Columbia Business Times Archive

The University of Missouri System’s endowment had an 18 percent rate of return in fiscal 2007 and produced a $38.9 payout, up $4.2 million from the previous year,...

Of the nearly 2.8 million construction companies operating in the United States, 12 percent are owned soley by women, while 10 percent are equally co-owned by men and...

The nation’s huge debt burden, job losses and other economic data indicate the United States is entering a recession could experience a lengthy slowdown, a bank fund...

Missouri Department of Transportation administrators are using drastic language in redicting how the state highway system will operate when funding drops dramatically two years down the road.“We’re going...

It’s easy to get lost in the new 2008 Winter Exhibit at the Perlow-Stephens Gallery on Broadway—lost in the worlds of nine local and regional artists, each...

The National Venture Capital Association has released its 2008 predictions for the industry. The findings are encouraging. 2008 should be an active year for VCs. In particular, 80...

Mark Twain once wrote: “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back when it starts to rain.”...

The new year had barely dawned when the economy sent a strong message that uncertainty underlies the months ahead, especially for the financial-services sector that provides much of...