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The challenges of these somewhat tenuous economic times are not lost on the U.S. Small Business Administration, the federal agency charged with assisting the nation’s entrepreneurs with information,...

The Association of Missouri Mediators, an independent organization, has opened a statewide office in Jefferson City and hired Randy W. Hoerschgen as the executive director. In the newly...

MU law professor Richard Reuben is trying to use his expertise in dispute resolution and his background as a journalist to promote better coverage of conflict in the...

In front of a judge, polemical power is an asset for a lawyer. But when personal disputes arise between lawyers, with personalities and training geared toward winning arguments,...

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...