Local movie rental shop outlasting big boys

*Movie Rental Market*While the box stores izzle out, local shop Ninth Street Video continues to thrive.

Columbia, a musical proving ground

Although The Blue Note has been importing some of the biggest names in music to…

Capturing Columbia’s Cinema Century

From Haden Opera House to Hollywood Theaters, the city has a rich history of movie venues. Some marquees are long gone: the Airdome, Hippodrome, Elite and Star, the M Theatre and the Bijo Dream, to name a few. Several burned to the ground. The oldest survivor, the Missouri Theatre, is a fitting site for a local historian’s display of downtown movie venues going back 113 years and recalling a time when businessmen often spent their lunch breaks in Columbia’s “movie palaces.”

Guest Column By Heather Lutze: Expand by thinking global, acting local

Many small-business owners think that to be successful, they must dominate the world. After all,…

Bankers critique federal bill

Mid-Missouri bank executives believe some of the proposed federal banking regulations being debated in Congress…

From Ground Up: Landscaper expands vertically

*Business Proile*Rost Landscaping expands vertically, adds new garden center location to its integrated landscape contracting business

CBT Q&A: Bob Wagner

*CBT Q&A*Bob Wagner, chairman and CEO of Columbia Insurance Group, appointed to Boone Hospital Center’s board of trustees

Getting the Word Out: Miracles come in small packages

Do you believe in miracles? I do. I notice them every day in flowers blooming…

New Business Update: Noumenon

*New Business Update*Noumenon Print Studio and Gallery displays artists’ work and ills Columbia’s need for high-quality printing

First State to keep Premier staff, locations

Premier Bank customers might initially notice little more than a change in signage after the…

Banking executives wary of writedowns

From the Editors of American Banker Almost half the banking sector’s top executives say it…

Some Midwest bankers wary of rebound

A survey of rural bankers in 10 Midwest and Plains states released on June 17…