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Boulevard adds American Kolsch to its year-round offerings
One of the most popular test beers in Boulevard Brewing Co.'s beer hall last summer was American Kolsch, which the Kansas City-based craft brewer is now releasing as a year-round offering. American...
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KC-area Ford workers are due a $63 million bonus
Ford Motor Co. recorded net income of $4.6 billion for 2016. That will translate to a profit-sharing bonus of $63.9 million for autoworkers the Kansas City area. If you add in the anticipated impact of...
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Lee’s Summit man gets four years for mortgage fraud
Albert Roberts III of Lee’s Summit received a four-year sentence in federal prison without parole after being found guilty of fraudulently obtaining $3.76 million in mortgages. Prosecutors say the...
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How Right to Work will affect KC-area economy
There appears to be little doubt that Missouri's General Assembly will pass a Right to Work law that invalidates any requirement for employees to join a union and pay dues. Missouri has tried to pass...
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Waddell & Reed's profits drop by almost half in 2016
Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. closed the books on a horrible year, posting a 40.2 percent decline in earnings for 2016 compared to a year ago, after losing $24 billion in assets under management....
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Liberty company, CEO face litany of charges in $16M securities fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against JBH Consulting Group in Liberty and CEO Brian Hudnall, accusing them of securities fraud related to investments in oil and gas ventures in...
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KC immigration lawyer: Trump orders create 'insurmountable, incredible burden'
When President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders last week on immigration, it caused a firestorm of activity at global companies, including in the Kansas City area. Mira Mdivani, an...
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Kansas City Royals draft an official craft beer
Boulevard Brewing Co. signed a five-year agreement to renew and expand its partnership with the Kansas City Royals. The sponsorship names Boulevard as the official craft beer of the Royals. Miller...
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Nearing 300 local employees, Arvest continues growth with OP call center
Looking to grow its mortgage business, Arvest Bank picked Overland Park as the location to open its first nationwide mortgage call center. The office, which is located in the Lighton I building at 7500...
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Injured employee wins $10.7M in damages from KCP&L
A Henry County Circuit Court judge ordered Kansas City Power & Light Co. to pay James Philpott of Clinton, Mo., $10.7 million in damages after he was exposed to sulfur compounds at its coal-fired...
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H&R Block teams up with IBM Watson to reinvent in-person tax preparation
H&R Block Inc. plans to reinvent the tax preparation process through a partnership with IBM Watson that adds data-mining techniques to its in-office tax preparation services. IBM Watson is a data...
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Legal Briefs: Trump immigration orders will ripple into many other countries
Two weeks into the new administration for President Donald Trump, and his executive orders already have businesses scrambling to keep up. The main cause: his recent travel ban on people who come from...
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Exclusive: Billion-dollar bank seeks to buy into KC market, establish first...
Mark Hecker left BankLiberty after 13 years to join Southern Bank and help it acquire banks to establish a presence in the Kansas City area. Hecker has 27 years experience in the Kansas City banking...
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Kansas City law firm elects first female president
The partners at McDowell Rice Smith & Buchanan PC elected Kristie Remster Orme as the first woman president in the firm's history. Orme is a 19-year veteran of the firm, a member of its Litigation...
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Plaintiff: Intimidation by Lawing Financial caused my heart attack
A former Lawing Financial employee is suing the company for allegedly attempting to intimidate and coerce him into doing unethical things, which he claims caused him to have a heart attack. The suit...
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Husch Blackwell adds former ConAgra chief counsel
Husch Blackwell LLP lured Megan Belcher away from her former job as chief counsel of ConAgra Foods Inc. to become a partner in the firm's Food & Agribusiness Group. Belcher has 16 years of...
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Growth spurs legal marketing firm to open a Denver office
Much like the law firms it serves throughout the Midwest, Mission-based Proventus Consulting LLC is growing because it can offer clients a better value proposition than its coastal competitors. Founded...
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Blooom raises $9.15M, surpasses $500M in AUM
Leawood-based Blooom raised $9.15 million in Series B financing, giving it the resources necessary to boost its marketing to reach more of its target audience of middle-class workers and grow even...
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Trump's order on fiduciary rule sparks wave of national, local debate
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to roll back the Department of Labor's new fiduciary standards rule, he sparked a heated debate throughout the financial advisory...
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Agspring's new finance chief has M&A experience at Gavilon
Leawood-based Agspring LLC promoted Trevor Warren to vice president of finance. Founded in 2012, Agspring quickly made a splash in the agricultural logistics and transportation business, making eight...
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