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Sprint’s iPhone sales attract new customers, balloon company losses

Sprint Nextel Corp. sold 1.8 million iPhones late last year – 40 percent of them to new customers – and ballooned its net loss to $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter.

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Cityscape

Developers plan a family-friendly corner of Westport

Feb 8, 12:18 AM

A block in Westport is bucking the trend for the entertainment area with the opening of alcohol-free, family-oriented businesses. UC1 LLC owns nearly one city block bounded by 39th Terrace and 40th Terrace and Broadway to Central Street.

Plaza shifts from The Sharper Image to The Art of Shaving

Feb 8, 12:28 AM

The men’s grooming boutique The Art of Shaving, is coming to the Country Club Plaza. The national chain will open in a 747-square-foot space at 327 W. 47th St. this spring. It will take part of the former Sharper Image space.

Dollars & Sense

Starwatch Consumer | Getting your caffeine fix

Feb 8, 12:22 PM

Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the novel product is not without its risks.

Business notes | Nokia cuts 4,000 jobs; CVS, Time Warner earnings

Feb 8, 12:05 PM

Nokia Corp. plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4,000 jobs, its latest attempts to cushion itself from stiff competition in the smartphone sector.

Mark Davis

KC Fed’s Esther George sounds the banking alarm

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.

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Steve Rosen

Getting schooled in financial aid has a big payoff

After reading Carol Stack and Ruth Vedvik’s book on college financial aid, I came to one inescapable conclusion: It’s much better to be a payee than a payer.

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Tech & Telecom

Chairman, three others out in Yahoo board shake-up

Feb 8, 12:24 AM

Yahoo Chairman Roy Bostock and three longtime board members are stepping down, submitting to the demands of many frustrated shareholders who blame them for contributing to the follies that have dragged down the Internet company's revenue and stock price.

Sprint Connection

Sprint’s iPhone sales attract new customers, balloon company losses

Feb 8, 11:56 AM

Sprint Nextel Corp. sold 1.8 million iPhones late last year – 40 percent of them to new customers – and ballooned its net loss to $1.3 billion in the fourth quarter.

Workplace & Careers

‘Boomerpreneur’ conference March 17 at Kauffman Foundation

Feb 7, 11:54 PM

A one-day conference for people age 50 and older, set for March 27 in Kansas City, will focus on the possibility of becoming entrepreneurs. The event at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, is a project of the foundation, AARP, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship and the Center for Productive Longevity.

Diane Stafford

Job hunters, be at the top of the class

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.

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How I Got the Job | Tim Miller, 42

Feb 8, 12:23 AM

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.

Diversity Diva

Parents, teach your kids the value of differences

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.

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Commentary

Kevin Collison

Florida lawmaker seeks to keep FAA facility out of KC

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.

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Keith Chrostowski

Revive the West Bottoms as KC’s recreation hub

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.

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