The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to cut $203 million in spending and 400 jobs in response to stagnant state revenue, uncertainty with federal dollars and rising employee benefit costs.
National sales of craft beer grew 10.3 percent in 2009, even though overall beer sales in the United States fell by 2.2 percent, according to figures released Tuesday by the Brewers Association.
A partnership involving Kansas City-based AMC Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it had completed $660 million in financing to upgrade almost 14,000 theater screens to digital projection systems.
Sprint Nextel Corp. is losing an outsourcing contract with Time Warner Cable Inc. that may be worth as much as $250 million in profits a year. (TWC) (S) (CTL) (T)
Clothing retailer Marshalls has signed a lease to backfill a 30,000-square-foot space at State Line Station, a 141,000-square-foot shopping center at 135th Street and State Line Road in Kansas City.