Home sales were up 25 percent overall in October compared with last year in the Kansas City area, and the inventory of unsold houses continued to shrink.
Overland Park-based YRC Worldwide has announced it will close its terminal in Richfield, Ohio, as part of its cost-cutting strategies.
The U.S. casino business, hit by double-digit revenue declines in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, N.J., hopes it's on the road to recovery. And the Kansas City casino market, whose drop in business wasn't nearly so steep, could already be on the way back.
John Stout Jr. has been elected to a three-year term as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
More bus cuts could be in store for Kansas City after transit planners learned Wednesday that they might be in a deeper budget hole than expected.
The United Way of Wyandotte County fell short of its $2.4 million goal, officials announced Wednesday. But rather than close the campaign with the slightly more than $2 million that has been raised, the campaign will continue indefinitely until the goal is met.
The fight is on for billions of federal dollars to back school reform, and Missouri is answering the bell after all.
The United Way, which concluded its annual campaign Tuesday, was hoping to get 25,000 first-time donors. It gained at least 23,000 new contributors and raised more than $35.1 million.
Kansas is offering low-interest loans to help homeowners and small business owners become more energy efficient. The money could go toward a more efficient furnace or air conditioner, insulation or better doors and windows.
Wal-Mart Stores is confirming some of the deals it will be pushing to draw crowds for the day after Thanksgiving. They include a 50-inch Sanyo plasma HDTV for $598 and $3 children's sleepwear.
Hallmark Cards Inc. on Tuesday said it had made an investment in Newput Corp. to create products and content for the Kansas City-based company that would make it easier for people to remember and acknowledge birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and other events and occasions.
Bernstein-Rein has lost Bayer Animal Health as a client, despite making a minor celebrity out of a Labrador puppy named Champ and his adventures at summer camp.
The deals are already calling you. Take an extra 30 percent off <em>plus</em> $10 credit for every $50 spent. <em>Any</em> boot, 50 percent off. Choose from 100 toys for $10. Not good enough? How about 75 toys at $1 or less?
After a new round of complaints, the Cordish Co. announced Monday that it plans to hand off enforcement of its dress code in the Power & Light District downtown. The company has invited civil rights and community groups to join an independent oversight board to make sure the dress code is fairly enforced.
Meet the “new” GM. Same as the “old” GM? Not really, say some auto industry experts who analyzed General Motors Corp.’s announcement Monday of a third-quarter loss of nearly $1.15 billion after emerging in July from a government-aided bankruptcy.
Sprint Nextel shares jumped 12.9 percent Monday after a Credit Suisse analyst upgraded his rating on the stock to “outperform” from “neutral.” The stock also received a boost after Sprint’s early morning announcement that it had paid down the remaining $1 billion balance on its $4.5 billion revolving credit line.
Ozella Jones is one. Brian Decker counts, too. Barry Newkirk knows of three others, but not by name. Nor can Tim Scott put faces with the 11 he tallied.
Children’s Mercy Hospital is building a 73-room patient tower on its Hospital Hill campus and an outpatient clinic in Independence, continuing a master plan announced two years ago.
Japan’s Pioneer has lodged a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission against rival navigation-system maker Garmin, alleging some of its products infringe on Pioneer patents. The complaint comes after negotiations between the companies over licensing of the patents broke down, according to a report in PC World.
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