Columbia Business Times Archive

When local business leader Dave Griggs watches the Hominy Branch Creek flow past The Links, he may be seeing an apt metaphor for what’s happening to Columbia’s once-vaunted...

There are jerks in every business. There are some bankers who are jerks. There are some teachers who are jerks. There are some doctors who are jerks. There...

How often do we speak of a specific time and place when despair suddenly becomes hope? When discouraging times are rapidly followed by great triumph? I see this...

Although we’ve all heard of Intel, Ben & Jerry’s and FedEx, you may not know that they were all started with the help of an SBA-guaranteed loan from...

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...

Downtown merchants among fuel-efficient trendy travelers Cars are convenient, and bikes are nice, but when it comes to quick transportation with an effortless edge, scooter commuters have...

Several opinion pieces and comments have recently been published in regard to Missouri’s legislative term limits. But 75 percent of Missourians will not easily change their minds about...

Bike commuters save money, boost cycle sales Riding my bike up a hill on the way to interview Gina Overshiner, huffing and puffing like a cracked steam...