Columbia Business Times Archive

Should the city build a new power plant? Should it widen West Broadway? How much money is needed for building schools, roads and sewers, and when should the...

The clients we see at the University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship present us with diverse hopes, dreams, challenges and possibilities. One common theme in their stories is...

CenturyTel is poised to begin competing with the cable and satellite companies by offering digital television service through its existing telephone wires in Columbia, and some of CenturyTel’s...

How often do you participate in a planning process in your business, lab, office, department, unit or university? Ever contribute to a “strategy session?” Have you ever read...

I was strolling down the long, wide alley that runs behind the businesses along Broadway and had a brilliant idea! Why not spiff up this alley—and others like...

Need to make a deposit? There’s bound to be a bank close by looking for your business. The number of banks and the number of bank offices in...

The recent improvement in Missouri’s financial picture has led to substantial discussion regarding the use of an expected revenue surplus. Should this surplus become a reality at the...

The Missouri 2007 legislative session convenes Jan. 3, and the state’s leading business organizations have set their agendas for the coming year. Some highlights: Missouri Chamber of Commerce...

It doesn’t take a crystal ball to predict that both the opportunities and the pressures created by today’s global economy will continue into the next year and beyond....

It’s no surprise that the University of Missouri’s head football and basketball coaches and the director of athletics have the highest salaries on the Columbia campus. But President...