KC area finally hits net on direct link to the NHL
It's been 14 years since Kansas City hockey fans enjoyed a direct connection with the National Hockey League, but the drought is over. The Missouri Mavericks announced Thursday that they signed an...
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Waddell & Reed turnover coincides with investor exodus
The past year hasn't been kind to Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. in terms of investors removing investments from their mutual funds. The Overland Park-based company (NYSE: WDR) saw customers ask for...
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Legal Briefs: KC firm’s Supreme Court win ‘a pretty good feeling’
With the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear only about 1 percent of all petitions its receives, it isn’t often a Kansas City-area attorney gets to taste that kind of ultimate court victory. Rehka and...
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Newsmaker: Husch Blackwell’s Simon: Find your passion
When Jeff Simon was approached to take over as Kansas City managing partner of Husch Blackwell LLP, it took him totally by surprise. After nine years in the post, Ben Mann was ready to step down. The...
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Orange EV hauls its first sale
Orange EV spent the past year positioning itself to revolutionize the terminal truck industry, and all that work has now resulted in its first sale, opening a new chapter for the startup....
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Deal shows what BOK can bring to bear for KC businesses
A recent recapitalization deal for a client serves as an example of how Bank of Kansas City has been able to adapt to changing circumstances and find ways to grow in the market. BOK Financial Capital...
View ArticleAnesthesia Associates of KC avoids $1 billion claim
A case against Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City that sought more than $1 billion in damages on behalf of the United States was thrown out of court in a summary judgment. Anesthesia Associates was...
View ArticleLittler nabs litigator from Bryan Cave
Karen Cain resigned from Bryan Cave LLP in Kansas City to become a shareholder at Littler Mendelson PC. Cain is a lead defense litigator with experience handling lawsuits filed by the Equal Employment...
View ArticlePrivate investor from Lenexa plans to launch biotech ETF
A Lenexa man wants to offer investors an easier way to invest in companies producing the latest cancer treatments. Brad Loncar, manager of a private family fund called Loncar Investments, is partnering...
View ArticleCourt throws out racial discrimination case against Cordish
A federal judge threw out a case accusing Cordish Cos. Inc. of hiring so-called "rabbits" to pick fights with African-American patrons as a means of throwing them out of Kansas City Power & Light...
View ArticleKC energy trader gets lifetime ban, faces $1.2M fine
Gregory C. Evans, a former energy trader at FCStone LLC in Kansas City, agreed to a consent order that fines him $1.2 million and permanently bans him from engaging in any commodity-related trading....
View ArticleThese KC banks are racking up ATM fee income
A study looking at banks' reliance on ATM fees this year included several with a local presence in the Kansas City area, but Armed Forces Bank was the only one based here. Owned by Kansas City-based...
View ArticleScrap metal business owner collects prison term for tax evasion
Nellie Brown Boxx, of Kearney, Mo., was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $366,846 in restitution for tax evasion. Boxx, 62, is the owner of Frank Metal Co. in Kansas City....
View ArticleContractor's employee sentenced for million-dollar embezzlement scheme
Daniel Reif got three years in federal prison and was ordered to pay $1.32 million in restitution after pleading guilty to a scheme that defrauded his former employer Herzog Contracting Corp. out of...
View ArticleShook Hardy tops KC firms in Am Law 200 rankings
Seven firms in the Am Law 200 list in this month's edition of The American Lawyer have a local connection to the Kansas City area. The Am Law 200 includes law firms with annual revenue in 2014 that...
View ArticleAmeritas opens KC office led by local public finance veterans
Ameritas Investment Corp. opened a new public finance office in Kansas City led by a pair of well-known local finance executives. The company, an affiliate of Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., expects to...
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Want to nominate an H&R Block director? You'll need $250M in shares
The board of directors at H&R Block Inc. voted to allow certain shareholders of its common stock to directly make nominations to the company's board of directors. The new rule is a bit perplexing...
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New Ameritas office built on experience nabbed from Oppenheimer & Co.
Virtually every employee in the new public finance office that Ameritas Investment Corp. opened in Kansas City was nabbed from Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., most with more than a decade of experience...
View ArticleFeds charge KC man in $90M software piracy ring
The U.S. Department of Justice brought charges against a Kansas City man and two others in what it is calling one of the largest software piracy schemes ever prosecuted. Charges were brought against:...
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Freedom Bank continues KC growth with latest hire
Overland Park-based Freedom Bank continues to grow its team, this time adding a commercial banker with 32 years of experience. The bank hired Al Bangtson, who most recently worked as market president...
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