The company says it separates itself by paying extra attention to every step of the roasting and brewing process — including the water.

The company is chasing a huge market for ADHD treatment, but also is working hard to fund its effort without revenue.

Cogent Communications hoped to keep 200 or more employees in the area after buying part of Sprint Corp.'s old business.

A Kansas City-based public company’s steps to cut costs hit its corporate staff, in the form of a sizeable layoff. Compass Minerals International Inc. (NYSE: CMP) cut 48.5 full-time-equivalent positions, or about 16% of its corporate workforce, earlier this month. The Overland Park offered affected employees severance packages and outplacement services and expected to take about $3.3 million in related charges, it said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Compass Minerals…

Carl DiCapo, whose rise on the Kansas City restaurant scene led to a second career as a civic giant, died at age 95. DiCapo took a job as a cashier at Italian Gardens Restaurant in the early 1950s when his brother-in-law needed help. From there, he rose to help make the restaurant a mainstay of downtown Kansa City, both as a place to eat and to meet others. His combination of personality and work ethic led to DiCapo leading the Greater Kansas City Restaurant Association and the Missouri Restaurant…

Kansas City’s turn on the NFL Draft stage appeared to be the big win that the league and city officials had hoped for. The three-day festival of football attracted more than 312,000 people — topping projections of 250,000-300,000. The first round of the draft on Friday night attracted an estimated 125,000 to festivities that ranged from a fan fest and red carpet on the grounds of the WWI Museum and Memorial to a stage area as large as a football field in front of Union Station. Attendance hit…