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Previous: December 31, 2008

Wednesday 01.07.2009

• Positive Networks changes name to PhoneFactor
• KU Cancer Center teams with Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to speed drug development
• Sebelius names Overland Park lawyer to Supreme Court
• KCATA projects 16.5 million trips in 2008, proposes fare increase
• Ameristar promotes Stremming to senior VP of governmental affairs
• Garmin program will offer quarterly map updates for single price

Tuesday 01.06.2009

• Wittig returns to prison Wednesday
• Kansas Beef Council names Fleishman-Hillard as agency of record
• Finland-based company buys Aviation Systems Maintenance
• Missouri revenue collections are flat compared with last year
• YRC Worldwide layoffs continue with Yellow, Roadway consolidations
• Great Mall of the Great Plains sells for $20.5 million
• Kansas City-area unemployment rises in November
• Nixon will name Martinez to lead Department of Economic Development
• Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission cuts 11 jobs, trims work hours
• Mariner Wealth Advisors buys Quantitative Investment Solutions
• AMC Entertainment completes $315M sale of Mexican subsidiary
• Appeals court will hear Chastain suit Feb. 25

Monday 01.05.2009

• CyDex gets FDA approval of in-house drug
• Perceptive Software lays off 53
• Wagner Industries buys Arkansas offices of LTS Logistics
• KCATA, expands service in Northland, changes KCK route
• MIT professor wins Kauffman award
• Kansas unveils redesigned Web sites for businesses
• Jackson County judge upholds Kansas City smoking ordinance
• Midwest Research Institute wins $26M Army contract for protective equipment
• Kansas City Board of Trade reports strong 2008

Friday 01.02.2009

• H&R Block will pay California $4.85M to settle refund-anticipation loan suit
• Bank of Blue Valley parent raises $5.2M
• Kansas City Kansan will move to Web-only publication
• American Restaurant taps The Russell Agency for advertising
• YRC’s North Carolina consolidation affects 210 jobs
• Economic indexes fall for Missouri, Kansas

Wednesday 12.31.2008

• GNC Nutrition opens in Power & Light District
• Sebelius dissolves Kansas Energy Council
• Report: Shopping center construction wanes
• Independence plant wins $49M Army contract
• KC hotel occupancy rate falls
• KC Fed district manufacturing stays weak
• Burns & McDonnell engineer retires after 59 years
• Jennings will oversee KU chancellor search

Tuesday 12.30.2008

• Johnson County, national consumer confidence fall
• Cephalon will pay Kansas $1.1 million to settle drug-marketing claims
• Missouri AG returns record $9.5M in restitution to consumers
• GMAC gets $5B from Treasury Department
• Interstate Bakeries’ monthly loss increases
• Trilogy hires RED Development as consultant for West Edge

Monday 12.29.2008

• Census will start KC-area work Jan. 7
• Clarcor buys Keddeg
• Sun Life unit completes Olathe land purchase
• Koster names Dandurand as deputy attorney general
• Belcher opens Olathe office of J2 Engineering
• First Citizens delays end of IronStone brand
• Fed OKs GMAC as bank holding company
• YRC union members have until Jan. 6 to vote on contract

Wednesday 12.24.2008

• Federal Reserve Bank of KC reappoints chairwoman, deputy
• Panel nominates three for Jackson County judicial vacancy
• Missouri group refiles initiative to ban using taxes for abortion, human cloning
• KCI has some delays, but conditions are improving
• YRC Worldwide halts offer to buy back debt

Tuesday 12.23.2008

• Waddell & Reed says 145 took buyout
• Tyr Energy buys stake in Wisconsin power plant
• Lowe’s set to open in Blue Ridge Crossing center
• JE Dunn program gives Iowa State students virtual lessons
• Lathrop & Gage names Ramirez to lead health care practice
• Hallmark Cards pulls snow globes because of fire hazard

Monday 12.22.2008

• SEC filing: Embarq had many suitors
• Examiner will drop Monday edition
• Unit Rail buys AirBoss Railway Products
• Nixon outlines Show Me JOBS initiative in KC
• Bott Radio donates income from Obama ads to anti-abortion groups
• Sonnenschein’s addition of 100 lawyers will help KC office, chairman says
• KC Southern adds employees in Downtown
• Kansas, Missouri drop in population ranks
• Mass layoffs rise in Missouri, decline in Kansas for November