Columbia Business Times Archive

If I were conducting a business leadership seminar or a course in how to groom new leaders from within, an idea University of Missouri curators are considering, I...

The Edward Jones Dome. Sprint Center. Scott Trade Center. The Nextel Cup. The Buick Open. Wimbledon. Nike. Reebok. Coca-Cola. Budweiser. Ohio State University. The University of Michigan. The...

Robert P. Torretta, a certified public accountant and individual practitioner in St. Charles, is the 2007 chairman of the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, a professional development...

Summer … Flip-flops, tank tops and shorts can be worn to attend a barbecue, but this type of casual clothing rarely qualifies as appropriate office attire. As the...

Taking advantage of the loophole, Liggett has decided to make up for his loss in revenue by opening Nostalgia Gourmet, a tobacco, wine and spirits shop, next door...

Staying in business for century and a half is definitely something to celebrate. For its 150th anniversary, Boone County National Bank, one of the first federally chartered banks...

At this writing, I sit in the shadow of the Allegheny Mountains in Virginia. Steeped in history, the Homestead Resort is nestled along a valley north of Covington,...

Whether you are planning your personal finances or a corporate budget report, when times are tight, it is important to take a close look at the budget, pare...

For an architect, a project such as the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts restoration—integrating modern advances into a 90-year-old building—presents multiple challenges. The renovation work, now under...

As local firms practicing green architecture prove, you don’t have to break out the Birkenstocks in order to nurture Mother Nature. “Buildings use half of the energy in...