effective Jan. 1. Green joined CorEnergy (NYSE: CORR) in December 2011 and has been overseeing...
View ArticleArvest adds 30-year finance veteran to commercial banking team
Arvest Bank hired Kevin Rooney as senior vice president of commercial banking in Kansas City. Rooney is a 30-year financial services veteran who spent the past 10 years as a senior vice president at...
View ArticleErise goes 4 for 4 defending DraftKings and FanDuel
Overland Park-based law firm Erise IP PA now has won four straight decisions related to patent infringement claims filed against clients FanDuel and DraftKings. CG Technology, a Las Vegas-based...
View ArticleAltCap jumps on the Opportunity Zone bandwagon
For someone interested in investing in opportunity zones but concerned about not being an expert in that area, Kansas City-based AltCap plans to offer a solution.
View ArticleDigital Ally launches a next-generation police camera
Digital Ally Inc. developed a completely new and highly advanced in-car video system called EVO-HD, which will begin production in the first quarter. Digital Ally (Nasdaq: DGLY) expects to have the new...
View ArticleEuronet software will run the financial system in Mozambique
Leawood-based Euronet Worldwide Inc. signed an agreement to provide Mozambique with state-of-the-art software for its financial system, giving it a new national payment network solution. Many debit...
View ArticleList Extra: KC's growing appeal for advisers, newcomers highlight the List
This year's Top Area Fee-based Investment Advisers List reflects the growing appeal of Kansas City's advisory firms to the coasts, and it includes a couple of high-profile new additions.
View ArticleOn the Money: KC-area commercial banks have best Q3 in a decade [CHART]
The 40 banks based in the area reported collective net revenue of $670.24 million, a 31.8 percent increase from the third quarter of 2017.
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court's new arbitration ruling gives companies a model for...
A recent ruling by the Missouri Supreme Court strengthens arbitration laws in favor of employers. Chad Reis, an employment lawyer with Littler Mendelson PC, explains how he wrote an arbitration clause...
View ArticleRambo's banking career comes full circle at Academy
David Rambo is on a mission — actually a second tour — to build up Academy Bank's commercial business.
View ArticleLocal serial entrepreneur invests in marketing tech company
Local entrepreneur Major Baisden has invested in a fast-growing New York marketing technology company with a Kansas City connection. Baisden made an investment of an undisclosed size in Leverage Lab...
View ArticleKC Ford plant shines despite overall auto sales decline in 2018
Vehicles made at Ford Motor Co.’s Kansas City Assembly Plant shined in an overall dismal sales report for U.S. automakers in 2018. Ford (NYSE: F) makes the F-150 and the Transit van at its Claycomo...
View ArticleLandowner: Pleasant Valley's development moratorium damaged property
A federal lawsuit accuses Pleasant Valley of violating a landowner's constitutional rights by enacting a moratorium blocking all building permits, business licenses and land development in districts...
View ArticleMaxus Properties hires leader for its Opportunity Zone division
North Kansas City-based Maxus Properties Inc. hired Matt Baty, former senior associate athletic director for the University of Kansas, as vice president of business development and head of its...
View ArticleAfter helping Bats Global go public and get sold, former CEO moves on
Chris Concannon, the former CEO of Bats Global Markets, will resign Jan. 14 as COO of CBOE Global Markets Inc. to take a new job. Concannon took over as CEO of Bats in 2015, when company co-founder Joe...
View ArticleEuronet CEO Brown: Already healthy growth could accelerate even more in 2019
Mike Brown said new opportunities in the global financial services markets should allow Euronet Worldwide to speed up a growth rate that's already pretty healthy.
View ArticleLandmark National Bank hires another Mobank exec
Landmark National Bank added another veteran executive from Mobank to its Kansas City-area commercial banking team. Charles Benson will be senior vice president of commercial banking for Landmark in...
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