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Do you want an outlet to tell your customers about your company personally? Are you…

Web Wonders: New Chamber of Commerce Web site more user-friendly

Columbia Chamber of Commerce President Don Laird says the Web site that the IDP Group…

Powell helps digitize music industry

When Steve Powell answered his phone one day last year, he had no idea that…

Odd Jobs: Chloie cleans up her act

Is home your castle or your sanctuary? February is national “Get Organized Month,” and it’s…

Calling all women risk-takers

Is it still a man’s world? When it comes to entrepreneurship, more women are taking…

Conference draws high-profile speakers

The organizers of the 2007 Chamber of Commerce Business Conference & Showcase managed to lure…

Fixing Missouri’s health care system ‘hideously complicated’

After generally taking a hands-off approach to private health insurance for more than a decade,…

Ken Greene’s jewelry shop a downtown gem

You might expect a martial arts enthusiast to thrive on killer instinct, but to Monarch…

PYSK: Dean Martin

Division Chief, City of Columbia Fire Department AGE: 43 JOB DESCRIPTION: Overseeing the Fire Marshals…

Woods to move, expand low-profile luxury auto dealership

The highest concentration of luxury cars in Columbia is across town from the big dealerships,…

Sign Ordinance: Here we go again

A rather heady fight over a new sign ordinance is brewing in the Columbia business…

City should overhaul franchising system amid media evolutions

One measure of any great city is the depth and the quality of the telecommunications…