http://www.kansascity.com/208/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013Kansas City Star Star 40 60 Mon, 20 May 2013 11:17:07 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4221764/cerner-tops-star-40-others-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4221764/cerner-tops-star-40-others-in.html#storylink=rss Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4221795/executive-wealth-soared-in-2012.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4221795/executive-wealth-soared-in-2012.html#storylink=rss Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00 CDT 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. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212737/search-the-2013-star-40.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212737/search-the-2013-star-40.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 15:12 CDT The Star 40 region encompasses all of Kansas and Missouri, except the St. Louis area. This year information was gathered on 46 companies whose headquarters were in the region and whose shares traded publicly. Size isn't everything in our methodology. If it were, Sprint Nextel Corp. might win every year. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221847/a-quick-look-at-some-top-star.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221847/a-quick-look-at-some-top-star.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 23:48 CDT Here's basic information on the five top-ranked companies and others in economic "sweet spots." http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221882/business-the-2013-star-40-ceo.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221882/business-the-2013-star-40-ceo.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 17:39 CDT This table shows the total compensation of the Star 40 companies' chief executive officers, some of whom retired during 2012 or this year. Information for some companies was not available. To sort by any column, click on the column's heading. Click again to reverse the order in which it is sorted. Click on the CEO's name to see the components of his 2012 compensation, such as salary, stock and options. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221850/star-40-how-we-do-the-rankings.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221850/star-40-how-we-do-the-rankings.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 17:28 CDT We lost two companies through mergers and two that stopped filing financial results publicly. Luckily, we added two new companies. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4222954/stock-surges-help-handicap-rankings.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/07/4222954/stock-surges-help-handicap-rankings.html#storylink=rss Tue, 07 May 2013 10:25 CDT Most Star 40 companies' shares are doing well this year. A strong start by H&R Block Inc. stock and a pending merger at Sprint Nextel Corp. promise to rattle future Star 40 rankings. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599945/star-50-top-five-cerner-thrives.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599945/star-50-top-five-cerner-thrives.html#storylink=rss Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00 CDT Cerner Corp., our top company this year, is making quite a name for itself in records. As in record revenues, record earnings, record market value. It continues to break new ground as it thrives in helping the health care industry adopt electronic recordkeeping. The push for digital medical records stems from federal requirements on hospitals and clinics to modernize if they want to qualify for financial incentives. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599742/star-50-is-still-looking-for-some.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599742/star-50-is-still-looking-for-some.html#storylink=rss Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00 CDT The Star 50* universe grows a little darker. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599409/ceo-pay-shifts-from-salaries-and.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599409/ceo-pay-shifts-from-salaries-and.html#storylink=rss Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00 CDT There's a year-after-year pattern in what the regional public companies paid their chief executives. http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3600071/star-50-stock-gains-show-early.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3600071/star-50-stock-gains-show-early.html#storylink=rss Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00 CDT Next year's Star 50* contenders already are flexing their financial muscles. The early leaders rank prominently in the accompanying chart. http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/03/2846648/search-the-2012-star-50.html http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/03/2846648/search-the-2012-star-50.html#storylink=rss Tue, 03 May 2011 15:04 CDT <style> #right_rail, article aside { display: none; } #caspioform { width: 100%; overflow-x: scroll; } </style> <div id="cb7b5f0000f72208d59d6e4aeda10e"><a href="http://www.caspio.com" target="_blank">Online Database</a> by Caspio</div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://bridge.caspio.net/scripts/e1.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">try{f_cbload("7b5f0000f72208d59d6e4aeda10e","http:");}catch(v_e){;}</script> <div id="cxkg"><a href="http://bridge.caspio.net/dp.asp?AppKey=7b5f0000f72208d59d6e4aeda10e">Click here</a> to load this Caspio <a href="http://www.caspio.com" title="Online Database">Online Database</a>.</div> http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599370/how-we-do-the-star-50-rankings.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/07/3599370/how-we-do-the-star-50-rankings.html#storylink=rss Mon, 07 May 2012 23:00 CDT The Star 50* formula focuses on business basics, using yardsticks that measure any public enterprise's success. 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