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• Wichita's Hampton, Gough selected to national list of influential young executives

  21-10-2018 15:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Sarah Hampton of Meridian 6 and Andrew Gough of Reverie Roasters have been selected to a national list of influential young executives.The Business Journals’ Influencers: Rising Stars spotlights 100 people in business across the country who are having an impact relatively early in their careers on their companies and their communities. And, because they’re still early in their careers, these executives could be shaping how business gets done in cities across the country for years to
  
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• In Kansas small-college football profits, Benedictine Ravens rule the roost

  20-10-2018 15:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Small Kansas colleges still earn large operating profits in football.
  
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• How the Wildcats, Jayhawks compare with Big 12 rivals in football profits

  20-10-2018 14:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Sunflower State's football programs in the Big 12 Conference hold two of the bottom three spots in the standings. They're faring only marginally better in another set of standings — operating profit.An American City Business Journals study of 2017 revenues and expenses for 885 of the nation's college football programs reveal that Kansas State had more than $37 million in profit last year, while Kansas made profits just shy of $30 million.Still, those rank seventh and ninth in the 10-sc
  
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• Work on Spaghetti Works apartments underway

  19-10-2018 21:34 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Work on inside finish of apartments at Spaghetti Works building underway, developer says.
  
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• MacDonald Golf Course RFP could go out soon

  19-10-2018 21:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  MacDonald Golf Course request for proposals package could be available soon.
  
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• Augustino Brewing 2.0 in the works, owner says

  19-10-2018 20:43 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Augustino Brewing Co. owners hope to partner with an entrepreneur to run food side of their business.
  
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• Career Women say change is coming

  19-10-2018 19:16 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The workplace environment is changing, but women still face obstacles, WBJ Career Women say.
  
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• Record number of Kansans are working

  19-10-2018 18:45 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The unemployment rate in Kansas was 3.3 percent in September, according to the Kansas Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics, unchanged from August and down from 3.6 percent in September 2017. “For the fifth consecutive month, the number of unemployed Kansans remains below 50,000,” said Labor Secretary Lana Gordon in a news release. “This is the smallest number of unemployed workers in the state since January 2000.” Seasonally adjusted job estimates
  
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• Another look: The list of Wichita’s largest office buildings

  19-10-2018 18:42 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  I pulled data on the city’s largest office buildings for this week’s list, which is ranked by total square footage.But to mix it up a bit, here’s another look at the list, this time ranked by square feet available for lease.From this perspective, the former Finney State Office Building, aka the former Henry’s building, ranks No. 1 with 200,000 open square feet.In 2017, the city sold the Finney SOB to investor Sudha Tokala. She toyed with the idea of creating a nonprofit m
  
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• BizTalk with Bill Roy Episode 74: The Career Women Program

  19-10-2018 13:05 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  More than five dozen professionals are participating in year two of the Wichita Business Journal's six-month program created to grow careers and drive progress in Wichita.“Meeting other like-minded and driven women that are also involved in the community has been very motivating,” says Crystal McDonald, co-owner and founder of Xclusive Events. “Learning and sharing about events, ideas and other opportunities throughout Wichita has been a huge benefit to my business as well.&rdq
  
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• Wichita State names new College of Engineering dean

  18-10-2018 21:17 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Dennis Livesay will begin his new role at WSU in January.
  
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• Sasnak: Building new brands again

  18-10-2018 20:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Wichita's Rolph family is building Home Grown, a breakfast-brunch-lunch restaurant chain
  
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• Emerging Leaders: Wichita is the place to be these days

  18-10-2018 18:58 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Some improvements could be made, but Emerging Leaders group loving what Wichita has to offer.
  
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• Wichita-area home sales fall in September

  18-10-2018 17:46 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  While actual sales have cooled, average sale prices for existing homes increased in the five-county area.
  
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• Telemedicine still waiting to reach mass appeal

  18-10-2018 17:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  While it has taken longer than expected to reach broad use in Kansas, a new legislative framework for telemedicine could help boost the technology's use among the state's patient population.
  
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• Slower turboprop market hits sales at Textron Aviation in third quarter

  18-10-2018 14:59 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Revenue at Textron Aviation dropped 2 percent year over year in the third quarter to $1.1 billion, as deliveries of the company’s commercial turboprops fell off. While deliveries of the Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) division’s Cessna Citation business jets were flat year over year at 41, deliveries of turboprops like its Cessna Caravan and Beechcraft King Air were down from 57 to 43 during that same period. But those higher-margin jet deliveries and what the company says was fav
  
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• BREAKING: USAF Secretary says no October delivery for Boeing tankers

  17-10-2018 22:05 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  U.S. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson on Wednesday said that delivery of the first Boeing Co. KC-46 tanker will miss the October target the company had hoped to achieve. According to a report from Bloomberg, Wilson told reporters and editors during a roundtable discussion at the publication’s headquarters that the U.S. Air Force and Boeing (NYSE: BA) continue to work through some unresolved deficiencies as the aircraft progresses to its needed Military Type Certificate. However
  
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• Goebel carries on Wichita business hall family tradition

  17-10-2018 21:24 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Three 2019 Wichita business hall of fame inductees will be honored at a dinner in March.
  
