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Business
2:55 pm
Wed February 1, 2012

Columbia ranked in top 25 places to live for a working retirement

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When the original administration building of the university burned in 1892 the columns were left standing. They stand today on Francis Quadrangle and are an iconic image of the university's Columbia campus.

According to Forbes, Columbia, Missouri is one of the top places to move to for a working retirement in the United States.

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Business Beat
2:36 pm
Wed February 1, 2012

Missouri farmers try to protect themselves from agritourism

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Every summer tourists descend on the farm Art Gelder and his wife operate near Columbia, Mo.

This week:  KBIA talks with William Barrett of Forbes on how the city of Columbia is in the top twenty places in the U.S. to come for a working retirement.  Plus, Missouri farmers are trying to protect themselves from "agritourism."

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