University of Missouri-Columbia is the highest-ranked college in Missouri at No. 45, according a recent ranking of the top 250 public colleges in America by an affiliated publication, Buffalo Business First. Truman State University followed close behind at No. 49.…

A Columbia fireworks distributor has outgrown its facility and plans to open a new distribution center in Boonville. Spirit of ’76 distributes fireworks at its current facility off of Highway 40 in Columbia, but plans to relocate to the old…

The University of Missouri System has announced the selection of 18 students from across the university’s four campuses to participate in the UM System Entrepreneurial Scholars and Interns Program (ESIP). In its second year, the program provides students with an…

Some places are friendlier — and cheaper — than others to launch a business, especially if you’re just starting out in your career. NerdWallet factored in the population between ages 25 and 34 and the education level of each city,…

How many people does it take to produce two milk jug-size bottles of radioactive isotopes? A company called Northwest Medical Isotopes thinks it will take between 75 and 85 employees to produce molybdenum-99. Mo-99, as it is known, is used…

With wood chips and help from the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, the MU Power Plant could shrink the facility’s greenhouse gas emissions by almost 50 percent by 2019. The 100 percent biomass-fueled boiler at MU’s Power Plant…

When it comes to pay, women still make only about 78% of what men bring home. This is a tough truth about the lack of equal pay for equal work, but it isn’t necessarily the full picture. New research by…