What’s New
A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states released on June 17…
Two local banks have moved beyond their websites to serve Columbia’s virtual community. Landmark Bank…
The Boone County Commission intends to appoint Bob Wagner, President and CEO of Columbia Insurance…
Fueled by newly acquired Nissan and a rebounding Ford, Joe Machens is in the driver’s seat of Columbia’s resurgent auto market. Car and truck sales at Columbia dealerships have increased by more than 16 percent for the first four months of 2010 compared with the same period the previous year, according to Missouri Department of Revenue data The local numbers mirror national sales, which also increased a little more than 16 percent, according to data from Autodata, a motor vehicle analysis firm based in New Jersey.
A few days ago, I drove past the future home of IBM on LeMone Industrial…
The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois is opening a mid- Missouri…
Linen King, an Oklahoma-based provider of laundry services to the health care industry, plans to…
Columbia, in Mike Brooks’ opinion, needs to focus on seeding new industry. At the City…
Columbia Dealerships Total Sales
Rather than standing among a shining sea of new cars and shouting about great deals,…
Missouri’s commitment to providing a favorable corporate tax structure placed it among the top states…
Dave Griggs’ breakfast group, “the cronies,” usually meets on Tuesday. But the group had a special dinner in Boonville on Friday, May 14, and the chairman of Regional Economic Development Inc. was eating next to City Manager Bill Watkins, another member of the group. Just past 7 p.m., both of their cell phones rang with the same message: The community had reached an agreement with IBM.
