INGRAM'S • August 2010 • Volume 36, No. 7
The Black Book
Get to know Chuck Ambrose, the new president at the University of Central Missouri.
Incentives for Change
Gov. Jay Nixon takes a two-pronged approach to addressing business fundamentals in Missouri, targeting long-term strategies and tax-incentive programs.
by Dennis Boone
Fit to be Retried
The second edition of the Fittest Executives and Fittest Companies Challenge gets ready to welcome an expanded field of competitors for the 2010 installment.
Simply the Best
Turning the awards programming decisions over to our readers, we see who's the Best of Business Kansas City, 2010. Find out who our readers' choices are for best restaurants, products, services and more.
by Chris Becicka and Dennis Boone
Water Worries
Whether we think we can afford it or not, this region must address deferred maintenance in its water infrastructure. But can we do that before the business foundation erodes, as well?
by Dennis Boone
The Infrastructure Tab
Like Kansas City itself, Missouri and Kansas are looking at multi-billion-dollar backlogs of work needed statewide, on everything from roads and bridges to college campuses.
by Dennis Boone
BUSINESS & COMMERCE
Sales Moves
If you don't show your clients the value of what you're selling, you'll soon lose those accounts to pricing concerns.
by Jeffrey Gitomer
Small Business Adviser
It's not just a matter for big business; small companies have as many reasons to practice diversity as do large ones.
by Denise Drake
Wealth Management
The closer we get to 2011, the less likely is an extension of estate-tax cuts. That means your window to act is closing.
by Seamus Smith
Financial Adviser
With tighter regulations and more stringent lending terms now in place, you must build a relationship with your banker.
by Joe Valenciano
PERSPECTIVES
Editor’s Note
Combining a new commitment to personal fitness with a good cause can lead to some surprising revelations about oneself.
by Joe Sweeney
Between the Lines
The free market at work in a city contrasts sharply with planned approaches, and no place demonstrates that better than Seaside Heights, N.J.
by Jack Cashill
