February 2008

Of the nearly 2.8 million construction companies operating in the United States, 12 percent are owned soley by women, while 10 percent are equally co-owned by men and women. The numbers are only expected to grow. Recent research by the Center for Women’s Business Research found the top reason women start businesses in a non-traditional

 The nation’s huge debt burden, job losses and other economic data indicate the United States is entering a recession could experience a lengthy slowdown, a bank fund manager told a group of Columbia’s business leaders. Scott Colbert, the director of fixed income with Commerce Bank in St. Louis, discussed economic conditions and investment opportunities during

CONSTRUCTION UPSWING: Like many of his colleagues, Gary Larkin of Larkin Construction says the local construction market is improving. But Larkin said he still senses “a nervousness in our industry.”

Missouri Department of Transportation administrators are using drastic language in redicting how the state highway system will operate when funding drops dramatically two years down the road.“We’re going to fall off a cliff,” said Bill McKenna, a former senator in the final days on the transportation commission.“A perfect storm continues to brew on the transportation