Family of KC nurse who died of Covid-19 files workers' comp claim
The family of Celia Yap-Banago, a nurse at Kansas City's Research Medical Center who died of Covid-19 on April 21, has hired a lawyer and filed a claim for death benefits under Missouri workers'...
View ArticleKC experts share tips on navigating PPP loan compliance as rules keep morphing
The rules for getting your Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiven keep changing, so what should you do?
View ArticleStinson elects a new managing partner
Mark Hinderks will step down as managing partner of Stinson LLP in July 2021, after 11 years at the helm.
View ArticleBushnell says engineering consultant's failures, CEO's misrepresentations...
Bushnell Holdings Inc. is suing engineering consultant Outcome Driven Innovation (ODI) of Palo Alto, Calif., claiming its failure to deliver on contractual obligations caused more than $5 million in...
View ArticleFormer BankLiberty CEO takes a new job
Brent Giles, a 30-year banking veteran who led and sold BankLiberty in 2019, accepted a new job.
View ArticleKC expert wonders why social-distancing consumers aren't using contactless...
Passing a credit card is asking for trouble during a pandemic, so why haven't consumers switched to a better — and ready — option?
View ArticleSporting KC CEO: 'You don’t need to be an economics major' to grasp hit to team
Sporting Kansas City CEO Jake Reid shares how the pandemic has been affecting the team and how it's adapting.
View ArticleKC's Ford and GM plants restart production
Thousands of Kansas City-area autoworkers are headed back to work for the first time since Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. idled production on March 25 to protect workers from the Covid-19...
View ArticleBeware of Covid-19 class-action threats
Class-action lawsuits related to Covid-19 are spreading just as fast as the virus.
View ArticleCrossFirst — KC's newest public company — announces CEO succession
George Jones will be replaced as president and CEO of Leawood-based CrossFirst Bankshares Inc., the holding company for CrossFirst Bank. The new CEO explains why he thinks "it's exciting for Kansas...
View ArticleCommunityAmerica puts 357 interns to work pitching Covid-19 solutions
After seeing a shortage of opportunity for high school and college kids due to the pandemic, Lenexa-based CommunityAmerica Credit Union hired 357 interns this year and will have them pitch Covid-19...
View ArticlePalmer Square faces age, gender discrimination lawsuit by former manager
Emily Shaw, former managing director at Palmer Square Capital Management in Mission Woods, says she was wrongly terminated.
View ArticleOP lighting company launches UV sterilization products
Sarin Energy Solutions developed a reliable, safe and affordable line of shortwave ultraviolet light products that can kill germs.
View ArticleFormer BankLiberty CEO: Why he's leaving KC after 30-year career
Former BankLiberty Chairman and CEO Brent Giles shares why he decided to leave Kansas City after a 30-year banking career here and how the job offer materialized.
View ArticleSelectQuote CEO: IPO will help achieve 'many, many multiples' of current...
SelectQuote CEO Tim Danker shares his thoughts on the company's successful initial public offering and what that means for the company's future.
View ArticleConnecting KC: Zamora works to support those 'opening a business for survival'
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. Pedro Zamora gets...
View ArticleDon't expect medical marijuana to show up in Missouri dispensaries anytime soon
With cultivators only now getting rolling on construction of their facilities, and it taking five months to get the first crop to harvest, Missouri probably won't see much medical marijuana in...
View ArticleFocus turns to Main Street Lending Program. One problem: It isn't available yet
Most businesses that received Paycheck Protection Program funds are going to see that money run out in June, and many already are starting to explore the Federal Reserve Bank's Main Street Lending...
View ArticleKC aviation magnate must pay $4.16M in international fraud, conspiracy case
A London court ruled against a Kansas City aviation industry executive in a case involving international intrigue.
View ArticleOP-based Pizza Hut franchisee delivers bankruptcy filing
Keystone Pizza Partners LLC, a Pizza Hut franchisee based in Overland Park, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the District of Kansas on May 3. The company's bankruptcy filings showed it has...
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