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Connecting KC: Maze fills empty space in freight, creates her own opportunity
About the Connecting KC series: This ongoing project aims to assist efforts to make businesses, institutions and civic organizations — and opportunity — more diverse and inclusive. The freight industry...
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KC's five strongest small banks of 2019
Find out whether your business is banking with one of the Kansas City area's strongest small banks, those with less than $250 million in assets.
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'It's one small piece': Area companies develop open-source design for medical...
Dimensional Innovations recently teamed up with North Kansas City-based InStore Design Display and the University of Kansas' Center for Design Research to tackle the problem of medical safety gear...
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Game cancellations would hit Royals, MLB with millions in losses
This week, opening day came and went for Major League Baseball with no games played due to the coronavirus pandemic. With no end to the postponement in sight, the league and its teams are certain to...
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Mycroft AI fires back in 'patent troll' case
Kansas City-based Mycroft AI filed a motion to dismiss a patent infringement suit against it and plans to take legal action to invalidate the plaintiff's patents. Mycroft developed versatile, open...
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Ford reverses course on Kansas City plant reopening
Ford Motor Co. will postpone the restart date for most of its production facilities, including its Kansas City Assembly Plant. The automaker (NYSE: F) had announced Friday that it planned to reopen...
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KC's five strongest midsize banks of 2019
Find out whether your business is banking with one of the Kansas City area's strongest midsize banks, those with $250 million to $1 billion in assets.
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KC Fed president: Capital will keep flowing from banks
Although business owners have plenty to worry about these days, one thing they can remove from the list is concern about the financial system running out of money. Esther George, president of the...
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KC banks prepare for mad dash for cash from SBA relief loans
Banks are preparing for an onslaught of applications for loans from the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, and small business owners are being advised to act as soon as possible before the money...
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Honeywell FM&T, KC's second-biggest manufacturer, names new president
Kansas City-based Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies LLC has a new leader. Eric Wollerman will become president of the company, effective April 6. Wollerman succeeds John Ricciardelli,...
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American Century launches first-of-their-kind ETFs
Kansas City-based American Century Investments is now the first asset manager in the U.S. to launch an exchange-traded fund that delivers the benefits of both ETFs and mutual funds. The new...
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Major salt producer with ties to Overland Park sells for $2B
The salt-producing parent company of a 20-plus-person office in Overland Park sold to a Los Angeles buyer for $2 billion. Stone Canyon Industry Holdings LLC acquired Ontario-based Kissner Group...
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Treasury secretary says $349B small business loan program will begin April 3
A federal program that will provide loans to small businesses — and forgiving portions used to pay employees — will be up and running Friday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Thursday afternoon....
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KC's five strongest large banks of 2019
Find out whether your business is banking with one of the Kansas City area's strongest large banks, those with more than $1 billion in assets.
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SBA regional director: 'We're being bombarded right now' with PPP loan...
An onslaught of applications for Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses is creating a bottleneck at the Small Business Administration, but the agency's regional director said it's doing...
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COVID-19 threatens tax credits for billions in sun, wind energy projects
Tax credits for development of wind and solar energy projects are time sensitive, and delays due to COVID-19 are threatening them.
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Miss out on SBA loan program? You have other options
Not everyone is going to be able to get a relief loan from the Small Business Administration. But don't worry, plenty of other options remain. Dan Friederich, managing director of CBIZ MHM LLC in...
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KC insurance broker: File a COVID-19 claim even if rejection is likely
Find out why a local insurance broker is advising its clients to file claims for coronavirus-related business interruption, even though most are being rejected.
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KC banks have billions of dollars in SBA relief loans in the pipeline
Demand for Paycheck Protection Program loans is exceptionally high in the Kansas City area.
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Armstong Teasdale nabs longtime counsel from Payless ShoeSource
Armstrong Teasdale LLP added a partner in its Kansas City office who has spent the last 20 years as an in-house counsel at Payless ShoeSource. Ramona Palmer-Eason specializes in employment-related...
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