Unemployment shows spring rise
There was good jobs news for April, with 165,000 jobs added and unemployment hitting a four-year low, Bloomberg reports. The unemployment rate for April hit 7.5 percent, down a tenth of a percent from...
View ArticleGoogle Fiber Is Coming to Shawnee Kansas
Google has just announced another expansion of their Fiber service – one that’s pretty close to ';home base.'; Home base being Kansas City, the location of Google’s Fiber’s first installment. The next...
View ArticleWidespread corporate tax reform agreement little chance for change
In a rare spasm of bipartisan agreement, President Barack Obama, Democrats, Republicans and business all agree corporate tax reform needs fixing, but no one wants a favorite slice of the pie to go...
View ArticleSinquefield quits board after union attacks pension stance
Missouri financier Rex Sinquefield has stepped down from the board of Dimensional Fund Advisors, a move he said was unrelated to an attack by a teachers union of his stance on cutting teacher pensions,...
View ArticleNeither Brownback Holder blink in gun rights showdown
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback isnt backing down from a new state law that makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce gun laws, and neither is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who has called the law...
View ArticleShawnee hurries up and waits for Google Fiber service
Shawnee became the fifth Johnson County city to formally welcome Google Fiber, though when the 1-gigabit, high-speed service will arrive is anyones guess, The Dispatch reports. Shawnee held a special...
View ArticleBecker 6 only 6 simple steps to effective management
Hal Becker For some strange reason, as I get older, I see things much simpler and with less complexity. My friends make fun of me because as an author I am not much of a reader. The only reading...
View ArticleStormes To live the dream first live the brand
Sean Stormes I believe that company objectives, associated strategies and tactics each should be designed to elicit just one overarching response from prospects and customers alike. Care to guess?...
View ArticleDishs love for another pushes it into Sprints arms
So what drove Dish Network Corp.s sudden pursuit of Sprint Nextel Corp.? One word: Clearwire, the Denver Business Journal reports. A proxy Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) filed Wednesday indicated...
View Article5 fun things to do in KC this weekend
The annual Cinco de Mayo parade is at 11 a.m. Saturday in Kansas City, Kan. It will start at 7th and Minnesota and march to 18th and Minnesota. Events continue through the weekend with a concert for...
View ArticleBIG backup behind 2-car crash on 169
KANSAS CITY, Mo - Traffic is slow-going past the scene of a two-car crash on 169 Highway in the Northland. The crash happened a little before 8 a.m. in the southbound lanes of the highway at the 68th...
View ArticleMissouri colleges would need TB testing under bill sent to governor
. oThe Missouri Legislature has sent Gov. Jay Nixon a bill that would require colleges and universities to develop targeted testing programs for tuberculosis.Under the legislation, any student who...
View ArticleBreaking down Kansas non-conference schedule in 2013-14
Breaking down Kansas' non-conference schedule in 2013-14 It may be the most daunting non-conference schedule that KU coach Bill Self has ever maneuvered. Duke. Florida. Georgetown. And a month-long...
View ArticleDow tops 15000 for 1st time
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were all up more than 1% in early trading. The S&P 500 also hit a record high, rising above 1,600. Stocks finished higher Thursday as well. The gains came on the...
View ArticleFederal public defender in Missouri takes one for team resigns
. oWestern Missouri's top federal public defender says he is resigning early to prevent layoffs in his office.Ray Conrad says he will retire June 1 from the Federal Public Defender Office in Kansas...
View ArticleWelch YRC shows progress but further to go
James Welch, CEO of YRC Worldwide Inc. YRC Worldwide Inc. CEO James Welch is pleased with how the company performed in the first quarter of 2013, but hes not ready to declare victory just yet. We...
View ArticleKansas Jake Heaps ready to get career back on track in 2013
John Rieger/US Presswire Four different players threw a pass for Kansas last season, yet arguably the most talented quarterback on the roster wasn't among them. Instead, he flayed the first-team...
View ArticleKansas City Actors Theater announces 2013 season selections
One of Kansas City Actor's Theater productions of 2012's season, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap never fails to entertain audiences and keep them ...
View ArticleCatching Up with Chiefs WR Donnie Avery
Alex Smith in March, much of the talk has been about 'what could be' with the team's offense this season. Another new addition to the Chiefs in 2013 is ...
View ArticleRoaring winds may stir California blaze
Crews frantically battling fast-moving wildfires in Southern California will get no relief Friday as heavy winds threaten to grow one blaze that has scorched thousands of ...
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