Memo 9/17/07

Business seminar set for November

Associated Industries of Missouri will host a conference Nov. 14 and 15 in Columbia, Mo., to provide information on new state economic development programs, environmental matters and other business issues. Among the presentations will be a seminar of the new sales-tax exemption for utilities used in the manufacturing process and a program led by Doyle Childers, director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, on the department's new ombudsman program. For more information or to find a registration form, go to www.aimo.com.

Cape firm to have open house after ceremony

The Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting for Region Title & Land Services at 2511 Independence St., Suite 301, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Justin Pobst, the new owner of Regional Title, will celebrate the opening of the company's new location and host an open house immediately following the ribbon cutting.

-- From staff reports