Topic: Kansas City

Chevrolet Dealer In Kansas City Honors Soldiers with Military Appreciation Day

Kansas City Chevy dealer to hold Military Appreciation Day in conjunction with the VFW and Toys for Tots. Kansas City residents are invited to show their support and drop off donations for military families and troops overseas.READ»

Wimbledon 2009

  Rain, rain, go away, come again ... never! There's a new retractable roof over Centre Court. It doesn't promise a total end to the weather delays that plague this hallowed tennis championship -- it takes 10 minutes to ...READ»

A Tour of America's First Zero-Impact, Supergreen "Living Building"

The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is designed to make a LEED Gold structure look like a Superfund site. The $3.2 million Rhinebeck, New York, structure, which opens in July, will be the nation's first certified "living ...READ»

Best Deals on Chevy Trucks for Kansas City Buyers Offered at Jim Falk Motors

Clinton Chevrolet dealer attracts customers as far as Kansas City looking for the best deal on used Ford and Chevy trucks. Jim Falk Motors has the best selection of Ford and Chevy trucks at the best prices.READ»

Fast Talk: The Business of Politics

What skills do business leaders most rely on when they make a switch to public service? And what have these five businesspeople turned politicians learned?READ»

Road Rules - Rule 21

Pack Backward.READ»

The Best Architecture of the Year

Quick! Name this year's most award-winning bridges! Stuck? Then how about the Residential Project of the Year? Or the best Green Roof projects of 2008? If you're coming up short, but still dying to know, you might want to pick up a ...READ»

The Biggest-and Newest-Name in Sports Stadiums: Populous

The sports-architecture titan HOK Sport Venue Event rechristens itself.READ»

• Most Innovative Companies in Sports

Unrelenting Anger Causes Disease

Many people carry around loads of baggage from their pasts, full of anger, resentment, and frustration, never affecting the person(s) who are the receivers of this indignation.  The victim is the individual who cannot get beyond ...READ»

Independent Restaurant Groups Band Together to Cook Off the Sour Economy

When does free Wi-Fi, a selection of $5 entrées, and hip décor fail to draw a throng of eager diners? When it's a mom-and-pop eatery owned and operated by locals, for locals (or anyone who wants to feel like a local). The problem ...READ»

Sabbaticals Are Serious Business

Burned out? Take six months -- or just an afternoon. There are as many roads to 'creative renewal' as Hallmark has greeting cards.READ»

Investors Running Out Of Places To Hide

"Bill Walsh, Chief Executive of Hennion & Walsh, an investment-services company, said the modest improvement in bond prices--which lowers yields--was a flight to safety spurred by data released Wednesday showing that the U.S. job market weakened October."READ»

No Way to Run a Business

Our monthly letter from the editor.READ»

Datebook

Critical calendar listings for December 2005.READ»

Laughing Through the Recession? Yes, Plz

What's the state of the funny business? Despite what you might read, it's quite good.READ»

Down-Home Food, Cutting-Edge Business

Applebee's Neighborhood Grill Bar may serve old-fashioned food, but its approach to strategy is a model for the future.READ»

Fast Talk: Card Maker Tunes the Holidays

Ann Herrick VP, Strategic Music Alliances, Hallmark Kansas City, Missouri Ann Herrick, 37, puts together Hallmark's holiday music albums, sold at the 4,000 Hallmark Gold Crown Stores. So far, six Hallmark albums have been ...READ»

BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE

BACKGROUND CHECKS BALTIMORE READ»

Let's Go Round Up the Best People

On his Tall Pony Ranch outside Kansas City, Missouri, headhunter guru Peter Leffkowitz teaches sales and hiring managers how to lasso the best people in a tight market. Are you ready to get your hands dirty?READ»

Optimism and Success

Self confidence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  1) Choose optimism.  2) Face your fears and ...READ»

Please Do Not Disturb

Sleeping on the job.READ»

The Most Innovative Companies in Architecture

You have seen our Fast Company 50. But what are the companies within specific categories doing creative and ground-breaking work? Who is leading an industry into the future? Here we present the top ten firms in Architecture.READ»

MTW Puts People First

This fast-growing outfit creates major e-commerce applications. But its core product is its culture. "We thought that if we started by creating a place where people liked to work, we'd achieve our financial goals."READ»

Phil Regnault

MIT Sloan School of ManagementREAD»

HOK Imagines the Ballpark of the Future

A look at the Yankees' and Mets' pricey new homes -- and the stadium of tomorrow.READ»

• The Stadium of the Future
• The Biggest-and Newest-Name in Sports Stadiums: Populous