June 2008

     JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri payroll employment in May was unchanged from the revised April level, on a seasonally adjusted basis, at 2,788,800 jobs.      Seasonally adjusted employment increased in Health Care & Social Assistance (+1,500), Government (+1,800), and Durable Goods Manufacturing (+600), where a recall in the automobile industry more than offset smaller decreases […]

     Several restaurants under development downtown are planning to open shortly before mid-August when thousands of college students return to school in Columbia.       Travis Tucker, owner of Bleu, said construction on the restaurant should be finished by the end of July.  Bleu, located adjacent to the Tiger Hotel on 8th Street , will open

     The McDonald’s restaurant on the University of Missouri campus owned by Mark and Kate Mehle will stay open another three years. The owners had said previously that the restaurant would close when the original lease was scheduled to end June 30.      The University and McDonald’s recently reached a mutually beneficial agreement to   keep

Proactive solutions to problems with office interiors will save business operators many headaches and lots of money. Nowhere is this truer, in my experience, than where ergonomics are concerned. The best part is that productivity can be maximized and discomfort avoided by making just a few smart investments on behalf of employees. Using the accounting

A popular television game show pits adult contestants against a group of fifth-grade students to quiz their knowledge on such subjects as geography, history and math. More often than not, to the delight of the viewing audience, the students win. While entertaining, I think this show demonstrates that today’s students are expected to demonstrate knowledge