Creative Planning acquires Lenox Wealth, adds $600M in assets
Creative Planning made its 10th acquisition in the past two years, this time adding $600 million in assets.
View ArticleAs Chase Bank's first KC branch opens, it plans a fourth in area
Chase Bank now has two branches open in the Kansas City area, with two more in the works.
View ArticleBoulevard Brewing, Foundry Distilling team up to launch a wheat whiskey
Boulevard Brewing Co.'s latest collaboration wasn't a beer, but a wheat whiskey.
View ArticleKC-area restaurants’ lawsuit against Cincinnati Insurance survives motion to...
The restaurant owners filed suit after Cincinnati Insurance denied business interruption claims related to the pandemic. Having survived the motion to dismiss, the litigation heads to discovery.
View ArticleClient sues Data Systems International for failing to deliver a working product
A client of Kansas City-based Data Systems International says it paid $414,970 for a software solution but never got anything delivered that worked.
View ArticleUMKC AD Brandon Martin gets athletics program hopping
Drawing on lessons learned in life and in previous jobs, Athletic Director Brandon Martin looks to elevate the school and its sports — at home and away. He sat down with KCBJ for a one-on-one Q&A.
View ArticleLawsuit claims some American Shaman CBD products are not 'all natural'
A lawsuit against American Shaman challenges the Kansas City-based company's testing standards and marketing of CBD products.
View ArticlePNC Bank will spend more than $1.8M to help KC with Covid-19 issues
PNC Bank has focused its efforts on low-income communities and small businesses in those neighborhoods that perhaps don't have the same access to support and resources.
View ArticlePPP forgiveness: Uncertainty has biggest KC-area lenders waiting
The SBA is ready to start accepting Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness applications, but the biggest banks in Kansas City are waiting.
View ArticleWaddell & Reed hires Oppenheimer Funds' Meltzer as chief technology officer
Eric Meltzer, Waddell & Reed's new chief technology officer, has decades of fintech experience, including at major financial services firms.
View ArticleCreative Planning buys Miller Investment Management, adds $150M in assets
Creative Planning continues its mergers-and-acquisitions spree, adding its 11th company in less than two years.
View ArticleM&A consultants navigate myriad pandemic obstacles to close deals
Mergers-and-acquisitions activity has started picking up in the Kansas City area, but it's taking creativity to overcome unique challenges connected to the pandemic.
View ArticleLittler Mendelson elects Missouri native with strong ties to Kansas City as...
Erin Webber, who will take over as president Jan. 15, grew up in Missouri and later founded the San Francisco-based firm's Kansas City office.
View ArticleJ. Rieger & Co. donates 400,000 masks to Kansas City
The latest move by J. Rieger & Co. to battle the Covid-19 pandemic is a donation of 400,000 masks to Kansas City.
View ArticlePhilip Sarnecki, Selena Gomez-produced movie 'This is the Year' set for...
Local businessman Philip Sarnecki co-produced a movie with Selena Gomez called "This is the Year" that will be released virtually on Aug. 28.
View ArticleVirtual Husch Blackwell office attracts first attorney outside firm's footprint
The Link, which is Husch Blackwell's new virtual law office, added its first attorney from outside the firm's traditional footprint.
View ArticleNurses union asks OSHA to inspect workplace safety at HCA hospitals
The union representing HCA Healthcare's nurses asked OSHA to inspect the company's hospitals for workplace safety violations.
View ArticleFord will retool Kansas City's F-150 plant for 2021 models
Ford Motor Co. soon will start implementing a phased, temporary shutdown of its F-150 production plants in order to retool for production of the new 2021 models. The F-150 is produced in Dearborn,...
View ArticleDefense Logistics sets up shop in Blue Springs, takes aim at huge growth
Defense Logistics is setting up shop in Blue Springs with the hopes of landing a subcontract at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, but even if that doesn't pan out, it still foresees lots of growth...
View ArticleVA sues Honeywell over air purifier that caused fire in Leavenworth facility
The Department of Veterans Affairs claims that an air purifier sold by Honeywell International caused a fire that resulted in more than $1 million in damages to a facility in Leavenworth.
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