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    <title><![CDATA[   Area women execs help each other strike healthy work/life balance ]]></title>
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        Call it the refined secrets of the rah-rah sisterhood. When seven Kansas City area executives get together once a month they share more than been-there, done-that business advice.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Let's help Big Three keep jobs ]]></title>
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        I want a bailout, too. After all, it&#39;s only human nature to reach out when there are so many handouts going on.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Advice to high-tech ventures in hard times ]]></title>
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<category><![CDATA[Jason Gertzen]]></category>
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        Amid the economic chaos, some entrepreneurs see cause for concern. Some see opportunity. Alfred Botchway is chief executive officer of Xenometrics, a biotech company in Stilwell that helps pharmaceutical, chemical and other companies develop technology.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Student athletes, you'd better learn how to handle money ]]></title>
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        It&#39;s been about four years since professional basketball player Latrell Sprewell became a symbol of sports-world greed and incurred the wrath of scores of fans.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Panics come and go, but the rules of wise investment hold steady ]]></title>
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        We are in a depressing mess. Let&#39;s call it the Panic of &#39;08. Panics are new and unfamiliar to this generation of investors. We came of age amid a sea of investment bubbles. We know nothing of panics.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Peachtree Restaurant opens in Power & Light ]]></title>
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        A little bit of soul has arrived at the Kansas City Power &amp; Light District. Peachtree Restaurant officially opens today at 31 E. 14th St., on the southeast corner of 14th and Main streets.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Real estate tough to figure ]]></title>
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        The economy and the real estate industry was the subject of a seminar last week, and the most optimistic prognosis may have been a riddle offered by David Brain.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Kansas City convention industry anticipates a 2009 dry spell ]]></title>
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        Meetings and conventions are lifeblood arteries of the travel industry. But in these recessionary days, the arteries are clogged with worry.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Hallmark lawsuit is a matter of conjecture ]]></title>
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        The case was sealed, so one can only guess what&#39;s behind a racketeering suit Hallmark Cards Inc. filed last week against equity investment firm Monitor Clipper Partners LLC.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Ford's buyout appeals to 140 production workers at Claycomo ]]></title>
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        About 140 production employees at Ford Motor Co.&#39;s Claycomo plant recently accepted incentive packages to leave the beleaguered automaker, a union official said.      
    
  

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