I hate interns. At least that’s what I always tell prospective ones when I’m conducting interviews. It’s not that I hate them so much as I don’t like the deficiencies that usually come with them. Interns typically lack basic office skills, and many have not yet found the maturity to handle the obligations of holding […]
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JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide consultation and brokerage services to businesses and individuals with regard to their commercial and personal insurance programs. AGE: 35 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 27 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Columbia, Mo. EDUCATION: 1988-1992 Rock Bridge High School; 1992-1996 University of Missouri (B.A. in Political Science) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Salvation Army volunteer (hosted a “Santa” coat drive);
Over two years ago, America was on the brink of an unusually severe economic downturn. In the months that followed, the effects of the subprime housing crisis, which left many families across the country in foreclosure, were trickling in to other economy at an alarming rate. The economy was losing, on average, 700,000 jobs a
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*Range Line Widening*A CBT center spread takes a bird’s eye view of expanded northern artery.
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*Super’s View*Superintendent says schools have important economic development role.
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*Power Lunch: Sports and Business*Sports industry administrators advocate teamwork to build indoor facilities.
*Stephen B. Smith*Colleagues praise the late accounting executive for his courtroom prowess.
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A statewide bicycle race hardly seems a likely catalyst for a titanic political struggle. But that’s what happened when Gov. Jay Nixon attempted to cut funding for the Tour of Missouri this year. Created in 2007, the Tour of Missouri pits some of the world’s most famous bicyclists against each other as they transverse across
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It began with a call from David Lile, host of the Morning Show on News Talk 1400. A listener wanted to know when KFRU’s daily “Quickie Quiz” feature first aired, and Lile asked me if I could come up with the date. The answer came after rolling through microfilm copies of both Columbia daily newspapers
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For Jared Reynolds, you could say fishing is in his blood. The year he was born, his parents, Walt and Emily Reynolds, built the first marina on Truman Lake. Walt was a professional bass angler who fished the national B.A.S.S. tournament trail. Jared, now 30, has parlayed that upbringing into a niche career as an
