Columbia Business Times Archive

Self-marketing guru Jeff Beals will be the keynote speaker at the annual Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase on March 15 at the Holiday Inn Executive Center. Beals,...

The City Council’s vote establishing the downtown Community Improvement District was the culmination of three years of work and might lead to a half-cent sales tax next year...

OK, you say there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But what if I told you there’s a lunch that is not only free, but it could...

The mantle of white, courtesy of a record-breaking snowfall, was certainly lovely to look at for a couple weeks. But the two-day blizzard has left behind a costly...

In July, Mayor Bob McDavid appointed a seven-member citizen Sewer Task Force to restructure the way Columbia bills sanitary sewer customers. More than six months later, the task...

Thursday is University of Missouri Legislative Day at the Capitol. Dianne Drainer, the Mizzou Alumni Association advocacy director, is rounding up supporters to help MU lobbyists and administrators...

In the depths of the global recession, emerging markets in Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe snagged the dollars of investors attracted by their swift growth and...

We’ve recently become reacquainted with the quartet from the 1980s television show that spawned T-shirts, toys, cartoons and had us all asking questions such as, “Whadda lookin’ at...

What: A new 18,000-square-foot ALDI grocery store to replace the existing location at 711 Business Loop 70 E. Where: 807 Business Loop 70 W., next to the Interstate...

Media, Council inquiries lead to voluntary disclosure Late last year, 1st Ward Councilman Paul Sturtz publicly complained that the City Council was being left out of the loop...