St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from December 2005

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from December 2005

St. Charles IGA first to make mark with BioPay.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson A little grocery store in St. Charles is making big news as it introduces the newest technology in purchasing in the country. Mid-Towne IGA at 317 Hawthorne in St. Charles has begun using BioPay, a...

Commentary: Mutual fund industry finally clues into absolute returns.
December 1, 2005... Byline: David Clogg This article originally appeared in the Baltimore Daily Record, another Dolan Media publication. Stop the presses! That's right, I said stop the presses! Have I got a scoop for you. Here we are in the 21st...

Bryan Cave loses five Middle East attorneys to Fulbright & Jaworski.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Donna Walter The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. on Monday announced the expansion of its Middle East practice. As part of that expansion, five Bryan Cave attorneys have joined Fulbright: John V. Lonsberg and...

Switzer joins Carmody MacDonald after 11 years with AG's St. Louis office.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess What is the Missouri Attorney General Office's loss is St. Louis-based law firm Carmody MacDonald's gain. Longtime Missouri Attorney General Special Chief Counsel Erwin "Erv" O. Switzer III made the leap from public...

Instructional plain error leads to second trial for accused burglar.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan In a rather unusual move, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District ruled, based on instructional plain error, that an accused burglar deserves a new trial. In State of Missouri vs. Mardell Lynn...

Small businesses invited to testify about regulatory fairness.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board will hold its first public hearing on Thursday, Jan. 5, seeking public comment on state rules and regulations that impact small business. The hearing...

AT&T ticker symbol back on market.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Now that SBC changed its name to AT&T Inc., its legendary "T" symbol will return to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The "T" symbol was used by AT&T Corp. before its acquisition by SBC...

Cottleville chiropractor's business growth is off charts.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Conventional business theory says it takes 18 months to two years for a new business to build the momentum needed to show a profit. Dr. Joshua Fink, owner of Fink Chiropractic Center in Cottleville,...

White Auto Body helps give away cars.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff White Auto Body in O'Fallon is one of a handful of collision repair dealerships that participate in the Acoat Selected National Benevolence Program, which donates refurbished cars to needy families....

O'Fallon's development and promotions coordinator takes position with Healthy Communities.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sharon M. Dunn, development and promotions coordinator for the city of O'Fallon, has resigned to take a position as executive director of Healthy Communities. Her final day with O'Fallon is Dec. 9....

O'Fallon announces new staffing, reassignment.
December 1, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff To help make city operations more efficient, the city of O'Fallon has announced realignment of staff and has reassigned duties of several positions that had been vacated earlier this year but not...

In home remodeling, options add style.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally ran in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y. another Dolan Media publication). Paul and Terri Cariello's home was too small. Their master bedroom - not what they wanted. "We...

Commentary: EPA adopts 'all appropriate inquiry ' regulations.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Michael C. Powell (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD., another Dolan Media publication). On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its long-awaited rule on "all appropriate...

St. Louis Development Corp. turns the potential into the possible.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright It may look like the downtown area is on the brink of a gold rush, but there are still plenty of ways developers and businesses can claim a stake in the land. Developers looking for financing, tax incentives and...

Jackson County jury's verdict leaves landlord well short of demand.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Charles Emerick (This article originally ran in the Daily Record, Kansas City, MO., another dolan Media publication).A building tenant that allegedly owed tens of thousands of dollars for unauthorized electrical work was cleared by...

Mortgage Bankers Assn. opposes proposals by Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform.
December 2, 2005... Byline: David Reich-Hale (This article originally ran in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y. another Dolan Media publication). The Mortgage Bankers Association expressed its opposition to several proposals affecting...

St. Louis office of Clayco adds Chadwell, names Sears vice president.
December 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tiffany Kay Chadwell has joined Clayco as a construction administrator in mission control. Clayco's mission control tracks all designs, documents, meetings and changes, serving as the nerve center for...

McLard joins St. Louis-based Gray Design Group.
December 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gray Design Group has added Jessica L. McLard as a project associate. In her new position, McLard plays an integral role, assisting project managers in all phases of the interior design process. Prior to...

St. Louis-based Tarlton wins Keystone Award.
December 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, won the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis 2005 Keystone Award in "Building Construction Projects, $5...

Real estate not expected to be a hot holiday item.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Jen DeGregorio (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD., another Dolan Media publication). During the holiday season, sales tend to boom for just about every consumer product on the market - but not...

Women build presence as construction firm owners.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article originally ran in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). For a woman in construction, it was one of those jaw-dropping moments. It happened a little more than...

