Columbia Business Times Archive

It’s amazing what a good haircut, a touch of makeup, and a $5,000 credit card for a new wardrobe will do. Television is king of the makeover. We...

The proposed connection of Conley Road to Business Loop 70, which would pass through the northeast edge of Columbia Country Club, is stuck in the rough. The club...

Nick Peckham moved to Columbia from Pennsylvania 35 years ago to teach architecture at Stephens College. Although the architecture program didn't work out, Peckham has given the entire...

From the MU News Bureau Natural-gas-fueled cars would be more eco-friendly and cost-efficient than current petroleum-fueled cars. However, natural-gas-fueled vehicles face a few road blocks before they can...

The Columbia Farmers Market opened its 29th season on March 21 to new vendors and an eager crowd, but not all the buzz was about the produce. Sustainable...

Kurt Schaefer has been in the state Senate for only three months, but the attorney from Columbia has become the man in the middle in the fight over...

Tucked away in the economic stimulus bill is a section providing a 30 percent tax credit for household energy efficiency improvements, one of many examples of how businesses...

His classmates call him Gramps or Grandpa. Dorie Clark, at age 65, is the oldest trainee enrolled at the University of Missouri Extension Law Enforcement Training Institute since...

Like many successful businesses that understand the value of stepping up, individuals who shine as leaders and achievers are usually ones who understand the value of making connections...

Reprinted with permission from the St. Louis Beacon http://www.stlbeacon.org If AmerenUE builds the Callaway II nuclear power plant near Fulton, and it begins operating in a trouble-free way...