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Shasun, a global player in the pharmaceutical industry, has agreed to invest more than $2 million in a joint venture with Nanoparticle Biochem Inc. to develop a a...

Fred Schmidt, owner of Accounting Cycle, said today that he plans to run for the 1st Ward seat on the Columbia City Council. No other candidate has publicly...

The green and white paint is faded, and dead yellow pampas grass partially obscures the “Welcome to Columbia” sign along eastbound Interstate 70. The wooden sign between the...

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce has selected a keynote speaker for its annual Business Showcase. Jeff Beals, an author, commercial real estate broker and part-time college professor from...

Ben Bernanke, chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System (the central bank), recently announced another round of quantitative easing. By the end of the...

The “We Always Swing” Jazz Series and Columbia Access Television plan to co-produce a live telethon on Dec. 11 to raise funds for the two nonprofits. The “We...

Carfax plans to build two rain gardens and an enormous basin to filter and contain stormwater that will flow off the roof of a 10,000-square-foot addition that will...

The start of a new year is almost upon us, and this is the time when our thoughts turn to what next year might bring, both personally and...

Terry Woodruff knew the poke from his business partner was coming halfway through Steve Sweitzer’s sentence. The old high school buddies were bantering while posing for a photograph...

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce selected the 30 members of the 2011 Leadership Columbia program. Co-chairs of this year’s Leadership Columbia class are two previous graduates of the...