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High-tech cards and phones could change the way you spend and manage your money New technologies are constantly adding speed, convenience and flexibility to practically everything we do—including...

Columbia’s newest banking center is a branch of one of the state’s oldest banks, but you wouldn’t know that by reading the sign that just went up near...

Local bank reports of inside of market deposits as of March 31, 2007. (Calculations may differ from FDIC reports.) Boone County National Bank $829,200,000 First National Bank $369,943,944...

ey, Super-size that Food (Bank) order! Peggy Kirkpatrick, executive director of the Central Missouri Food Bank, is trying hard to hide her smile. This time of year always...

Amid the dust and the din of demolition, the old Kelly Press building is being transformed into a downtown destination, the new home for Ragtag Cinemacafé, Ninth Street...

The summer of renovation is under way in downtown Columbia, as warehouses and factories are being converted into new businesses, art studios and loft apartments. Architect Brian Pape,...

Mark Timberlake’s voice changes inflection when he describes his vision for the Orr Street Studios, a warehouse converted into art studios and gallery space. Timberlake acknowledges that he...

For Scott Atkins, owner of Atkins Investments, restoring the old Hamilton-Brown Shoe Factory is a project that has proven to pay off. His father, Tom Atkins, bought the...

In 1919, Prohibition went into effect. Women were granted the right to vote. Here in Columbia, Broadway bustled with a few Ford Model-T cars and plenty of mule-drawn...

In spring 2006, Callaway Bank CEO Bruce Harris was feeling sluggish and wanted to make fundamental improvements to his health. Specifically, he wanted to lose weight, reduce his...