August 12, 2006

Uncommon carriers

Uncommon carriers by John McPhee Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 248 pages, $24 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg The business of America is business, and when author John McPhee writes about business, he does it unlike anybody else. Uncommon Carriers in the 27th book by McPhee, otherwise best known for his nonfiction features in The New Yorker

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Rising from the rubble: Downtown building owners’ restorations come forth

When talk first surfaced more than a decade ago about dismantling the downtown canopy, most of the building owners were vehemently opposed to the idea because they knew they’d have to spend big bucks to restore building façades hidden since 1958 by Broadway’s concrete monstrosity. What’s worse, in some cases, owners could have created faux

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Trash To Cash

MU finds another way to dispose of outdated computers: Sell them on eBay There’s more to eBay than getting good buys. For the University of Missouri-Columbia, it’s a way to sell some of the 100 to 150 computers tossed aside each month on campus. The large number of discarded computers stems from two facts: MU

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