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8 hrs ago | KansasCity.com

The Closing Bell: Techs lead market higher

The stock market broke a three-day slide as two big technology companies signaled that business was improving, raising hopes about business spending.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Research in Motion, Telecom, Computers

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Kansas City Business Journal

Chesser discusses EDC overhaul

Mike Chesser, CEO of Great Plains Energy Inc. and chairman of the Economic Development Corp.

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Related Topix: Energy, Kansas City, MO, Small Business, Personal Finance

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Kansas City Star

Spike in wholesale inflation sends stocks lower

The stock market fell for the first time in five days and Treasurys slipped after a jump in inflation stoked concerns that the Federal Reserve would be forced to raise interest rates.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Transportation, Kansas City Southern, Railroads, Energy

Sun Dec 13, 2009

KansasCity.com

Arvest Bank buys former NCAA building in Mission

Arvest Bank has purchased the former NCAA building at 6300 Nall Ave. in Mission and will locate its regional headquarters there.The bank plans to use all 25,000 square feet of the structure, which originally housed the National Collegiate Athletic Associations national headquarters.

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Related Topix: Mission, KS, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Kansas City, KS, Energy

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Http

Artwork tells frontier stories

Glimpses of frontier life have emerged in three cities on the Great Plains, with Native American exhibitions in Des Moines and Kansas City, and a pioneer-themed sculpture park in downtown Omaha.

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Related Topix: Energy, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro, Omaha, NE Metro

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Fort Collins Coloradoan

Night's simplicity casts satisfying sense of solitude

The simplicity overwhelms me. It compels me to stop. So I do. And for a few moments it massages my thoughts and feelings with a gentle touch softer than any gossamer.

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Related Topix: Energy

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Motley Fool

Better Energy Play: Pinnacle West Capital or Great Plains Energy?

Today's matchup is Pinnacle West Capital vs. Great Plains Energy Advantage: Great Plains Energy.

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Related Topix: Energy, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

Sun Dec 06, 2009

Fired Up! Missouri

Recycle Bin: Last Weeka s Top Posts

Conflict of Interest? Forsee Also A Board Member for Great Plains Energy When Forsee isn't serving as President of the University of Missouri system or thinking about how to spent some portion of his enormous Sprint Nextel severance package , he also sits on the the Board of Directors for Great Plains Energy Incorporated .

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Related Topix: Energy, US Politics, Roy Blunt, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Kansas City Business Journal

Arvest Bank buys building for Kansas City-area HQ

Arvest Bank said Friday that it bought a 25,000-square-foot building that will serve as its regional headquarters.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO, Energy

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Fired Up! Missouri

Following Up On Forsee's Energy Company Ties

Following up on my post from Sunday , Janese Heavin has a story today for the Daily Tribune outlining UM System President Gary Forsee's various stock holdings and ties to corporations.

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Related Topix: Energy

Earth Times

KCP&L Announces Interest in Adding More Renewable Energy

Kansas City Power & Light Company , a subsidiary of Great Plains Energy Incorporated , announced today that it has issued requests for proposals to add up to 300 MW of additional emissions-free, renewable wind generation in the 2010 2011 timeframe.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Spearville, KS, Wind Power

Mon Nov 30, 2009

University News

Off the Shelf

It's never easy to leave the people and things you love behind - the things you've grown accustomed to.

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Related Topix: Energy, Helena, MT

Sun Nov 15, 2009

New York City's Hometown Newspaper - ...

Dick Hickock, Perry Smith killed 'In Cold Blood' 50 years ago

If it is true that psychopaths emerge either by nature or nurture, Dick Hickock must have been born to kill.

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Related Topix: Energy, Kansas

Sun Nov 01, 2009

SNL Financial

Power earnings roundup: PG&E, AEP, Allegheny, NRG among those posting on busy day

One of the busiest days of the third-quarter 2009 earnings season in the power sector came Thursday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Energy, Allegheny Energy, El Paso Electric, DTE Energy, PNM Resources, Pepco Holdings

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Times-Sentinel

Chicken Fry

I won't go so far as to say they won't eat poultry at all in Oklahoma, but birds of a feather seem to be able to flock together more safely in the Sooner State than in other environs.

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Related Topix: Energy, Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Opinion

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Electric Energy Online

Great Plains Energy Incorporated Declares Dividends

Great Plains Energy Incorporated announced on October 27 that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.2075 per share on its common stock.

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Related Topix: Energy

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Business Wire

Great Plains Energy Incorporated Declares Dividends

Great Plains Energy Incorporated today announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly dividend of $0.2075 per share on its common stock.

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Related Topix: Energy, Kansas City, MO

Buildings

Being Green is Green

John Horn, Senior Environmental Specialist, Kansas City, MO-based Great Plains Energy Service/KCPL, on sustainability and environmental practices ... Q: What does green mean to you? A: The first thought that comes to mind is money, quite frankly.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO, Energy, Environmental Law, Law

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Miller-McCune

Great Flood of 1951

Flooding near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers. DATE: July 1951 LOCAT ION: Kansas and Missouri DEATHS: 28 ESTIMATED COST: $21 billion* WHAT HAPPENED: Intense rainfall from the Great Plains caused Kansas River flooding that overtopped levees in two states, inundating both state capitals and Kansas City.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Weather, Energy

Wed Oct 21, 2009

KansasCity.com

Settlement brings $1 million windfall for downtown wig store owners

A condemnation begun during downtowns redevelopment rush in 2005 has been settled, and while the market is decidely cooler, the owners of Gigis Wigs & Beauty Supplies are $1 million richer.Chung Hoe Ku and Myong Suk Ku, the couple running Gigis, will receive $990,000 from the city for the two buildings housing their business at 1219-21 Grand Blvd.

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Related Topix: Applebees International, Restaurant Management, Energy, Kansas City, MO

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