August 2008

There are a lot of reasons why you might get a major headache at work — but have you ever thought that the pounding between your ears is from too much light?  Thirty years ago strictly overhead lighting was the norm and designers flooded offices with fluorescent bulbs to make reading easier  — but 30

Tomás Custer’s Web site, hispanictips.com, has become a popular information source, drawing more than 120,000 visits every month and wide-ranging praise. Readers might expect that the creator and operator of the blog, which has banner advertisements in Spanish and English, is working in some hotspot of Hispanic culture like Miami or Los Angeles. But when

When you bring a new or unique version of a product or service to the market, it’s important to not only distinguish yourself from the competition, but also protect your profitable business venture from infringement by others. Protecting your goods or services can seem like a sticky predicament with all the government and legal jargon,

It’s sad but true. One of the highest growth industries in the country is corporate fraud.  As a result of the high-profile white-collar scandals in the past few years, federal, state and local governmental agencies, as well as businesses, have developed numerous ways to catch the bad guys and identify areas in which fraud might

The federal government has chosen Primaris, a local non-profit health care consulting firm, to continue providing services as the Medicare quality improvement organization for Missouri. This is part of a three-year, $13.2 million investment on the part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve health care services statewide. As the quality improvement

Poppy was named one of NICHE magazine’s Top Retailers of 2008 in a ceremony August 3 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the Buyers Market of American Craft, a wholesale craft show. The annual Top Retailer Awards program recognizes craft retailers who are committed to fair business practices and to growing and strengthening the North

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri corn farmers are anticipating a bumper crop this year. This season, farmers planted 2.8 million acres of corn, with a yield of 146 bushels per acre at the beginning of August. If weather is favorable, corn production is expected to reach 380 million bushels in 2008, making this one of the