Olathe, Kansas Business Directory

Family Veterinary Clinic

2013-05-21T06:46:03Z

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DST tries something new: mutual funds for everyday investors

2013-05-20T22:34:37Z

DST Systems Inc. is attempting to appeal to a larger audience with a new effort aimed at giving regular consumers access to mutual funds. DST still is waiting for approval on the mobile investment app, TreeSwing, from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. But later this spring, the Kansas City-based data-processing company (NYSE: DST) plans to go after an audience it doesn’t have a history of tapping — hesitant investors. The app eliminates traditional investment minimums on certain…...(read more)

GEHA contracts for Landmark Office Building

2013-05-20T22:33:41Z

The Government Employees Health Association Inc. has contracted to buy the 90,000-square-foot Landmark Office Building in Independence, one of the largest Class A buildings in Eastern Jackson County. Richard Miles, president of Lee’s Summit-based GEHA, said the vacant building fit the company’s plan to relieve overcrowding at three current locations and eventually consolidate all of its employees in Class A space. GEHA, which administers the second-largest national health and dental plans serving...(read more)

Employment lawyer joins Scharnhorst Ast & Kennard

2013-05-20T22:08:30Z

Boutique litigation firm Scharnhorst Ast & Kennard PC has branched into a new practice area with the addition of labor and employment lawyer Brent Coverdale as a partner. Unlike many small firms that have a particular focus — for example, the firm Coverdale just left, Seyferth Blumenthal & Harris LLC — Scharnhorst Ast & Kennard's approach is to have partners with distinct, varied practices. Co-founders Todd Scharnhorst and Scott Ast came from what is now Warden Grier LLP in 2006, and Jeff Kennard...(read more)

Sprint: Handmark, Clearwire acquisitions are mutually exclusive

2013-05-20T19:42:55Z

Sprint Nextel Corp. has clocked yet another acquisition, as if the wireless carrier doesn't have enough merger activity going on this year. On Monday, Overland Park-based Sprint (NYSE: S) revealed it had bought Kansas City-based Handmark Inc. and spinoff app developer firm OneLouder Apps. Inc. to help ramp up its mobile advertising and targeting services. The news came on the heels of Friday's announcement that Sprint had acquired wireless infrastructure and customers from U.S. Cellular Corp. (NYSE:...(read more)

K-State Olathe names four finalists for CEO

2013-05-20T19:32:16Z

Kansas State University administrators have settled on four finalists to possibly fill the position of CEO and vice president of the K-State Olathe campus. Current CEO Dan Richardson said in November that he plans to retire. He was the first leader of the university's Kansas City-area presence. April Mason, provost and senior vice president for K-State Olathe, said in a statement that she is eager to hire someone with experience in developing programs to support animal and human health partnership...(read more)

Fibrenew Red Deer Central Alberta

2013-05-20T18:48:45Z

Fibrenew Red Deer Central Alberta...(read more)

Alliance Mortgage Funding, Inc.

2013-05-20T18:22:03Z

Better Business Bureau Rated A+...(read more)

Makovsky & Co Inc

2013-05-20T18:18:09Z

Makovsky is an award winning public relations firm in NYC. Our full service agency offers traditional PR, marketing, branding and more....(read more)

Missouri transportation tax backers consider other options

2013-05-20T18:10:01Z

Supporters of a proposal to put a 1-cent sales tax designated to raise money for state transportation projects on the Missouri ballot are disappointed the measure did not make it out of the General Assembly on the final day of the 2013 legislative session. The bill, Senate Joint Resolution No. 16, passed Missouri's House and Senate during the session but did not win the Senate's final approval on Friday afternoon. RELATED: Missouri legislators table 1-cent transportation sales tax Ross Nichols,…...(read more)

Regulators find BMO Harris lax on compliance

2013-05-20T17:53:53Z

Bank regulators found BMO Harris Bank deficient in compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering regulations, placing the bank under a written agreement to improve the situation. The agreement stems from the Federal Reserve Bank's most recent examination of the Chicago branch of BMO Harris, which serves as the headquarters for the United States operation of the bank which is controlled by Bank of Montreal. BMO Harris has 12 bank branches in the Kansas City area. With $623 million...(read more)

It’s Clearwire Eve: Sprint expected to raise bid price for merger

2013-05-20T17:25:39Z

The wireless industry is watching Sprint Nextel Corp. for a higher bid on Clearwire Corp. before Tuesday’s shareholder vote. Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) shareholders vote at noon in Bellevue, Wash., on whether to accept or reject Sprint’s (NYSE: S) $2.2 billion acquisition offer. The vote comes as uncertainty around the deal is at a peak. Sprint’s bid, which offers $2.97 a share for stock that majority shareholder Sprint doesn’t already own, is lower than Friday’s close of $3.20 a share. The…...(read more)

DEG hires service delivery director to manage business flow

2013-05-20T15:45:24Z

There’s so much business flowing through Digital Evolution Group LLC's Corporate Woods office that the digital marketing company needed a traffic cop. Scott Miles is now filling that role as director of service delivery. DEG hired him from KANA, a software company specializing in customer experience management that, like DEG, saw explosive growth. Miles’ mandate is to staff projects and monitor DEG’s sales pipeline to make sure it is hiring the right people. “It’s a completely new role…...(read more)

GSA requests downtown office lease proposals

2013-05-20T15:12:09Z

It's pencil-sharpening time for the downtown Kansas City office building owners in the running to lease space for 1,000 federal workers. The General Services Administration has sent requests for lease proposals to landlords who have expressed interest in landing the huge lease deal, GSA Heartland Regional Administrator Jason Klumb said Friday. Responses are due June 7. "We expect to sign a lease and announce the location before the end of 2013," Klumb said. "And we expect to move before the end…...(read more)

KU Law targets smaller classes now and in future

2013-05-20T13:08:56Z

The University of Kansas School of Law will have a significantly smaller incoming class this fall — and in future years for the foreseeable future. Faced with dwindling applications, law schools across the country either are slashing class sizes or admitting students with inferior credentials. Dean Stephen Mazza said KU set a target of 120 students this year and may end up a bit below that. By contrast, there are 175 students graduating this year and about 140 each in the first-year and second-year...(read more)