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Looking for NFL ticket bargains? Go Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs probably will attract lots of fans this season given that the average price of their tickets on the secondary market is one of the National Football League's lowest. The average...

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Lathrop Gage names new COO

Lathrop Gage LLP filled the vacancy created by the retirement of chief operating officer Bill Migneron. Migneron had been COO at the Kansas City-based law firm for the past 10 years and has more than...

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First Business nabs exec from Bank of Blue Valley

First Business Bank in Kansas City hired a new vice president of commercial lending with 18 years of experience at Bank of Blue Valley. Todd Fitzpatrick resigned as market president of Shawnee for Bank...

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Chiefs bring familiar restaurants, breweries to Arrowhead

Kansas City Chiefs fans attending a game at Arrowhead Stadium this season will find several new food and beverage partners, including many based in the Kansas City area. The Chiefs heavily revamped...

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Pivot International makes biggest acquisition yet — fourth in 2 years

Pivot International Inc.'s fourth acquisition in the past two years was its largest so far, giving the company the same manufacturing capacity in the U.S. that it has in Asia.

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Competitor fires Hewitt, a tax visionary and former H&R Block employee

John Hewitt has been a thorn in the side of H&R Block Inc. (NYSE: HRB) for the past 35 years, founding its two largest competitors in the assisted tax preparation space, but he's now been fired as...

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KC-based banks enjoy another profitable quarter [BANK CHART]

Reporter James Dornbrook analyzes the 2017 second-quarter numbers from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. for banks in the Kansas City area.

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Why old-school KC companies embrace innovation and you should too

Leaders of some of the area's old-line companies tell how an emphasis on innovation keeps them growing.

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New Kansas City Comets ownership group gains league license

The Major Arena Soccer League voted Friday to grant a license to a newly structured ownership group for the Kansas City Comets, team spokesman Jeff Husted said. Gaining a license clears the team to...

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CrossFirst names former market executive to lead commercial banking

Robert Owens, a former top local executive at First Citizens Bank in Kansas City, was hired as managing director of commercial banking for CrossFirst Bank in Kansas City. Owens most recently was...

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DST faces class action over profit-sharing plan

A former employee at DST Systems Inc. filed a class-action lawsuit against the Kansas City company for breaching its fiduciary duty related to its employee retirement plan. Stephanie Ostrander, who...

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KC's five strongest large banks at midyear

This article ranks the strongest of the 37 banks with a presence in the Kansas City area that have more than $1 billion in assets.

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Former KC restaurant owner is sentenced for bank fraud

The former owner of a Lenexa sports-themed restaurant was sentenced to three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to bank fraud. Charles Waits, former owner of Kansas City Sports Grill...

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Former H&R Block team helps firm launch entrepreneurial services

Kansas City-based accounting and auditing firm MarksNelson launched its new Entrepreneurial Services Practice, with the assistance of two people who previously helped launch H&R Block Small...

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KC's five strongest midsize banks at midyear

This article ranks the strongest of the 19 banks with a presence in the Kansas City area that have $250 million to $1 billion in assets.

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New H&R Block CEO meets the troops, investors at annual meeting

Even though he doesn't start his new role as CEO of H&R Block Inc. until Oct. 9, the company used its annual meeting as an opportunity to officially introduce Jeff Jones to its shareholders. Jones...

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Prepaid season ticket money sends Comets ownership dispute into extra time

Just when it appeared an ugly dispute among the Kansas City Comets’ former owners was over and the team could move forward drama-free, a new dispute has erupted over the money season ticket holders...

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Dimensional Innovations CEO helps incubate a video marketing company

A new video content marketing agency called Rockbox — that's being incubated at the Overland Park headquarters of Dimensional Innovations Inc. — is gathering momentum after three years in business....

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Acquisition adds 30,000 to KC company's real estate membership

Kansas City-based Think Realty, a real estate investor education provider, added 30,000 members to its ranks by acquiring Lee's Summit-based Community Buying Group. Think Realty is a subsidiary of...

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Heatron CEO: Stepping down but not hanging up his sneakers yet

For the past 35 years, H.B. Turner has led Leavenworth-based Heatron Inc. Find out what the Kansas City executive plans to do now that he's changing gears.

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