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Top of the List: Highest-paid public company executives

This week, the Kansas City Business Journal ranks the highest-paid public company executives in the metropolitan area, based off 2011 compensation. Read »

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KC reports 47 hate crimes in 2011 (DATABASE)

Take a look at hate crimes reported in the Kansas City area, as well as a database on hate crimes by state, based off data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Read »

Technology

Sprint wants to buy all of Clearwire
in $2.1B stock deal

It's been rumored for a week, and now Sprint Nextel Corp. has confirmed that it will try to buy all outstanding shares of Clearwire in a stock purchase valued at $2.1 billion. Sprint already is the single largest shareholder. Read »

Commercial Real Estate

City Council punches streetcar's ticket

A day after voters overwhelmingly approved financing mechanisms for the two-mile streetcar line, the Kansas City Council on Thursday passed ordinances that will help make the streetcar plan a reality. Read »

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KC Housing Authority nears end of receivership

The 20-year receivership of the Housing Authority of Kansas City is finally winding down. U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple on Tuesday gave the HAKC and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development until April 1 to negotiate a consent decree that would return the agency to local control. Read »

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