Prices for commercial real estate essentially flattened in August, according to a report released from the Moody’s/REAL CPPI. The measure for August was 169.74, a slight decline of 0.1 percent from the previous month, an essentially “flat result.”

Ozark -- Tourism marketing experts say that Ozark --straddling U.S. 65 about halfway between Springfield and Branson -- is sitting on prime real estate as thousands of vehicles travel right by it daily on their way back and forth.

Fourteen years ago, Jeff Taylor helped set off a tectonic shift in recruitment advertising by founding Monster.com, one of the first online companies to challenge a big profit source of newspapers.

Much of the retail focus in recent months has been on the opening of high-end stores such as Barney's New York in the Shoppes at the Palazzo. In a few months, however, a store with a decidedly different price point will make its entry into the Las Vegas

Given their backgrounds, it seemed unlikely that Prokop Svoboda and Jaroslav Žižka would ever cross paths. In his teenage years, Svoboda dreamed of pursuing a career in the music industry, whereas Žižka set off to study civil engineering.