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Use of David Bowie images leads to lawsuit against KC company
Owners of David Bowie photographs that were used for his "Aladdin Sane" album are suing a Kansas City company for copyright violation.
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Employee sues three local restoration companies for not paying overtime
An employee of three Olathe-based restoration companies, all owned by the same person, filed a lawsuit claiming that he was illegally denied overtime pay.
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Mariner Wealth Advisors creates team to ramp up growth through M&A, recruiting
Mariner Wealth Advisors is gearing up for additional growth through mergers and acquisitions and recruiting individual wealth advisers and teams by creating a corporate development team.
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Top KC-area banks pump about $400M in PPP into the local economy
Although the pace of funding Paycheck Protection Program loans is considerably slower than the first round in 2020, Kansas City-area banks still are using the program to pump hundreds of millions of...
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What KC-area businesses should know about potential unemployment insurance...
With the pandemic causing massive layoffs in 2020, some employers in the Kansas City area might see a shocking hike in their unemployment insurance tax rates — especially if they're based in Kansas.
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5 insights from bank investment officers on what to expect in the 2021 economy
Investment officers at UMB Bank and Arvest Bank shared their views on the economy and a few investment tips.
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Four longtime SelectQuote shareholders look to cash in with 10.6M secondary...
SelectQuote's private equity backer and three other shareholders will sell almost $400 million in stock as part of a secondary offering.
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Blooom's new retirement calculation tool attracts $1B in assets in just two...
Blooom launched a new tool that allows clients to put all of their assets into one place and see how much monthly income their overall portfolio would generate at retirement.
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UMB will ring Nasdaq bell to celebrate 50 years as a public company
In its half-century as a publicly traded company, UMB has gone from being a community, $631 million-asset bank to a regional player with $31 billion in assets.
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Waddell & Reed's pending sale to Macquarie prompts plans to cut 219 jobs
The financial services company's notification doesn't specify which types of jobs it will eliminate. The cuts anticipate starting April 30, contingent on closing Waddell & Reed's $1.7 billion sale...
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CrossFirst adds a chief technology officer to its executive team
CrossFirst Bank CEO Mike Maddox explains the importance of hiring Jana Merfen as the company's first chief technology officer.
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FNBO looks to form a strong base in one corner of Kansas City
FNBO plans to make a strong play to grow the presence of its bank and its brand recognition in the southwestern portion of the metro area, before expanding anywhere else.
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Shook Hardy adds former FDA associate chief counsel to regulatory practice
The Kansas City-based law firm's new hire spent nine years at the FDA and also has experience as a corporate counsel at Elanco and Altria. She joins Shook Hardy's regulatory practice, after spending...
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American Century, Prime Capital, others help create 'revolutionary'...
A consortium of financial services companies, including American Century Investments and Prime Capital Investment Advisors, created a guaranteed-income product they expect will bring seismic change to...
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Chiefs ink stadium naming-rights deal with GEHA
The Kansas City Chiefs signed a naming-rights deal with GEHA starting in the 2021 season that will change the name of their home venue to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs did not share the...
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Why GEHA, Chiefs bet big on naming rights deal
Kansas City Chiefs and GEHA share some of the motivation behind their recent stadium naming rights deal.
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Savion lands purchase agreement with Target for huge solar project
Kansas City-based Savion LLC entered into a 160-megawatt power purchase agreement with Target Corp. on a huge solar project it's developing near Houston. The project is in Brazoria County and is called...
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Virtus aims to become a top 100 U.S. insurance brokerage by the end of 2022
Andrew Gray, CEO of Overland Park-based Virtus LLC, shares the business plan that helped his insurance brokerage grow revenue by 100% last year.
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Sporting KC's new jersey sponsor is its philanthropic foundation, The Victory...
The Victory Project, a charity dedicated to enhancing and enriching the lives of children battling cancer, will be the jersey sponsor for Sporting Kansas City's 2021 season.
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Creative Planning offers company equity to select employees
It's the first time Creative Planning Inc., which has been on an acquisition spree, is offering an opportunity for employees to acquire equity in the company.
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