Senator demands airlines reverse flight change fees
New York Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to reverse flight change fee increases after four major airlines increased fees on ticket changes from $150 to $200.
Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark
Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr
KC firm T2 Studios puts digital graphics in high gear for events
Buybacks are a big factor behind stock market boom
United to restart 787 flights on Monday
Some relief may be ahead from soaring gasoline prices
Stocks
Star 40
Cerner tops Star 40; others in economic ‘sweet spots’ also doing well
It was a safe bet that Cerner Corp. would once again lead the The Star’s rankings as the region’s top-performing public company. Cerner, the nation’s second-largest company that helps hospitals and doctors’ offices convert paper files into computerized medical records, is in a sweet spot. Other top-ranked companies here do business in areas that have an edge: energy, rail transit and online government services.
Star 40: Wealth soared in 2012 for KC companies' executives
The already-hefty pay packages of many public-company executives bulged last year, thanks to higher values of their company stocks. Million-dollar base salaries – as paid to Cerner Corp. CEO Neal Patterson (pictured) and Waddell & Reed Financial CEO Hank Herrmann – are only the beginning. For most of the bigger-company CEOs, stock awards, options and “non-equity incentive” compensation dwarf their base pay.
Cityscape
Ingredient scheduled to open soon in Oak Park Mall’s food court
Oak Park Mall said it has signed local fast-casual chain Ingredient for its food court. Menu items include salads, grilled sandwiches, soups, wraps and panini, burgers, and gourmet pizzas.
Standees in Prairie Village combines upscale restaurant, movie theaters
The neighborhood movie theater may be making a comeback in a new combination of theaters and upscale restaurant under one roof. Standees-The Entertaining Eatery will open to the public May 24 in the Village shopping center in Prairie Village. The owners hope to expand to other markets in the Kansas City area and the region.
Technology
Sprint buys Kansas City-based social media company Handmark
The deal to buy Handmark, which owns social media app maker OneLouder, is expected to be formally announced today. Augie Grasis, who founded Handmark 13 years ago, declined to provide the amount Sprint paid in the cash sale.
KC firm T2 Studios puts digital graphics in high gear for events
In the last few years, the Kansas City-based video production firm T2 Studios and its so-called Experience Lab have gained a growing reputation for creating what are called immersion experiences. In a world of way-too-much stuff passing before our eyes, what all these flashy sights are about is an elevated form of marketing.
Workplace
As 'The Office' ends, other workplace shows find a big TV audience
When “The Office” crew clocked out Thursday night, the workers had been at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. for nine seasons, or about twice as long as the average job tenure for most Americans. But even as everyday workers tend to complain about their jobs and bosses and quickly jump ship for better opportunities, viewers have shown remarkable loyalty to TV programs about the workplace.
You matter more than the school
Employers are likely to be more impressed by your individual performance than by where you went to school or how long it took to obtain your degree.
Development
Mall, office developer Copaken Brooks gets chamber’s top award
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce recognized the real estate company as its 2013 Small Business of the Year and winner of the Mr. K Award, named after the late Ewing Kauffman, founder of Marion Laboratories and original owner of the Kansas City Royals.
Chamber names Copaken Brooks as its top business of the year
The real estate company, which was established in 1922 in downtown Kansas City, receives the Mr. K Award,. The award honors the late Ewing Kauffman, founder of Marion Laboratories and original owner of the Kansas City Royals.
Talking Business
Debate over KCI flies fast and hard
Reaction to my last column allowing that the advocates of a new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport might have a decent case was certainly bracing. Most of the more than 100 callers, emailers and kansascity.com commenters batted me roundly about. But many others allied themselves with the single-terminal advocates.
With KCI, breaking up is hard to do
After fully hashing out pros and cons, Kansas Citians may want to stick with the old flame. To carry the day, new-airport advocates will have to heavily restack the deck of arguments in their favor. That’s what’s going to be required to toss over a 40-year love affair.
