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10 Most Unpronounceable Names in MLB History
In "Who's on First", Abbot and Costello's most famous routine, the duo make reference to the fact that baseball players have some really strange names.
Hacking It: Michael Gelphman assembles an app-building crew this weekend.
Michael Gelphman found a way out. After 12 years of working in IT, for companies such as Embarq and H&R Block, the 35-year-old took the leap in February and devoted himself full time to his passion.
Mid-Cap Stocks With +3% Yields Going Ex-Dividend The First Week Of June
Dividend stocks are more attractive to investors these days due to the decline in interest rates and with the recent reduction in the tax rate on most dividends.
Closing Bell | Sprint, Ferrellgas finish higher; KC Southern dips
Most regional stocks wrapped up a mostly unimpressive week with modest gains or losses Friday.The regional leaders included Sprint, Ferrellgas, H&R Block and UMB Financial.The losser list included Kansas City Southern, DST, Garmin, Commerce Bancshares and YRC Worldwide.Overall, aAnother flare-up in Europe’s debt crisis knocked U.S. markets ... (more)
s on the Move: Week Ending May 25
Gregory Macfarlane has been appointed to the top finance spot at H&R Block Inc. He succeeds Jeff Brown, who will become chief accounting and risk officer.
AMC, Cordish calling it quits on joint downtown theaters operation
AMC Entertainment of Kansas City and the Cordish Co. of Baltimore are getting a divorce.Gerry Lopez, CEO and president of AMC, said Thursday the joint venture established with Cordish in 2005 to redevelop the historic Mainstreet and Midland theaters is expected to end soon.Could it be the seven-year itch? “We’ve had a joint venture ... (more)
COLUMN-Get personalized help to max out Social Security
As a retirement columnist, I know it makes sense to wait at least until my full retirement age to file for Social Security.
Closing Bell | Block, Sprint, O'Reilly, UMB lead local winners
Regional stocks wrapped up a second consecutive lackluster day on Wednesday, with small gains and declines.Leading the winners were H&R Block and Sprint, both up more than 2 percent.
H&R Block hires one-time subprime mortgage executive as its chief financial officer
H&R Block Inc. has chosen a former executive in General Electric’s subprime mortgage operation to be the tax preparer’s chief financial officer.Gregory J. Macfarlane had most recently had been the chief financial officer of Ceridian Corp., a human resources firm, where he worked from 2007 to 2011.
UPDATE 1-H&R Block names new CFO
H&R Block named Gregory Macfarlane as its chief financial officer, a month after the top U.S. tax preparer appointed its incumbent finance head as the chief accounting and risk officer.
H&R Block names Macfarlane as CFO
The Kansas City-based tax preparer said Macfarlane would lead all parts of its finance and reporting functions.
H&R Block CEO Cobb discusses company, leadership
One key shift of late was H&R Block's April announcement that it would cut 350 jobs and close about 200 offices.
SFCC announces 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award
Tom Gerke, senior vice president and general counsel for H&R Block Inc., has received State Fair Community College's 2011-2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.
INFOGRAPHIC: The High Price Of Higher Education
In case you've been living under a rock, the cost of higher education has skyrocketed in recent years, particularly for out-of-state and private college students.
Intuit Earnings Preview: EPS and Sales Expect to Be Up About 6%
Intuit , which is well positioned to take advantage of the migration of small business to the cloud, is scheduled to report fiscal third-quarter 2012 results tomorrow, May 17, after the end of the trading day.
Columbia Business School's Graham & Doddsville Spring 2012 Newsletter with Jim Chanos, Tom ...
The spring 2012 issue of Columbia Business School's Graham & Doddsville investment newsletter features close encounters with noteworthy investors such as Jim Chanos, Tom Russo and Julian Robertson .
InfoSpace Q1 net soars on TaxACT acquisition
InfoSpace Inc.'s first-quarter profit surged as the Internet search company's newly acquired TaxACT tax preparation business added substantially to its top line.
Stock gains show early leaders for the next Star 50* rankings
Next year’s Star 50* contenders already are flexing their financial muscles.
Closing Bell | Sprint, UMB, Cerner close higher
Regional stocks largely bounced back Monday after finishing last week with a thud.Among the winners locally were Sprint, UMB, Cerner, Kansas City Life Insurance Co.
Cerner's Neal Patterson is a company man to his core
Look at the billions pouring into Cerner Corp. faster all the time, and it’s hard to recall when the electronic medical records keeper was just a few guys trying to avoid going bust.Yet back in 1983, in the St.