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KC attorneys help shape Supreme Court's EPA ruling
Tristan Duncan and Tom Grever, partners at Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP in Kansas City, represented power companies that recently won a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling in Michigan v....
View ArticleMarksNelson gains certification for business exit planning
Kansas City-based MarksNelson LLC plans to get more heavily involved in exit planning for business owners now that one of its CPAs earned a designation from the Business Enterprise Institute....
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KC Ford plant's upgrades boost sustainability efforts
Ford Motor Co.'s Kansas City Assembly Plant is well known for its impact on the local economy, with nearly 7,500 employees, but right now it wants to be known for its shrinking impact on the...
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Legal Briefs: Life gets tougher for class-action suits
With the U.S. Supreme Court shaking things up nationally the past few weeks, it would be understandable if local business owners missed two landmark cases in Missouri creating important precedents for...
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Entrepreneur: Weighing tax implications
There is a saying among business owners that the government is one of their biggest partners: It takes a large percentage of profits. If you’re an entrepreneur, your ultimate goal is to have a business...
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Boxing antitrust suit implicates ex-Waddell & Reed manager
A lawsuit filed July 1 accuses Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. of trying to help monopolize professional boxing. Ryan Caldwell, who resigned from the Overland Park-based mutual fund manager in 2014,...
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NBH seeks $100M stock repurchase through modified Dutch auction
National Bank Holdings Corp., the holding company for Kansas City-based Bank Midwest, plans to repurchase another $100 million worth of its own stock. The latest plan puts the total value of shares...
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'Vlad the Impaler' reference tees up $12M defamation suit against Hillcrest
When it comes to lawsuits related to Kansas City’s Hillcrest Country Club, Terry Clark is a well established figure. Clark has been involved in several lawsuits involving his former employer Hillcrest...
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Merger allows MarksNelson to offer eco-devo consulting
Kansas City-based MarksNelson LLC launched a new service called the MarksNelson Location Strategies Practice, after merging with a St. Louis company called Community Edge LLC. The new practice will...
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Olathe firm lands $32M deicing contract with American Airlines
Olathe-based Global Ground Support LLC is looking to hire more people now that its new products are leading to huge growth, including a contract with American Airlines to deliver 78 aircraft deicers...
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Partnership with Tradeshift brings more eyes to C2FO
Fairway-based C2FO has formed a partnership with a company called Tradeshift, which will make it even easier way for suppliers to negotiate early payment of invoices. The two companies have a natural...
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With latest indictments, Brenda Wood is up to 26 counts
A federal grand jury indicted Kansas City businesswoman Brenda Wood on Wednesday on 16 more counts of bank fraud, identity theft and committing a felony while on pretrial release, putting her total at...
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On the Money: Waddell exec’s TKO becomes more clear
Sometimes getting the full story takes a lot of patience. For example, it took a year to gain better insight into the mysterious resignation of Ryan Caldwell from Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. He...
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Honeywell wins $9B contract extension to operate KC's NNSA facility
The National Nuclear Security Administration announced that it awarded Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies LLC the latest management and operating contract for its National Security Campus...
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Former Sprint attorney joins Erise IP
Mark McGrory, who spent 12 years as in-house counsel at Sprint Corp., left Rouse Hendricks German May PC to join Overland Park-based Erise IP. McGrory, who most recently worked as Of Counsel for the...
View ArticleFormer Ivy Fund, Waddell & Reed manager forms new investment firm
Former Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. portfolio manager Ryan Caldwell launched a new investment management firm. Chiron Investment Management LLC will be an actively management investment firm with...
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Mariner Wealth expands into four more cities; hiring continues
Leawood-based Mariner Wealth Advisors LLC expanded its nationwide footprint by opening two new offices in the Midwest and one in the West. The fourth new city, Scottsdale, Ariz., was unique since that...
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UMB nabs Wells Fargo vet for commercial real estate biz
Kansas City-based UMB Bank has named Cydney Gurgens as its new senior vice president of commercial real estate. Gurgens has more than 20 years of experience in Kansas City’s banking industry, spending...
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Court clears Sheridan on $500,000 embezzlement claim
It took two years, but a court cleared Kansas City businessman Jim Sheridan of all claims that he embezzled over $500,000 from an advertising fund set aside for franchisees of Sheridan's Frozen...
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Boulevard's focus for growth: Cellar Five
Despite facing monsoon-like weather all year, the Cellar Five project at Boulevard Brewing Co. is on target for completion in October, which is key to keeping all the Kansas City brewery's growth plans...
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