Columbia Business Times Archive

Retirees boost local economy in workforce, housing market

Many cities, including Columbia, actively enhance their community’s livability for retirees, the fastest-growing segment of…

Baby boomer generation changes the rules of retirement

The first wave of baby boomers turned 60 last year. It’s just the beginning of…

The tendency to be “off-task”

Most of us would find work more pleasant if co-workers would follow through on plans…

COLUMBIA’S PROMINENT BUSINESS FAMILIES

SAPP The Sapps were among the early settlers of Boone County, and about 150 Sapps…

CHEATING DESTINY: Living With Diabetes, America’s Biggest Epidemic

Houghton Mifflin, 307 pages, $25 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg As a teenager in St. Louis,…

Your tax dollars for private schools: Senate Bill 389

Many newspapers covered the announcement of 14 former curators of the University of Missouri unanimously…

The promise and burden of research

The process of discovering, envisioning new ideas and creating has always excited me. It’s what…

University must remember role as state’s public servant

At times, topics for this column are difficult to find. Not so this month. I…

Actor portraying BC&S character develops ‘split personality’

At Stephens College, Rob Doyen is well known not only as the chairman of the…

Rewarding Research

For its goal of knowledge-based economic development, Columbia is counting on the University of Missouri…

Tuition caps can’t disguise decreased funding problem

I have two kids going to college right now. Both are at the University of…

Sociologist, minority business owners assess challenges

When Alisa Warren got together with central city minority entrepreneurs late last month to discuss…