10 billionaires from Missouri, KC area make Forbes list
Mar 5, 2015 · Garmin Ltd. co-founder Min Kao was the top Kansas City-area billionaire on the list, ranking 603rd with a net worth of $3 billion. Kao’s Garmin co-founder, Gary Burrell, tied for No. 1,006 with a net worth of $1.9 billion. Cerner Corp. chairman and CEO Neal Patterson also had a net worth of $1.9 billion to tie for No. 1,006.
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Business Brief: One year later, UAW leader reflects on strike. By Ansley Franco, Abby Cornell, Yasha Mikolajczak, Lucy Valeski, Max Dike and Makayla Voris. Aug 30, 2024. Multimedia.
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Inside KC’s 311 complaint hotline: more than 300,000 reports
Aug 9, 2023 · The 3rd District, the source of the most reports, also had the slowest average resolution time. Using the median, 311 cases in the 3rd District were open for seven days, compared to the citywide median resolution time of six days.
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Missouri’s Prop A would raise minimum wage to $15 and promise sick leave, but business owners warn of job losses. By Mili Mansaray - The Beacon. Oct 1, 2024. Advocates argue Proposition A will move low-income workers closer to a living wage, though business owners fear diminished profits or force them to cut jobs. Industries.
Missouri cannabis industry experts expect growth, challenges
Dec 29, 2023 · The volume of sales propelled Missouri into one of the top cannabis states. The industry hit over $1 billion in cumulative sales halfway through the year. Total sales are now approaching $2 billion. The volume was surprising to Chase Cookson, a professor and researcher at Saint Louis University’s Cannabis Science and Operations Program.
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As regulators address open banking, change looms for consumers, financial institutions. By Paige Gerling. Jun 20, 2024. Open banking, which allows consumers to give banks consent to provide financial information to third parties, is an emerging trend.
Technology jobs surge in Kansas City, St. Louis as more industries ...
Jun 3, 2022 · Kansas City and St. Louis had the second and third largest percent increase of technology job openings among U.S. metro areas the first four months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, according to CompTIA.
Planned Parenthood pivots after Missouri cuts Medicaid funds ...
Sep 12, 2024 · Missouri’s Planned Parenthood branches have been cut off from Medicaid funding. And while the organization is challenging the law, it’s also figuring out how to continue care for low-income patients in case it’s permanently removed from Medicaid.
Southeast Missouri aluminum plant to close, lay off hundreds ...
Jan 25, 2024 · The bill could be used to find another company to step in and continue aluminum smelting in Marston. That could help to save the 450 union jobs, Quade said in a press release issued Thursday.. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, in light of the news, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden saying the closing of the plant “directly threatens the national economic security of the United States.”