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Business Profile: Carpet One

*Business Profile: Carpet One*Carpet One owner looks to adapt to customers’ changing needs

Satellite campuses offer educational options, flexibility

*Special Section:*MACC and William Woods offer adults a closer option for higher education

People You Should Know: John J. Walker

*People You Should Know*Meet John J. Walker, the man in charge of eight radio stations in Columbia and Jefferson City.

CBT Q&A: Columbia technophiles discuss communication trends

*Q&A* Tekkies talk about the future of telecommunications.

Business Profile: Columbia’s Repo Man: ‘I can track down just about anyone’

*Business Profile: Missouri Reposession Services* Dave Miller turns a onetime repo into a lasting family business.

Local researcher aims to develop super-cooling clothing material for combat soldiers

Renewable Alternatives LLC, a local research and development company co-founded by CEO Rusty Sutterlin, has…

Restaurants time openings with return of college students

Several restaurants under development downtown are planning to open shortly before mid-August when thousands of…

Local builders installing geothermal energy systems

*Geothermal Energy*Local developers and schools are installing geothermal energy to heat and cool.

CenturyTel joins local digital television competition

*TV Market:*CenturyTel joins local HDTV competition.

Opposites attract at new P.S. Gallery exhibit

Thom Smith understands irony. In his new exhibit at the Perlow-Stevens Gallery, the local painter…

First rule for investing in local art: buy what you love

*Art Investments*First rule for investing in local art: buy what you love.

Mortgage market stormy, foreclosure rate ‘startling’

Professional Mortgage Group President Shawn Von Talge says his business has expanded since the subprime lending crisis weeded out local mortgage providers, but his overall view of the market, expressed on his blog, is decidedly grim.