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Wall Street Journal highlights Kansas City as up-and-coming IT hub

2745_ea2db51d8e_small August 22, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Kansas City The information technology community along State Line Road got a nice tip of the hat today from a fairly prominent publication on Wall Street. A story in today's Wall Street Journal on "Where the Action Is" highlighted Kansas City, with its burgeoning IT community, as one of seven up-and-coming industry hubs across the country. The story also featured Indianapolis, Indiana (life sciences); San Antonio, Texas (cybersecurity); Albany, N.Y. … read more

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Thriving privacy site SelectOut.org puts 19-year-old in high demand

1914_a882d1ce7d_small March 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln Calvin Pappas seems to eat, sleep and breathe online privacy policy. Sometimes almost literally. Pappas, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Nebraska and founder of online privacy manager SelectOut.org said he has brushed up on internet privacy by reading more than 600 policies — most of which amount to 2,500 words of drowse-inducing legalese. “It’s a good way,” he said, “to fall asleep at night.” And for Pappas, it’s been a good… read more

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Wall Street Journal article / Omaha development

July 28, 2008 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Omaha once again makes the list. This time in today's impressive article in the Wall Street Journal. Good points are made where Millman & Richardson talk about giving the "affluent suburbanites a stake in decisions made for downtown. Instead ... read more