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Holden cuts budget by $212M. (Week on the Web).
December 21, 2001... 4:08 p.m. Dec. 14 -- Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced an additional withholding of $212.2 million for the state's fiscal 2002 budget due to the national recession. Missouri acted earlier this year to cut $323.8 million in spending by trimming budgets for state business travel, jobs,...

LabOne will call on Lee's Summit technology campus.
December 21, 2001... LabOne Inc. will open a call center at the Summit Technology Campus in Lee's Summit in January. The move initially will bring 100 people to the campus. LabOne expects to employ 450 people in Lee's Summit within two years. The first wave of employees working in the Lee's Summit...

Morrison, Stinson begin hunting for joint office space.
December 21, 2001... Officials of Morrison & Hecker LLP and Stinson Mag & Fizzell PC have taken the first steps toward seeking new, joint office space. Talks with area real estate companies give the first concrete clue that the two Kansas City law firms will become one. Representatives of the firms...

Frankland cast as catalyst for tech initiative.
December 21, 2001... KCCatalyst's original mission of pulling together the area's resources to make this a haven for technology companies was daunting enough. Throw in the e-commerce bust and the odd recession, and the task becomes Herculean. But if anyone is up to the job, tech-sector heavyweights said, it...

Vanguard enters uncharted territory.
December 21, 2001... The airline industry is closely watching negotiations by Vanguard Airlines Inc. in its quest for $60 million in federal loan guarantees. Kansas City-based Vanguard and America West Airlines are the first to apply for loan 'guarantees as part of a $10 billion program meant to help...