http://www.kansascity.com/business/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Business 60 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:29:15 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/09/2938409/panel-discussion-by-bob-unell.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/09/2938409/panel-discussion-by-bob-unell.html#storylink=rss Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:03 CDT Check out this week's cartoon plus past cartoons in the Panel Discussion archive. 1579544 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422039/mutual-fund-stores-adam-bold-relinquishes.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422039/mutual-fund-stores-adam-bold-relinquishes.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST The Mutual Fund Store LLC has hired a brokerage industry veteran to assume founder Adam Bold's duties as chief executive officer. 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422281/the-race-is-on-to-cover-college.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422281/the-race-is-on-to-cover-college.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST The mad dash to cobble together college funding will soon be under way. 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422283/obamas-financial-aid-reform-comes.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422283/obamas-financial-aid-reform-comes.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST President Barack Obama wants to unleash the authority of the federal government on another troubled part of the business sector -- the business of higher education. 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3422238/health-insurance-option-brewing.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3422238/health-insurance-option-brewing.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00 CST A plan that could be an option to reduce health care benefits costs for small nonprofit organizations will be introduced next week to Kansas City area nonprofit leaders. 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421657/public-meetings-set-to-discuss.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421657/public-meetings-set-to-discuss.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a series of public meetings to hear ideas for its Big 5 goal "to make Kansas City America's most entrepreneurial city." 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421421/coming-sunday-free-help-on-college.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421421/coming-sunday-free-help-on-college.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Get free help this Sunday on completing the FAFSA -- the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. 1579562 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/20/3381608/mark-davis-kc-feds-esther-george.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/20/3381608/mark-davis-kc-feds-esther-george.html#storylink=rss Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00 CST America's banks are taking a "bold step" in this economic recovery. It may turn into a misstep. Such was the caution sounded earlier this month by Esther George, a longtime banking regulator who now heads the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. 1579541 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3417888/when-jokes-at-work-stop-being.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3417888/when-jokes-at-work-stop-being.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Research indicates that humor at work is a good thing. It builds morale and relationships. But it also hurts if it veers from being a bonding agent to an alienator. 1579547 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413671/parents-teach-your-kids-the-value.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413671/parents-teach-your-kids-the-value.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00 CST I've recently found myself speaking at educational institutions about diversity as much as I talk to corporations and organizations. Speaking at schools reminds me that how people view and respond to the differences of others starts long before they enter the workforce. 1579540 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413712/kevin-collison-lawmaker-seeks.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413712/kevin-collison-lawmaker-seeks.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Pity Flagler County, Fla. The county bordering the Atlantic about 75 miles south of Jacksonville has Florida's highest unemployment rate at 13.9 percent, vs. 7.3 percent in the Kansas City area. Now Kansas City wants to grab one of its prime economic assets, the Federal Aviation Administration's Management Training and Conference Center. 1579545 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3413817/lets-turn-the-west-bottoms-into.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3413817/lets-turn-the-west-bottoms-into.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Despite downtown Kansas City's dynamic mix of amenities, its residents don't have much to do outside. A possible solution is just a hop, skip and a jump away in Kansas City's West Bottoms. 1579546 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421656/dress-barn-to-open-in-kcks-legends.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421656/dress-barn-to-open-in-kcks-legends.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Dress Barn is coming to Legends Outlets Kansas City in early spring. 1579548 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3403354/job-hunters-be-at-the-top-of-the.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/01/3403354/job-hunters-be-at-the-top-of-the.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Graduating in May? Congrats! Are you in a serious job search yet? It's past time to compete with your classmates for jobs. The job market has been poor for the last three years of graduates. But you have youth and technology mastery on your side. So here's what to do to improve your paycheck odds. 1579548 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/30/3399984/understand-the-threat-and-know.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/30/3399984/understand-the-threat-and-know.html#storylink=rss Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00 CST Despite the shift to more secure electronic payments in the past few years, fraudsters continue attacking business accounts, filching account numbers, hacking databases, capturing keystrokes and even shadowing people as they log into their bank portals. 1579548 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421839/wall-street-movers-toyota-cobalt.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421839/wall-street-movers-toyota-cobalt.