Columbia Business Times Archive

Editor’s note: The following is a condensed version of Bill Watkins’ State of the City address to the city on June 4, with a focus on business and...

Life has a knack for handing us our own comeuppance. A road construction project included in the last Capital Improvements Sales Tax extension, approved by voters, is in...

Our center was contacted the other day by a potential client asking about hiring a small business attorney. In reality, he didn’t need an attorney, but the inquiry...

ABOVE: Dave Dunafon, left, toasts with a friend in the hazy smoking lounge. Above: Party goers enjoy drinks and a presentation on cigar smoking etiquette at Grand Cru’s...

Roger Moser closed recently on the sale of acreage on Columbia’s northern border and plans to build a grocery store on the site, a representative of the seller...

RSVP: Respondez s`il vuÉ what? We see it everywhere – RSVP, but what does it really mean? The French, respondez s’il vu plait, is translated as respond if...

Gary and Mary Powell After Gary Powell sold his 7-Up and Dr. Pepper distribution business in Columbia in 2002, he took his time searching for another franchise opportunity....

In years past, when we were plagued by some mysterious physical problem, we’d call grandmother and ask her for the best home remedy for whatever ailed us. Today,...

University of Missouri Clinical Support and Educational Building Mannquin at the Russel D and Mary B Clinical Simulation Center A new $26.5 million medical building opened in May...