Columbia Business Times Archive

It’s sad but true. One of the highest growth industries in the country is corporate fraud. As a result of the high-profile white-collar scandals in the past few...

The federal government has chosen Primaris, a local non-profit health care consulting firm, to continue providing services as the Medicare quality improvement organization for Missouri. This is part...

Poppy was named one of NICHE magazine’s Top Retailers of 2008 in a ceremony August 3 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center during the Buyers Market of American Craft,...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri corn farmers are anticipating a bumper crop this year. This season, farmers planted 2.8 million acres of corn, with a yield of 146 bushels...

Retaliation. It has a very negative connotation. We think of some examples on how the word is used. We have sentences such as, “The enemy will retaliate.” If...

Whenever I tell folks that our center is located in the University of Missouri College of Engineering, I get some quizzical looks in return. “The College of Engineering?...

On Aug. 18, Sept. 2 and Sept. 15, the City Council will hold public hearings on the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2009. The proposed budget is the...

Janice Dawson-Threat is a certified workforce development professional for the Missouri Career Center. The Columbia Business Times talked to Dawson-Threat about her role in helping people find employment,...

Scott Wright has enjoyed the Brentwood forest behind his property since he moved to the Woodridge neighborhood four years ago. He is glad the neighborhood will be able...