Kansas City-area unemployment rises in November (BizJournals)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:26 GMT
The Kansas City area’s unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in November, up from 5.8 percent in October and 4.8 percent in November 2007, according to statistics the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday.
Kansas wonders reach into business (The Wichita Eagle)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:50:24 GMT
The finalists in a statewide commerce contest are hard to categorize, ranging from nuclear power plants to a toy marble company. From brickmakers to pie bakers, the 24 finalists offer a commercial dimension to the 8 Wonders of Kansas. "When you go from bait and tackle shops to nuclear power plants, it gets eclectic," said Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation in Inman. The ...
Scott Pioli talks with Kansas City (Boston Herald)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:26:34 GMT
Patriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli met with Chiefs owner Clark Hunt yesterday to interview for Kansas City's general manager job. It's...
Kansas City Board of Trade reports strong 2008 (Wichita Business Journal)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:45:12 GMT
The Kansas City Board of Trade had the third-highest number of contracts in its 153-year history in 2008, at almost 4 million.
Jackson County judge upholds Kansas City smoking ordinance (The Business Journal of Kansas City)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:05:16 GMT
A Jackson County judge extinguished a challenge to Kansas City’s smoking ordinance on Monday, stating that state laws governing indoor smoking do not supplant city ordinances.
Kansas Small Business Development Center Launches New and Improved Online Resource Center at ... (Centre Daily Times)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:33:06 GMT
Today small business owners and entrepreneurs have easier access to the tools they need to start and grow a business – especially in these tough economic times. Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) has launched its enhanced Web site at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbdc . The KSBDC partnered with Kansas.gov to develop the new site, which is housed in the Kansas Business Center, the ...
Kansas Small Business Development Center Launches New and Improved Online Resource Center at ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:00 GMT
TOPEKA, Kan.----Today small business owners and entrepreneurs have easier access to the tools they need to start and grow a business – especially in these tough economic times. Kansas Small Business Development Center has launched its enhanced Web site at http://www.kansas.gov/ksbdc.
Emerging Business | Noteworthy: Web sites, scholars, snapshot (The Kansas City Star)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:31:53 GMT
The state of Kansas has redesigned its Kansas Business Center — at www.kansas.gov/businesscenter — the official state resource for information, filings and personal assistance to start or maintain a Kansas business. The center also offers a team of NetWork Kansas coordinators who provide referrals and business counseling through online chat or by phone.
City in Kansas takes aim at Seguin business (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:09:47 GMT
SEGUIN — A local company that designs and builds water park amusements has been named a defendant in a $2 million lawsuit in Kansas.
Local Noteworthy | Hoenig will discuss 2009 (The Kansas City Star)
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:34:14 GMT
Thomas Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City president, will discuss the 2009 financial outlook Wednesday at The Central Exchange. See Business Calendar, D-23.