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Top KC banks by loan growth
If banks are the heart of an economy, then loans are the lifeblood, allowing people to purchase homes, automobiles and finance a business. Loans also play a vital role in the health of banks. During a...
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James Dornbrook: Ag consultant plants seeds for future growth in KC
Auditing and consulting firm Kennedy and Coe LLC has an aggressive growth target of $100 million during the next 10 years, and Kansas City will play a key role in the success of that endeavor. With a...
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Beyond the Bottle: KC joins national craft brewing boom
The Kansas City area is in the midst of a thirst-quenching renaissance, with more than a six-pack of new microbreweries opening in the past year. It’s a nationwide trend, with 413 new breweries opening...
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KC Fed chief expresses optimism in economic recovery
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George said Friday that the national economy continues to grow steadily, but that interest rates should remain low for "quite some time." George said...
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Missourians take their own path when it comes to taxes
Missourians aren't following national trends when it comes to how they file taxes and what they plan to do with their refunds, according to a new survey by BMO Harris Financial Advisors. The study...
View ArticleFike research on explosion prevention wins national award
Tom Farrell, an engineer at Fike Corp. in Blue Springs, received the William H. Doyle Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The national award shows the high level of engineering...
View ArticleForum will help connect suppliers to public transportation OEMs, officials
In order to generate a more robust supply of American-made products, the National Institute of Standards and Technology partnered with the Federal Transit Administration and Missouri Enterprise to...
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UMB health savings accounts surpass $800M
UMB Healthcare Services, a division of UMB Financial Corp., announced that client health savings account balances surpassed $800 million after growing 30 percent in the past year. The number of health...
View ArticleWestern Container suffers a devastating week
Western Container Co. lost its biggest client only a few days after its founder Richard Horton passed away, but management remains determined to rebuild. Western Container's interim president Robert...
View ArticleBank 21's aggressive growth plan starts paying off
It's no accident that Bank 21 had the highest loan growth in the Kansas City area in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Carrollton, Mo., bank experienced loan growth of 82.8 percent in the fourth quarter,...
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Ford F-150 is the star of locally made auto sales in March
Produced at Ford Motor Co.'s Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo, the F-150 is the most popular version of the F-series, which was the top selling vehicle in the United States in March by a wide...
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Kansas Speedway's new menu includes 'Tachos'
Starting in May, visitors to Kansas Speedway will have several new menu items to choose from. The new menu options this year include: Tachos, which are tater tots covered in chili and cheese A shrimp...
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Royals ticket office sees growing fan interest
Coming off their first winning season since 2003, the Kansas City Royals ticket sales team has been extremely busy. While the Kansas City Royals are just beginning their quest to return to the...
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Boulevard owner brews up new management structure
Now 100 days into operating Boulevard Brewing Co., the company's new owner Duvel Moortgat announced the management structure of the business. Sold to Belgium-based Duvel Moortgat on Jan. 1, the...
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JP Morgan sells $160B Kansas City retirement plan operation
Great-West Lifeco U.S. Inc. will acquire a majority stake in Kansas City-based J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services LLC, creating one of the nation's largest operations. The operation manages about...
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James Dornbrook: MHM’s new COO focuses on supporting partners
Recently named as the new COO for Leawood-based auditing and consulting firm Mayer Hoffman McCann PC, Andrew Burczyk sees lots of opportunity for the firm to grow. The economy is improving, and clients...
View ArticleSwollen coffers heat up KC-area bank lending
With their vaults continuing to swell with record levels of deposits, bankers in the Kansas City area are fairly obsessed these days with finding high-quality loans to keep their margins strong....
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Entrepreneur: Franchising offers alternative path to growth
It took City Wide Maintenance Co. Inc. 40 years to reach cleaning 3 million square feet of office space a night in the Kansas City area, but after franchising nationwide for the past 11 years, it’s up...
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Newsmaker: Enterprise’s Hanson ‘a relationship banker’
As Kansas City regional president of Enterprise Bank & Trust, Linda Hanson helped the bank establish itself locally and led it through several local mergers and acquisitions that have made it the...
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Turbulent offseason for the Missouri Comets
It hasn’t even been a month since the Missouri Comets won the Major Indoor Soccer League championship, but it appears that their league is headed toward oblivion. Speculation of unrest throughout the...
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