Executive Vice President, Consumer Banking Boone County National Bank AGE: 47 JOB DESCRIPTION: My responsibilities include providing leadership and management expertise to the consumer banking division of Boone County National Bank. I am responsible for the oversight of sales, service and operations from the 16 branches, the customer service center, the classic department and consumer […]
If you can brave the hordes of shoppers at the mall each holiday season, you have nothing to fear about buying Christmas gifts online. Diana Ratliff says shopping on the Internet can be as easy and safe as making a purchase at a local department store. Better yet, the 51-year-old Columbia entrepreneur says, well-informed online
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Boone County’s precipitous fall from 45th to 130th in a national economic ranking is alarming. Lagging wage growth and lack of economic diversification have taken a stealthy but steady toll on our region’s quality of life. The poverty rate is up; construction spending is down; and high-wage employers are increasingly scarce. Columbia Business Times editor
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There have been bigger snowstorms, of course. Two weeks ago, the heavens really opened up, leaving a legacy of depth that has some of us questioning how well various government entities rose to the occasion. Maybe you’ve already graded each agency’s performance at clearing the streets. Afterward, it was fairly common water-cooler chat to hear
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Shoppers cast discriminating stares at ingredients listed on slightly crushed cereal boxes before adding them to their carts. Around the corner they stopped at the pile of red potatoes; “produce of USA” read the bags, moist and flapping in the breeze of a fan. Most shoppers settled on two bags, five pounds each, though a
Dinner and a movie—it’s such a common plan that it has become a cliché. But when Friday night strikes, you end up playing an hour-long round of “Where do you want to eat?,” searching for movie times and being irritated by the people with whom you intended to have fun. The redesigned voxmagazine.com is the
One can’t help but be impressed with ongoing economic development efforts in mid-Missouri. Both the city’s visioning process and a critical self-analysis are strong indicators of the efforts being made by the city, county and region. The recruitment of growth-oriented, innovation-based companies seems to have emerged as one common goal. I’d suggest another : the
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Columbia Area United Way volunteers coordinate community assistance through mid-Missouri agencies providing family, youth, nutrition, health, employment, counseling and shelter services. Nearly all funds raised locally go to local agencies. Every year Columbia businesses have the opportunity to assist United Way through corporate donations and employee campaigns. We’ve compiled a list of this year’s top
Remember when snow day meant sledding down big hills, pelting friends with snowballs and building ice forts? As I’ve grown older, I’ve tried to hold on to that youthful enthusiasm. I’ve done pretty well, provided the snow falls only in the months of December and January, only after I’ve made a run to the grocery
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The grass-roots organization formed to protect and promote the flagship status of the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri has created a new marketing and informational tool. Members of the year-old Mizzou Flagship Council will present “The Mizzou Story,” a video available in versions one, 10 and 20 minutes long, to groups throughout the
