Fast-rising investment company's CEO shares the secret to growth
Overland Park-based Affinity Asset Management is one of the fastest-growing companies in the Kansas City area, and CEO Mark Roberts shares the primary reason why.
View ArticleKC-area law firms partner to win a $60M verdict in NY
A group of attorneys from several area law firms teamed up and won a $60 million verdict for their client in a dispute about a business acquisition.
View ArticleU.S. News & World Report: KC law firm has nation's best health practice
A Kansas City law firm was named as the nation's best health care law firm by U.S. News & World Report. Polsinelli PC's Health Care Department, led by Chairman Matthew Murer, won the honor for the...
View ArticleInvestment company's owner joins First Business as VP of trust and investments
First Business Financial Services Inc., the holding company for First Business Bank which was formerly known as Alterra Bank, continues to add highly experienced local talent, this time hiring a...
View ArticleKC's new pro basketball team reveals its name, first players
The new professional basketball team in Kansas City now has a team name, a mascot and coaches, and has signed its first three players. The team will be called the Kansas City Buzz, and its mascot is a...
View ArticleErise gets another big victory against patent troll
Overland Park-based Erise IP recently won a case that pitted a Canadian network equipment company against Packet Intelligence LLC.
View Article2013 explosion lands Ferrellgas in a legal morass
Ferrellgas is suing its workers compensation insurer and being sued by employees over an explosion of propane tanks in Florida.
View ArticleStrange Days will bring a world of beers to the River Market [PHOTOS]
Founded by three local guys, Strange Days Brewing Co. will become the only brewery in Kansas City's River Market neighborhood. The partners are Nathan Howard of Overland Park, and Chris Beier and Alec...
View ArticleKauffman launches program to beef up KC microlending
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation made a $1.2 million investment in a new microfinance pilot program that it hopes will give Kansas City-area businesses more and better access to small-dollar loans.
View ArticleLocal prosecutor moves a step closer to becoming a Kansas federal judge
Holly Teeter, an assistant U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, is one step closer to becoming a judge for the U.S. District Court in Kansas. Teeter, nominated by President Trump, now...
View ArticleLenexa company's wind project will power a Facebook data center
Enel Green Power North America began construction on a $300 million wind energy project designed by Lenexa-based Tradewind Energy Inc., which will provide 100 percent of the power to a Facebook data...
View ArticleNow online: Giant Missouri wind farm that can power 100,000 homes, supplies KC
The Rock Creek wind farm in Atchison County, which is now Missouri's largest wind farm, is officially online after a year of construction. The $500 million project was put together by Lenexa-based...
View ArticleNew distillery unveils area's first KC-made, single malt whiskey
Restless Spirits, a craft distillery based in North Kansas City, released Sons of Erin 15-year Single Malt Irish Whiskey and GullyTown Single Malt Whiskey, which is the Kansas City area's first locally...
View ArticleEntrepreneur: Retirees get back into the game on their terms
When Bill Wood and Joseph Lake retired, neither were ready to stop being engaged in the world. So they joined forces, and now their new venture does only work that interests them, freed from...
View ArticleKansas City Breweries Co. will build 100,000-barrel brewery
Kansas City Breweries Co. LLC plans to build a large-scale brewing and beverage manufacturing complex just off Interstate 435 south of Truman Road in the Blue Valley Industrial area. The new plant will...
View ArticleFC Kansas City could be going dark
The future of professional women's soccer team FC Kansas City is in doubt. The National Women's Soccer League just announced Thursday that it granted a franchise license to a new team in Salt Lake...
View ArticleMcCormick brand will release a high-end Irish cream
People in the Kansas City area will be the first to try the latest product from Holladay Distillery in Weston: a new small-batch Irish cream liqueur called Five Farms. Five Farms gets its name from the...
View ArticleAuditor criticizes Independence Events Center CID board for excessive fees,...
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway released the results of an audit of the Independence Events Center Community Improvement District, which found excessive fees, conflict of interest and a lack of...
View ArticleWarning: Scammers want your business to be a cyber-crime mule
Payment experts Pat O'Boyle and Mike Higgins say the latest cyber threat is easily thwarted, but people aren't doing it.
View ArticleJoe's Kansas City, distillery create high-end whiskey barbecue sauce
J. Rieger & Co. collaborated with Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que to create a new barbecue sauce. Joe's Kansas City Whiskey Bar-B-Que Sauce will be available in limited quantities starting Dec. 1. It...
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