SoftBank Raises Sprint Bid as Billionaire Son Counters Ergen
Son’s initial offer for Overland Park, Kansas-based Sprint in October was $20.1 billion for a 70 percent stake. “SoftBank is trying to assure its purchase,” said Tomoaki Kawasaki, a Tokyo-based analyst at Iwai Cosmo Holdings Inc. (8707 ...

Sugar Daddy Drinks as AT&T Chases Airwaves Aid of Senator
Lobbying surrounding the airwaves sale shows how rules are crafted in Washington, where companies with competing interests use fundraisers and ply longstanding ... group that analyzes public policy. T-Mobile has argued otherwise, saying in ...

Mason Hawkins Cuts Holdings in Saks, DineEquity and Service Corp.
Saks Fifth Avenue stores are principally free-standing stores in exclusive shopping destinations or anchor stores in upscale regional malls. Saks has a market cap of $2.19 billion; its shares were traded at around $14.76 with a P/E ratio of 48 ...

Dr. Philip Bonanni dies at 74
Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Anthony Funeral & Cremation Chapels, 2305 Monroe Ave., Brighton. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, at St. Louis Church, 60 S. Main St., Pittsford.

New hire paves way for Sarcoma clinic at KU Cancer Center
The University of Kansas Hospital announced it has hired Dr. Howard Rosenthal, who specializes in bone and soft tissue cancers, to lead a new Sarcoma Center. The center is set to open in July on the hospital's Indian Creek Campus in Overland Park.

From Oz to Tokyo, author Charles Ayres arrives at Florey's Books
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised in Overland Park, Kansas, author Charles Ayres said he was a creative child with his head in the clouds. When asked to choose adjectives to describe his childhood, he picks "mischievous, active, and ...