People You Should Know: Vicki Powell

*People You Should Know*Vicki Powell, executive senior sales director of Mary Kay cosmetics.

PURE plans to promote photography as art

*New Business Update*PURE Photography Gallery and Studio promotes photography as art.

U Club’s Farm to Table features some big-name chefs

When University Club of MU’s Farm to Table summit lands in Columbia June 12 and…

Downtown businesses seek faster broadband

*Buying Broadband*Downtown businesses struggle to afford upgrades to high-speed Internet.

Grant to move MU docs digital

Grant Savage, head of the University of Missouri School of Medicine Department of Health Management…

From the Roundtable: 1956: Another watershed year in Columbia's economic development

My first contact with Big Blue was in the early ’50s. Staring at a school…

University to fund Ellis Fischel with revenue bonds

University of Missouri Health Care has chosen to take on its own debt to build…

N.H. Scheppers stays in family with Priesmeyer as president

*Business Profile*Joe Priesmeyer succeeds Joe Scheppers as president of local beverage distributor N.H. Scheppers.

Getting the Word Out: Learning to disconnect

Smart phones have become wildly popular since Apple’s iPhone captured the hearts of people of…

New council puts its stamp on planning commission

In a departure from its usual practice, the City Council opted not to reappoint one…

Vertical Group scam destroys friendships

It has been about a year since Columbia resident Mike Trom spoke with his former…

IBM data center to create hundreds of jobs

The flag welcoming IBM to Columbia, unfurled from the roof of Boone County National Bank’s…