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The biggest local show for business returns

  The 2008 Business Conference & Showcase (BC&S) will take place Tuesday, March 18, at…

True/False Film Festival

The True/False film festival, held Feb.28-March 2, featured more than 100 documentary films as well…

CBT’s View: Council at crossroads in dilemma over Crosscreek

The Columbia City Council will decide on March 3 whether to approve the commercial development…

Main immigration bill loses support

  Rep. Vicki Schneider anticipated few troubles when she introduced legislation that would require Missouri…

Power Brokers: Local masters in the art of the deal

“Experience taught me a few things,” Donald Trump writes in The Art of the Deal. “One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you’re generally better off sticking with what you know.”

The five local art-of-the-deal masters CBT has selected have in-depth knowledge unique to their own arenas—business brokerage, commercial real estate, construction, public policy and commercial development.

Former Tiger running back may seek Hulshof’s seat

The Missourinet is reporting that former Missouri Tigers and Detroit Lions running back Brock Olivo…

Centennial Investors helps fund Nasopure expansion

BeWell Health, LLC, a local company that makes the Nasopure nasal washing device, has received…

University gets big endowment fund yield, but downturn on horizon

The University of Missouri System’s endowment had an 18 percent rate of return in fiscal…

Female business owners build place for themselves in construction industry

Of the nearly 2.8 million construction companies operating in the United States, 12 percent are…

Fund manager’s economic assessment: gloomy

 The nation’s huge debt burden, job losses and other economic data indicate the United States…

Is the worst behind? Builders see business picking up

CONSTRUCTION UPSWING: Like many of his colleagues, Gary Larkin of Larkin Construction says the local construction market is improving. But Larkin said he still senses “a nervousness in our industry.”

Taxes or Tolls? MoDOT funding crisis looms large

Missouri Department of Transportation administrators are using drastic language in redicting how the state highway…