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Garmin huddles with Chiefs on action cameras
Garmin Ltd.'s new partnership with the Kansas City Chiefs allows the company to try out its newest technology and gain exposure at the same time. The multiyear deal is the first time the two...
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American Century creates new risk analytics group
American Century Investments created a new group called Global Portfolio Analytics and Engineering to evaluate its portfolios for global risk factors that might affect client holdings. Peruvemba Satish...
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Iconic KC Board of Trade building art faces uncertain future
With permits awarded to renovate the Kansas City Board of Trade building, it means an uncertain future for two large pieces of art attached to the exterior. The art includes a 17-foot high sculpture...
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Boulevard expands into Florida
Boulevard Brewing Co. continues to expand its distribution territory, announcing Wednesday that it soon will enter the Florida market. Kansas City-based Boulevard signed an agreement with Brown...
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KC's professional sports score big on social media
Kansas City has some of the most social media savvy sports fans in the nation, based on dramatic growth that is league-leading in some instances. Given the popularity of the National Football League,...
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Great-West leadership takes shape post-J.P. Morgan deal
Merging the retirement business of Putnam Investments with its acquisition of Overland Park-based J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, Great-West Financial named Edmund Murphy III as the new president...
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Great-West executives shed light on KC plans
Great-West Financial's newly acquired office in Overland Park will serve as a hub of operations for retirement plan services offered to its largest clients, an area that company leadership sees as...
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H&R Block's strong performance thins annual meeting crowd
H&R Block’s annual meeting attracted only about 50 people — which included board members, executives and employees — and it’s probably because its strong stock price and growth track left...
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Cover Story: Extras can perk up a company’s bottom line
Workplace perks, such as full-service cafeterias, massages and outdoor patios, are great for capturing the attention of employees — or would-be employees. But such extras also mean extra, sometimes...
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APT MotoVox acquires new product called MotoPed
APT MotoVox Group Inc. announced Friday that it acquired MotoPed, a startup company with a product that combines a downhill mountain bike, a motocross motorcycle and a moped. Kansas City-based APT...
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Tortoise Capital's Mojica: Oil and gas revolution is changing everything
Abel Mojica, head of corporate development for Tortoise Capital Advisors, said the future couldn't be any brighter for his company which is in the middle of a revolution in the oil and gas industry...
View ArticleLead Bank continues investing in small biz services
Lead Bank is serious about achieving its goal to offer the best slate of services for small businesses in the Kansas City area. That effort took a few steps forward with the hiring of Peter McVey as...
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Study sheds light on KC-region spending, savings habits
A new study by Arvest Bank showed that people in the Kansas City region have a pretty healthy approach to spending and saving. The average savings rate throughout Arvest Bank's branches in the Kansas...
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Boulevard, sister company produce first collaborative beer
Boulevard Brewing Co. fans who have been waiting for almost a year now to see if the company would put out a collaborative beer with brewmasters from its new sister companies are about to have their...
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Top 5 HR lessons to take away from NFL scandals
The scandals in the National Football League involving the Ray Rice domestic abuse case and the Adrian Peterson child abuse case are filled with good lessons for business owners. We talked over these...
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NAM leader sweats Export-Import Bank, unfilled manufacturing jobs
As CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, Jay Timmons is trying to get the word out about the importance of manufacturing to the overall economy and how it needs help overcoming several...
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Balance Innovations partners with BOK Financial
Lenexa-based Balance Innovations LLC expanded its electronic check processing capabilities by partnering with BOK Financial Corp. Balance Innovations, a member of the Kansas City Business Journal's...
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Mariner Wealth Advisors adds wealth of experience
Mariner Wealth Advisors has added three highly experienced senior advisers to its team in Leawood: Sarah Tiedt, Mark Vlasic and Jeff Maher. Tiedt is a 14-year veteran of the banking and investing...
View ArticleKennedy and Coe bolsters community banking team
Joe Sims, founder and former partner of Sims & Riley LLC in Overland Park, has joined Kennedy and Coe LLC's community bank practice in Lenexa. Sims has about 30 years of experience helping...
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Latest win adds $197M to American Century's AUM
American Century Investments received $197 million from the Kentucky Retirement Systems that will be placed in its Non-U.S. Concentrated Growth Strategy. The fund strategy invests in companies that...
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