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. Data from the Associated Press: 1579557 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421788/business-notes-american-flight.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421788/business-notes-american-flight.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST American Airlines flight attendants are crafting a voluntary early retirement plan that's intended to reduce the 2,300 job cuts included in the bankrupt carrier's contract proposal. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants will detail the plan for based American, a unit of AMR Corp., during meetings next week, Jeff Pharr, a union spokesman, said Friday. 1579557 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3421540/savings-game-when-your-credit.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3421540/savings-game-when-your-credit.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Your credit score will determine not only whether you can obtain credit, but also the cost of credit to you. The difference of even a few points can cost -- or save -- you thousands of dollars in interest expense. 1579557 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3420716/gadgets-keeping-your-phone-charged.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/08/3420716/gadgets-keeping-your-phone-charged.html#storylink=rss Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00 CST Power on the go is something we all need since it's difficult to keep most of our portable electronic gadgets running from dawn to dusk. 1579559 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419551/brazil-files-injunction-against.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419551/brazil-files-injunction-against.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:36 CST A request for an injunction to stop Twitter users from alerting drivers to police roadblocks, radar traps and drunk-driving checkpoints could make Brazil the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor content at governments' requests. 1579559 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420936/review-netflix-and-hulus-new-scripted.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420936/review-netflix-and-hulus-new-scripted.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:26 CST Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming. 1579559 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422770/staff-at-the-sun-tabloid-arrested.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422770/staff-at-the-sun-tabloid-arrested.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:23 CST Britain's biggest-selling newspaper was fighting to contain the damage after five employees at The Sun tabloid were arrested Saturday in an inquiry into the alleged payment of bribes to police and other officials. 1579538 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422965/greeces-grim-choice-deep-budget.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422965/greeces-grim-choice-deep-budget.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:23 CST Why would Greece accept more pain when unemployment is at 21 percent, the economy is enduring its fifth year of recession and rioters are hurling gasoline bombs in the streets of Athens? 1579538 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420887/britains-media-ethics-inquiry.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3420887/britains-media-ethics-inquiry.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:41 CST Five staff at Britain's largest selling tabloid The Sun were arrested Saturday along with three other people over alleged bribes paid to police and defense officials, detectives and the newspaper's parent company said. 1579538 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421979/new-nightclub-for-the-power-light.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421979/new-nightclub-for-the-power-light.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST An art deco hotel-themed venue, fittingly called Hotel Nightclub, is coming to the Power & Light District. 1579552 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421939/closing-bell-garmin-cap-fed-rise.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421939/closing-bell-garmin-cap-fed-rise.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Most regional stocks joined in a broad sell-off Friday, as stocks overall had their worst day of the year. Blame the trding tone on Greece. 1579556 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419576/new-ipad-could-be-coming-in-march.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3419576/new-ipad-could-be-coming-in-march.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00 CST A news report says Apple plans to unveil a new iPad early next month. 1579560 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418804/sprint-bondholders-like-buy-now.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/09/3418804/sprint-bondholders-like-buy-now.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Fixed-income investors are taking a more optimistic view of Sprint Nextel Corp. than the stock market, with bondholders looking past a fourth-quarter loss and taking comfort from an increase in subscribers. 1579550 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421910/new-immigration-rules-for-temporary.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421910/new-immigration-rules-for-temporary.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00 CST The U.S. Labor Department on Friday issued new rules for the H-2B immigration program governing temporary, non-agricultural workers. 1579554 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413251/how-i-got-the-job-tim-miller-42.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/06/3413251/how-i-got-the-job-tim-miller-42.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Tim Miller, 42, is an agent for American Family Insurance. As an agent with an office in Gardner, his role largely is one of educating current and new clients about insurance and becoming a trusted adviser for them. 1579555 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422768/faces-beyond-the-numbers-of-long.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422768/faces-beyond-the-numbers-of-long.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:23 CST J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his fortunes turn around. 1579536 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422639/obama-urges-extension-of-payroll.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422639/obama-urges-extension-of-payroll.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:08 CST President Barack Obama is pressuring Congress to extend a payroll tax cut for the rest of the year as another deadline nears for Congress to act or see taxes go up for millions of working people. 1579537