Wrapping up budgets past, present and future
Year in Review: City Finance
December 2010
Econ Matters: When will it begin to feel like a recovery?
As 2010 ends, many of Columbia’s economic indicators have shown modest improvement compared with a year ago. Further, the National Bureau of Economic Research experts on business cycles proscribed that the recession ended in June 2009. So at the national level, we must have spent more than a year enjoying economic recovery. Although there were
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From the Roundtable: How Columbia should feel about year-end economic condition
Why did the local economy get a bit of a breather this year compared with much of the rest of the USA? Perhaps it’s because Columbia is the University of Missouri’s “factory town” and harbors major medical and insurance complexes while toting other economic perks too numerous to enumerate. Although a modest recovery has been
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Power Lunch: After Hours
To cap the Power Lunch forums held in 2010, the Columbia Business Times and sponsor The Callaway Bank hosted a happy hour for the participants. About 40 people attended the social event in the Tiger Hotel lobby on Dec. 1. At the event, Gary Meyerpeter, president of The Callaway Bank’s Columbia market, presented Tim Rich,
Guest Column: Shop local. Click here.
My husband and I have been hometown merchants for more than 30 years, so buying local is a drum I’ve been beating for decades. My message to area shoppers has always been that your local purchases support your local tax base, which ensures that your community grows and prospers. Recent economic woes coupled with Internet