Interpreting Nixon’s Ellis Fischel veto

            Gov. Jay Nixon’s decision to delay but not veto a $31 million allocation for…

Bank Failures: What you need to know

Adapted from a letter to BCNB customers With the proliferation of bank failures, I thought…

Columbia gets rosy employment forecast

Columbia’s unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 percent in March to 4.8 percent in April, according…

Customer Service: 911: Customer Service Emergency

  Have you ever been to a business and had an employee deliver great service,…

Banks tap TARP

Six banks with branches in the Columbia market have received money in the federal bailout,…

Other Views: P&Z Commission is no place for developers

One of the pleasures of returning home after a couple weeks in the frigid north…

Banks with local branches named top performers

Three banks operating in the Columbia market have made the American Bankers Association list of…

Getting personnel: Moresource growing at age 15

*Business Profile*Moresource, a human resources service company, turns 15

Senior Investing

*Role Reversal*Children help aging parents manage their money

Finance courses gain popularity

At a time when Americans are grasping to understand the causes and effects of an…

SBA lending increases during credit crunch

While the financial crisis is making it harder for businesses to borrow money, lending backed…

From the Roundtable: Get-A-Load of these parking schemes, past and present

  The GetAbout Columbia schemes seem to come in waves. The latest “experiment” in the…