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• 10 Minutes With... Johnathan Weigand, J.P. Weigand & Sons Inc.

  17-10-2018 21:20 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Weigand comes home to work for the family business.
  
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• Jack Pelton to receive Wichita Aero Club annual trophy

  17-10-2018 21:06 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The man credited with getting the Wichita Aero Club off the ground has been named the next winner of the organization’s annual trophy. Jack Pelton, CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association, was announced as the 2019 recipient on Wednesday afternoon by the Wichita Aero Club at the Greater Wichita Partnership booth at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, Florida. Club president Dave Franson says it was Pelton who, while still CEO of Cessna Aircraft
  
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• USAF quiet on delivery schedule for Boeing KC-46 tanker to Wichita

  15-10-2018 21:39 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  It had been hoped that McConnell Air Force base in Wichita would get its first tanker in October.
  
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• Heartspring campus expansion project targeted for spring completion

  15-10-2018 21:34 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Heartspring, which is in the midst of a large expansion project, employs about 400 people in Wichita.
  
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• GraceMed to take over clinic in Sedgwick County

  15-10-2018 21:31 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  GraceMed plans to add to its lineup of Kansas clinics.
  
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• Announcing the Emerging Leaders class of 2018/2019

  15-10-2018 21:20 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Dozens of Wichita young professionals are participating in this year's WBJ Emerging Leaders program.
  
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• NBAA news includes new planes, new partnerships and first deliveries

  15-10-2018 20:48 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The business aviation industry is gathering this week for its largest event of the year at the National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, Fla., and, as always, the eve of the show brought with it lots of news in association with the event’s media day. The local Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) division of Textron Aviation — fresh off an announced CEO change — made headlines with a major agreement with NetJets Inc. potentially worth billions. But the company
  
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• Connecting ICT panel at Wave to include Hutton, Jarvis and Esterline

  15-10-2018 17:56 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The event, which is free, will include discussion about shaping Wichita's future.
  
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• NetJets signs on as launch customer for Citation Hemisphere

  15-10-2018 17:38 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Textron Aviation on Monday announced an agreement that gives NetJets Inc. the option to purchase up to 325 of the newest business jets from the Wichita manufacturer.It's a deal that would also make the fractional aircraft giant the launch customer for the coming Cessna Citation Hemisphere. The companies said in a press release that the options for NetJets, a company of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B), include the purchase of up to 150 of the Citation Hemispheres and 175 of the su
  
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• West side Cracker Barrel sets opening date

  15-10-2018 17:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Officials say the opening date for Wichita’s new Cracker Barrel location is Monday, Nov. 12.The new 10,000-square-foot Cracker Barrel Old Country Store will open at 619 S. Ridge Rd.The nearest Cracker Barrel location to Wichita is in Park City, but the west Wichita location will be the first Cracker Barrel to open in Kansas in about two decades.The restaurant will hire 175 to 180 full and part-time employees from the local community.The store will feature trademark antique decor tailored&h
  
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• Who are highest paid Kansas college employees? Check this list

  15-10-2018 17:04 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wichita Business Journal has crunched some numbers.
  Our Research Director, Stephanie Bloyd, got salary information for hundreds of public officials in Kansas and in the Wichita area.
  Some of that information was shared in the Oct. 12 weekly edition in the form of our top 25 lists.
  We have created several additional lists, breaking down the data so we can provide more specific information.
  The list attached to this blog offers the highest paid college employees. The information is from&hellip
  
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• Fans flock to Lawrence-Dumont Stadium for one last event

  14-10-2018 14:38 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  With its days numbered, Lawrence-Dumont Stadium was a festive place on Saturday.
  People of all ages flocked to the ballpark throughout the day to take part in a public farewell event, which featured the selling of seats, two celebrity softball games, food trucks and performances from a pair of bands.In the morning, people were given an opportunity to purchase seats from the ballpark, something that Olivier Scholl and his mother, Dominique Corbeil, took advantage of. The catch — event-goers
  
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• Emerging Leaders: Overcoming Wichita’s outside image problem

  12-10-2018 21:40 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Members of the latest class of WBJ Emerging Leaders say outside perceptions of the city can be changed once people experience Wichita for themselves.
  
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• Who got the highest salary increases at state universities?

