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GM's Malibu malaise will bring shift cut, job losses in KCK
General Motors Co. plans to eliminate a shift at its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan., because of a decline in sales of the Chevrolet Malibu. The Fairfax plant runs three shifts and employs...
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Exclusive: American Century assembles nine-digit war chest for M&A spree
American Century Investments has assembled a nine-digit war chest and plans to use it to find mergers and acquisitions that can help the company grow even faster.
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Acquired company sues Olathe home decor importer over compensation
The Gerson Co. Inc., an Olathe-based distributor of home décor and gift products, is being sued by the former owner of a company it acquired called Garden Meadow Inc. Sandy Cooper, the former owner,...
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Merger marks beginning of 'super-community' bank
Salina-based Sunflower Financial Inc. completed its merger with Texas-based Strategic Growth Bancorp Inc. on Monday, making its new holding company, FirstSun Capital Bancorp, the third largest in...
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CommunityAmerica builds a female financial services dream team
Lenexa-based CommunityAmerica Credit Union continues assembling what is arguably becoming the most impressive collection of female executives at any financial institution in the Kansas City area.
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Lansing Trade Group will buy competitor's grain and feed trading
Overland Park-based Lansing Trade Group LLC reached an agreement to acquire materially all of the grain and feed ingredient trading business from Interstate Commodities in New York. The acquisition is...
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Chicago law firm snags named partner, two others from KC firm
Chicago-based Wiedner & McAuliffe Ltd. has lured three more employment law attorneys away from the Kansas City-based law firm it recruited its first local employees from in 2014. The new additions...
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NBKC Bank's new HQ is designed to attract, retain talent [PHOTOS]
Last fall, it became readily apparent to NBKC Bank CEO Brian Unruh that the bank had outgrown its space at 10700 Nall Ave., so he used the situation as an opportunity to create a headquarters that fit...
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Dentons adds previous NAIC president to its Kansas City team
John Huff, a former director of the Missouri Department of Insurance and the immediate past president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), has joined Dentons as a partner with...
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Burcham: MoBank's private wealth business surges after BOK merger
MoBank sees its private banking business as a great growth opportunity and has been hiring experienced professionals to meet pent-up demand.
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107-year-old KC business opens first satellite office
Kansas City-based Thomas McGee LC opened its first office in St. Louis and expects to add 15 employees there in the next 18 months. Founded in 1910, Thomas McGee is an independent insurance agency that...
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Five local investment advisory firms make list of best in U.S.
The Kansas City area has five firms on the Financial Times list of the 300 best registered investment advisers in the nation. The local firms recognized on the list are Creative Planning Inc.,...
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Chiefs re-up with coach, part ways with GM
The Kansas City Chiefs and General Manager John Dorsey announced that they agreed to part ways effective immediately. Dorsey has been general manager of the team since Jan. 14, 2013. "I notified John...
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KC law firm wins $218M verdict against agribusiness company
Representing more than 7,000 U.S. corn growers in a class-action lawsuit against Syngenta AG, Pat Stueve of Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP in Kansas City is a co-lead counsel on a legal team that won a...
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Former Roasterie GM joins local accounting firm’s manufacturing practice
Zach Schamaun, the former general manager of The Roasterie Inc. in Kansas City, joined the Overland Park office of accounting firm Adams Brown Beran & Ball as the manufacturing service line...
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Former Independence physician gets prison for health care fraud
Wayne Williamson was sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison without parole after pleading guilty to health care fraud, federal prosecutors said in a release. Despite earlier losing...
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Bank Midwest parent makes another area acquisition
After a two-year break from mergers and acquisitions, National Bank Holdings Corp. is back in action, reaching an agreement to acquire Peoples Inc. for $143 million in cash and stock. Lawrence-based...
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OP law firm reaches nearly $900,000 settlement in whistleblower case
Brady & Associates Law Office in Overland Park reached a $898,523 settlement in a whistleblower case against O'Connor Medical Supply Inc., which is based in Clive, Iowa, and its owner, James...
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NBH CEO: Why the Peoples Bank acquisition is the perfect deal
Tim Laney, CEO of Bank Midwest’s parent company National Bank Holdings Corp., said he was motivated to acquire Peoples Inc. because it “fit like a glove” in virtually every aspect.
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Financial firms line up to battle over the ‘Great Plains’ brand
Great Plains Annuity Marketing Inc. filed an answer to a trademark infringement case filed by Great Plains Trust Co., making it clear that they intend to do battle. Great Plains Trust is a wealth...
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