Voices

The college athletic conference realignment scenario that almost cascaded this month proved to be a close call for the Columbia area business community. Although the media generally ignored...

The BP oil spill is an ongoing tragedy for the Gulf Coast region, its economy and the environment. Our first priority must be to stop the leak and...

Watching the claw of a backhoe nibble away at the old Cleeks building on the southwest corner of West Boulevard and Worley Street brought back memories. It also...

Did you know Missouri manufacturers employ nearly 290,000 Missourians, more than 10 percent of total non-farm employment? Did you know Missouri manufacturing workers earned an average $63,000 per...

My first contact with Big Blue was in the early ’50s. Staring at a school wall clock emblazoned with the letters I-B-M, I remember watching its pulsing hand...

The Columbia area couldn’t have been blessed with finer weather for the recently concluded Bike, Walk and Wheel Week events. Several days with blue skies, perfect temperatures and...

Early in my job as a center manager for Advance America, I began noticing the sharp double edge of my work. Customers walked through the doors to solve...

Pick any day of the week, and at 4 p.m. you can watch the traffic jams start forming on Providence Road north of the intersection with Stadium Boulevard....

The victories of three candidates for City Council deemed business-friendly thwarted an oft-feared council majority that would have been less favorably disposed toward business, development and entrepreneurship. Although...

With the rhetoric steaming up in the days before Tuesday’s municipal election, it’s time to take stock of what constitutes an “ideal” candidate from a business perspective. Although...