AltWeeklies Wire
Hallmark Cares Enough to Send the Very Best ... Jobs to Chinanew
How did Kansas City's card maker bank $4.4 billion in revenue last year? Partly by sending hometown jobs to China.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
05-21-2008 |
Business & Labor
Authorities Jumped the Gun in Declaring K.C. Fire Safenew
Kansas City Fire Chief Smokey Dyer suggested that downtown workers and residents shouldn't worry about debris falling from the sky or the ominous cloud now drifting among the high rises -- but internal EPA and Kansas City Fire Department documents suggest otherwise.
Tags: chemcentral, disasters
K.C. To Shell Out for Practice Facility?new
The idea could cost millions and contradict promises that the city was done paying to lure a Sprint Center tenant.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
01-17-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Life Without Wal-Martnew
Kansas City advertising genius Bob Bernstein helped make Wal-Mart what it is today -- then the world's largest retailer dumped him.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
12-13-2006 |
Business & Labor
High Above the Lawnew
She has cerebral palsy, four kids and loads of debt -- meet the unofficial spokeswoman for marijuana legalization.
Cattle Callnew
At its annual convention, the American Meat Institute tells all.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
03-07-2006 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal rights, slaughterhouses
Always Low, Alwaysnew
Wal-Mart managers mingle in Kansas City while workers shop for stuff they can't afford.
The Pitch |
Eric Barton |
02-06-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: hottopic, wal-mart convention
