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  1. Today’s sophisticated cybercriminals have determined several strategies to take advantage of weak login information and easily decodable password hints. Here are three steps businesses can take to avoid data breaches: http://bit.ly/KI2mzC
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  3. "I'm going to lose against Microsoft every day of the week if they decide they want to put me out of business." http://bizj.us/u5qsh
  4. Learn how to deal with family members who don't pull their weight as employees: http://bizj.us/u5pkb
  5. Check out Country Club Bank's new digs (and get ready to be envious). http://bizj.us/u5qw3
    Photo: Check out Country Club Bank's new digs (and get ready to be envious). http://bizj.us/u5qw3
  6. Entrepreneurs have high hopes going into 2014, according to a new survey which found that U.S. entrepreneurs had increased access to capital and were more willing to personally fund their ventures last year.
  7. Eight years of taking other people's money for himself lands this would-be investment broker in federal prison. http://bizj.us/u5p1p
  8. IKEA USA is scheduled to open this fall in Merriam — now with a couple of new neighbors: http://bit.ly/1cRUsuu
  9. Equus Capital Partners, an equity fund manager based in Philadelphia, has sold two Kansas City apartment complexes for a total of $45 million during the past month: http://bit.ly/1kV9t8G
  10. Lee's Summit is the latest city to see a proposal for a game-changing soccer complex as they continue to pop up all over the metro. This proposal is for a $230 million complex: http://bit.ly/1aIVx82
  11. Luxury apartment developers will break ground in February for their second project in Mission Farms, a successful mixed-use community that straddles the line between Leawood and Overland Park: http://bit.ly/1fX9Xcn
  12. Is Facebook engagement just as good of a predictor of election outcomes as traditional political polls? http://bizj.us/u59ph
  13. As most of us start the shortened work week, find out which KC-area lawyer might be a federal judge someday soon: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2014/01/16/obama-nominates-kansas-city-lawyer-to.html
  14. One sentence and a few missing documents cost a KC business founder $22 million. Now, it may cost Husch Blackwell a whole lot more: http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2014/01/17/viracor-ibt-founder-sues-husch.html
  15. BY THE NUMBERS: 15,000 #KCjobs, $2B+ incentives, 3.66M sq. ft. of office space at Cerner Corporation's $4.3B Bannister project. http://bizj.us/u4y5x
  16. Just what's driving the big rush on #KC's streetcar vote? Here's an answer in just two letters: DC. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/blog/2014/01/whats-the-rush-on-kcs-streetcar.html
  17. BREAKING NEWS for #YRC: YRC Worldwide, #Teamsters reach new labor proposal; worker vote may come soon. http://bizj.us/u52o5
  18. BREAKING NEWS: New F-150 will lead to multimillion-dollar investment in Ford Motor Company's Claycomo plant. http://bizj.us/u52bd #KC
  19. Hiiiiiieeeyah!! The partnership that created the interactive #comicbook app Kung Fu Robot is celebrating the 100,000th download of its #iPad app: http://bizj.us/u51lj
    Photo: Hiiiiiieeeyah!! The partnership that created the interactive #comicbook app Kung Fu Robot is celebrating the 100,000th download of its #iPad app: http://bizj.us/u51lj
  20. MarksNelson takes on 3 new accountants: http://bizj.us/u4ynf Do you have new #KCjobs hires? Tell us in People on the Move: http://bizj.us/u4ypd
  21. Cerner Corporation will start immediately on massive Bannister-area project. Find out just how quickly they plan to have their first building open: http://bizj.us/u4y5x
  22. That time Boulevard Brewing Company received a buyout offer from MillerCoors, plus other insider information from now former CEO Mike Magoulas: http://bizj.us/u4lv5
  23. President Obama nominated area lawyer Stephen Bough for a federal judgeship: http://bit.ly/1dUWWZO
  24. So, why is Kansas City moving so quickly on a plan to pay for streetcar line expansion that won’t happen for another four years? The answer has more to do with timelines in Washington than in Kansas City: http://bit.ly/K7S0cy
  25. As its extended courtship drags on, could #TMobile actually end up buying #Sprint? http://bizj.us/u4na9
  26. A UMKC institute was recently recognized for having the nation's best entrepreneurial undergraduate program: http://bit.ly/1dUWvi6
  27. Former CEO shares insight into the inner workings at Boulevard Brewing Company in the months prior to its sale: http://bizj.us/u4lvf
  28. EXCLUSIVE: Boulevard Brewing Company CEO Mike Magoulas announced he has resigned: http://bizj.us/u4ltr
  29. Take a little tour of Sprint's new mobile health accelerator in the Crossroads. Soon it will house 10 new startups: http://bit.ly/1db2w9A
  30. BREAKING NEWS: Kansas City, Missouri may raise taxes in urban core to finance streetcar expansion. http://bizj.us/u4iop #KCstreetcar #KC
  31. Lawsuit filed in federal court against #Bitcoin mining equipment producer #ButterflyLabs alleging fraud: http://bizj.us/u4hkz
  32. What a difference six weeks can make. The Overland Park Planning Commission recommended approval of a rezoning request for a proposed 93-acre mixed-used development, called City Place, at the southwest corner of College Boulevard and U.S. Highway 69: http://bit.ly/1a829SG
  33. What do you know? KC startup Knoda has a new chief technology officer: http://bit.ly/1dwDIPp
  34. Kansas Secretary of Commerce Pat George has enlisted some of the "boots on the ground" in the so-called economic-development border war to advise Gov. Sam Brownback's administration on the effort to reach a truce this year: http://bit.ly/1iX7TPn
  35. Apparently the sun is shining brighter in Kansas than it is in Missouri — at least for business owners: http://bit.ly/1hs2iQz
  36. A federal judge killed the NFL's $765 million proposed settlement. What it means for the Chiefs: http://bit.ly/1apremA
  37. Former #kubball player Jordan Juenemann has a new job: http://bizj.us/u4683 Do you? Tell us in People on the Move: http://bizj.us/u469r
  38. Cool factoid: Leavenworth County NEVER went into recession. Joke in office: Maybe it's the cigarette-based economy. http://bizj.us/u45jx
  39. Deadline is Friday to register for our first big event of 2014. Join us for Healthiest Employers on Jan. 24. More info at http://bizj.us/tincj.
  40. In a heart-warming partnership, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City and Think Big Partners will sow the seeds of entrepreneurship in #KC's youth: http://bizj.us/u3xir