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City expanding energy demand management program

Kraig Kahler and his staff at Columbia Water and Light are increasing their efforts to persuade people to make their homes and commercial buildings more energy efficient. They...

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DNA lab solves crimes, changes lives

Kim Gorman checked and rechecked the test results in her Columbia lab. There was no doubt: They locked up the wrong guy. It wasn’t Johnny Briscoe who raped...
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Customer Service: The Ogre and the Intern: A Cautionary Tale

I hate interns. At least that’s what I always tell prospective ones when I’m conducting interviews. It’s not that I hate them so much as I don’t like...

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Tour of Missouri survives political skirmish, skips CoMo

A statewide bicycle race hardly seems a likely catalyst for a titanic political struggle. But that’s what happened when Gov. Jay Nixon attempted to cut funding for the...

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Financial planner hooked on fishing industry

For Jared Reynolds, you could say fishing is in his blood. The year he was born, his parents, Walt and Emily Reynolds, built the first marina on Truman...

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MADMEN Of Mid-Missouri

For a young company growing at hyper-speed, Pure Marketing and Media had an inauspicious start. About 18 months ago, Brent Beshore and Erik LaPaglia were meeting for lattes...
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Bargain Buying Binge

While on her way to see “Hello, Dolly!” at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock, Sheila Scott from Jefferson City stopped in Columbia to grab some lunch and...
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Economy evolves, retailers adapt

The recession and related cutback in consumer spending is compelling Columbia retailers to come up with innovative ideas for increasing sales, particularly downtown, where the downturn has had...
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He who can sell… wins

It happened again: Yet another conversation with a frustrated business owner lamenting a dramatic loss of sales to an outside competitor. By “outside,” I mean “out of state.”...

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An OINK by any other name still won’t buy kid’s shoes

Most people have heard of the YUPPIE. You might even be a YUPPIE. But if you aren’t a YUPPIE, what are you? Are you a YAPPIE? (My dog...