  12-10-2018 21:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  This week’s paper features our annual lists of public officials salaries. I pulled salary data for employees in the City of Wichita, Wichita Public Schools USD 259, Sedgwick County, Wichita State University, Kansas Board of Regents Universities and Wichita suburban school districts.The print paper featured a look at whose salaries increased most at the city and Sedgwick County, as well as at the suburban school districts.I also compiled data for the top increases in employee salaries at th
  
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• Wichita car dealer, DA agree to fine in recall case

  12-10-2018 21:13 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The owner of a Wichita car dealership has entered into a consent judgment with the Office of the Sedgwick County District Attorney based on allegations he failed to disclose safety recalls, attempted to disclaim implied warranties, failed to disclose material facts about the car and the transaction, and used an unlicensed salesperson. The agreement between Jorge Rodriguez, owner of Rodriguez Auto Sales, at 2859 S. Broadway, and the DA's office calls for him to pay $17,500 in civil penalties
  
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• Faneuil now expects to be in Union Station in March

  12-10-2018 20:49 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Faneuil, a Virginia-based call center firm, expects to be in its Union Station space in the spring.
  
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• Announcing the 2018 Best Places to Work finalist companies: Complete list

  12-10-2018 20:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  These companies are the 44 finalists for the 2018 Best Places to Work Awards.
  
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• Five things to know about Textron Aviation’s new CEO

  12-10-2018 18:41 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Ron Draper, announced as new CEO of Textron Aviation, has been with Textron Inc. for nearly 20 years.
  
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• KAKE's Castro leaving after four years in Wichita market

  12-10-2018 18:07 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A Kansas State University grad, Castro started at KAKE-TV in 2014.
  
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• Textron Aviation announces leadership changes

  12-10-2018 17:31 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Ronald Draper will be the new CEO and president of Textron Aviation.
  
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• Career Women discuss talent recruitment, workplace longevity

  12-10-2018 16:32 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Seventy Wichitans will take part in the WBJ's 2018 Career Women program, which lasts for six months.
  
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• BizTalk with Bill Roy Episode 73: Keith Lawing and the Wichita Youth Employment Project

  12-10-2018 13:05 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas is pleased with the growth of its program to match students with Wichita-area companies.
  The Youth Employment Project provides soft-skills training to high schoolers, then matches the students up with companies that might need a hand over the summer months.
  The students get valuable experience and the companies get another worker, especially important during summer vacation time.
  Alliance CEO Keith Lawing describes YEP during Episode 73 of the&helli
  
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• Poston leaves job at Wesley Healthcare

  09-10-2018 21:45 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Allen Poston, hired by Wesley Healthcare in 2016, has left the organization.
  
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• Sullivan Higdon and Sink's narrowed focus nets agency-of-record contract in KC

  09-10-2018 21:33 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Sullivan Higdon & Sink's new narrowed focus continues to drive growth, and the latest example is an agency-of-record contract with Merck Animal Health. In its new role, the agency will lead marketing efforts, such as strategic communications and creative, for Merck's swine and cattle divisions. SHS is based in Wichita, with an office in Kansas City.“We’re proud and excited to add an industry leader like Merck Animal Health to our client roster,” SHS co-CEO Ali Mah
  
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• American Association: Wingnuts won't play baseball in 2019

  09-10-2018 21:10 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wingnuts won't play in 2019, but they still could play somewhere in 2020.
  
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• Who are the highest paid Kansas state employees?

  09-10-2018 20:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wichita Business Journal each year collects data for the lists we will publish in the Oct. 12 weekly edition, the highest paid public employees.
  We crunch numbers from the State of Kansas, area school districts, cities and counties, Kansas Board of Regents and Wichita State University to come up with a list of the folks within those organizations that get paid the most.
  Today we offer readers a list of the highest-paid employees who work for the State of Kansas. The compensation information&
  
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• Spirit AeroSystems touts partnerships and defense opportunities at innovation event

  09-10-2018 20:03 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Spirit's head of research and technology is part of an event Tuesday in Overland Park designed to help innovative businesses connect with partners and resources for potential defense work.
  
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• CRE forecast calls for another spike in Wichita-area home prices in 2019

  09-10-2018 18:28 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Wichita's housing market will remain tight into 2019, according to a new report.
  
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• Boeing boosts 737 deliveries in September

  09-10-2018 17:55 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Boeing Co. delivered 61 aircraft from its 737 line in September, again boosting its total after supplier delays slowed the output of its best-selling narrow-body jet earlier in the year. According to new data from Boeing (NYSE: BA), that pushed its 737 delivery total to 407 through September.  Deliveries of the 737 — currently being built at the rate of 52 per month — dropped to just 29 in July after delays that included late arriving fuselages from Spirit AeroSystems I
  
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• Announcing the 2018 Best Places to Work finalist companies

  09-10-2018 14:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wichita Business Journal will recognize in December 44 companies that are finalists in Wichita's Best Places to Work awards for 2018.
  
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• No snoozing for expanding Sleeptopia

  08-10-2018 21:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wichita-based business specializes in at-home diagnostic testing for sleep studies.
  
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• Wichitan Jade Martin lands on NBAA 40 Under 40 list

  08-10-2018 20:35 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Martin joined the general counsel office at Spirit AeroSystems last year.
  
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