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City Manager Nachbar: Overland Park anticipates job cuts
Overland Park will look to reduce its employee ranks for the first time since 2002.
MGP Ingredients, Seacor Energy form venture to restart Pekin, Ill., plant
MGP Ingredients Inc. and an affiliate of Seacor Energy Inc. have formed a joint venture to reactivate distillery operations at MGP?s plant in Pekin, Ill.
Fiduciary Benchmarks, Bdellium start retirement-plans index
Fiduciary Benchmarks LLC teamed up with Bdellium Inc. to launch a new index of retirement plans that evaluates how ready participants are for retirement.
Menorah Medical Center nurses vote to keep union
Nurses at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park decided to continue their union representation.
Three get prison time in staged assault case
Three Kansas City-area defendants received federal sentences on Friday for concocting an ill-conceived plan to stage a rape and assault to drive up a settlement in a sexual harassment case.
Hawthorn Bank promotes Turner to president, COO
Hawthorn Bank has promoted David Turner to president and COO, a new position, effective Jan. 1.
Stimulus breaks end Monday for SBA loans
Say goodbye to the 90 percent guarantee and reduced fees that sparked a rebound in Small Business Administration lending.
Moody?s downgrades Sprint credit rating
Moody?s Investors Service has downgraded Sprint Nextel Corp.?s junk credit rating because the wireless carrier hasn?t been able to improve its earnings as quickly as expected. (VM) (S)
Mass layoffs rise in Missouri, fall in Kansas
Missouri had 31 layoffs of at least 50 workers in October, up from 16 in September but down from 35 in October 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
Kansas City-area hospitals join to fight bloodstream infections
Fourteen Kansas City-area and Northwest Missouri hospitals are participating in a program to fight bloodstream infections, the Missouri Hospital Association said Friday.
