Construction of the IBM service delivery building began in May and is scheduled to be finished by the end of October. The company intends to hire about 800 workers by 2012 and last month posted on its website about 30 jobs that need to be filled, nearly all of them technical support specialists. No salary […]
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The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts has some of us wondering whether Columbia has the means to support such ambitious projects. The centerpiece, of course, was the complete renovation of the city’s largest movie palace, which cost about $10 million and ran about
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Downtown retailers “were very responsive” to a shoppers’ survey conducted in November by the Special Business District, Director Carrie Gartner said. Nearly 300 shoppers participated in the survey, and the majority said the three major disadvantages of shopping downtown were the limited hours, lack of parking spaces and high prices. Many retailers began staying open
I googled the phrase “pension bomb ticks louder.” To my amazement, 330,000 search results were returned. Gov. Jay Nixon just signed a bill that altered the state’s pension plan. Seemingly every state and local government is troubled by underfunded pension liabilities. Columbia’s 2009 financial report said that the city’s pension assets stand at about 65
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*Better Business Bureau*New branch ofice aims to increase BBB-accredited businesses in Columbia while upholding standards for honest business behaviors.
At the southern edge of Columbia, a home decor store sells wares found deep in the heart of Texas and beyond. Salsa Gardens and Home Decor offers talavera pottery, chimeneas, statues of desert critters and an assortment of other Tex-Mex-style furnishings and yard ornaments, including Toro, a 4-foot-tall scrap metal bull who greets customers in
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Joan Gabel will take over as dean of the Trulaske College of Business on Sept. 1. Gable comes to MU from Florida State University, where she was chairwoman of the Department of Risk Management, Real Estate and Business Law. Gabel’s research interests include corporate governance and employment law issues, according to a release from the
