Columbia Business Times Archive

University of Missouri system president Gary Forsee’s presence at U.S. Sen. Kit Bond’s retirement announcement could be seen as an example of the symbiotic relationship between the state’s...

When it comes to selecting a new chief of police for the city, why go outside Columbia and make a selection from a group of four unknowns when...

Late last year, some friends of mine convinced me that I needed to create a profile on Facebook and another one on LinkedIn, which is supposed to be...

Gov. Jay Nixon’s first task as Missouri’s chief executive is perhaps his greatest challenge: dealing with the state’s languishing economy. Nixon, who was sworn in as the state’s...

University of Missouri’s College of Engineering was able to reach its $68 million goal for the For All We Call Mizzou campaign with the help of alumnus Thomas...

In October, Heart of Missouri United Way projected that the economic downturn might cause the organization to fall 10 percent below its goal for the annual fundraising campaign....

“Risk. Innovation. Deal Term Sheets. Flipping the Business.” High-tech words and phrases like these describe the very essence of hundreds of technology companies in the state of Missouri....

A real estate development company is likely to build a data center in northeast Columbia that would employ high-wage workers, according to local economic development officials. The 70-acre...