Columbia Business Times Archive

Green is more than just a color choice when it comes to electrostatic painting. Old office furniture can be repainted to look like new with this factory-finish painting...

Jim Oakley of O2Geothermal does a lot of traveling throughout Missouri, and he said that, in terms of sustainability, he believes Columbia is far ahead of other cities...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of distance education at the University of Missouri. It also marks the strategic merger of the two offices that coordinate distance education...

For the past five years, Inc. magazine and its companion website Inc.com have ranked 5,000 businesses from around the country that are growing the fastest and broadening the...

Their creed is filled with positive advice: “Speak of health, happiness and prosperity to everyone you meet. Think only the best; expect only the best. Forgive the past,...

Cool Stuff owner Arnie Fagan has reached a personal and professional milestone, and the city of Columbia celebrated it with a proclamation from Mayor Bob McDavid. “I’m 46...

Dave Griggs’ Flooring America adds a sustainability element to flooring by offering customers and installers an opportunity to recycle used materials. It also offers several flooring options for...

Providence Bank’s executives are using iPads to save a few trees. The bank’s executives and board of directors switched over to iPads during the month of August to...

eduThe U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration has issued the second in a series of reports on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs and higher education....

On any given workday, yellow envelopes can be seen tucked between windshields and wiper blades on numerous cars parked in downtown Columbia. In May the city issued 6,705...