The Lawrence Group completes downtown St. Louis project.
December 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawrence Group has completed work on the renovation of the Spool Thread Building and Alexander Lofts at 1121 Locust in downtown St. Louis. The $5 million project is being developed by New City...

Warneke joins St. Louis office of Durrant.
December 2, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Barbara K. Warneke recently joined the St. Louis office of Durrant, an architectural and engineering firm, as manager of business development. Warneke, who brings almost 30 years of experience to the...

Value of tax-increment financing is in eye of beholder.
December 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Probably no other issue concerning economic development has divided communities more than has local municipalities' use of tax-increment financing, better known as TIF. Much has been made of school districts'...

Board to hear small businesses' views on state's regulatory process.
December 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Small-business owners who think state government hinders their operations with too many regulations will have an opportunity to voice their complaints at a public hearing next month. The Small Business Regulatory...

Commentary: TIF: Tax increment financing or taking incidental funds.
December 3, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon On June 8 and 9 the Missouri Economic Development Financing Council will host its annual conference at the Embassy Suites in St. Charles. Agenda items some economic observers would like to see as part of that session...

Wuestling & James P.C. adds associate to firm.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Wuestling & James P.C. has added Susan M. Schwartzkopf to its firm as an associate. She holds a law degree from Vermont School of Law as well as an undergraduate degree in political science and a minor...

President of St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission to retire.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carole Moody, president of the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission, has announced her retirement effective March 1, 2006, which is her 30th anniversary with the destination marketing organization....

Former prosecutor in St. Louis joins law firm of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Scott J. Golde, a former federal prosecutor in St. Louis, has joined the criminal defense and compliance practice group at Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P. From 2002 until joining the firm, he was an assistant...

First National Bank of St. Louis appoints new mortgage loan officer.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First National Bank of St. Louis has appointed Buzz Samuel to become a mortgage loan officer for its' Ladue location. In the years prior to joining First National Bank, Samuel served as a loan officer...

Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. adds to government solutions division.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. has added Missouri Sen. Michael R. Gibbons to its government solutions division. A veteran attorney with more than 20 years of experience, Gibbons serves in the Missouri...

Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan adds new shareholder to firm.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Spencer P. Desai has joined the firm of Capes, Sokol, Goodman & Sarachan P.C. as a shareholder starting December. Desai has been a shareholder of the Polsinelli, Shalton, Welte, Suelthaus law firm,...

Gallop, Johnson & Neuman adds to St. Louis intellectual property group.
December 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Gallop, Johnson & Neuman has added John W. Kepler III, a respected intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on intellectual asset management. Kepler joined the law firm's...

U.S. Supreme Court weighs abortion notification law.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - The U.S. Supreme Court heard its first abortion case this week since John G. Roberts Jr. took over as...

U.S. Supreme Court hears abortion protester case.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - The U.S. Supreme Court heard for the third time a nearly 20-year-old case challenging the use of...

Discovery requests in litigation reveal importance of e-mail archiving policies.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Nora A. Jones The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester N.Y., a sister publication. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - What is your company's e-mail archiving policy? Is it written down? Is it followed to the...

Strategies and considerations in starting a law firm.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Michelle Lore The following article was originally published in the Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Having gained experience working for two Minneapolis law firms, Robert P. Webber was ready to...

Blackberry e-mail and telephone service may be blocked by federal patent infringement case.
December 4, 2005... Byline: Kara Kridler The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, Md., a sister publication. Research In Motion Ltd.'s popular Blackberry e-mail and telephone service is one step closer to being...

Variety is spice of life at Crooked Tree Coffeehouse.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Wm. Stage A Denver native, Stein (pronounced Steen) Hunter came to St. Charles in 1988 to "pursue the woman who would become my wife." He fell into the hospitality industry, and having managed several restaurants over the years,...

U.S. Supreme Court considers federal banking jurisdiction.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication.) The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that will dictate the future...

Failure to sign notice of appeal not grounds for dismissal.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan For the second time in a month, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, has again told the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission to quit being so picky. In Natalie Rector vs. Cheryl Kelly and the...

Bread Co.'s test site may cause chain reaction for Wentzville.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson Wentzville is home to the first Saint Louis Bread Co. drive thru in the country. The newly opened store is a test site for the Bread Co.'s new concept for its stores. Brandi Henderson, senior coordinator...

Missouri unemployment rates continue to decline.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Unemployment rates in October generally declined in the state's metropolitan areas compared to September and year-ago figures. The unemployment rates across the St. Louis metropolitan region were no exception. ...

St. Charles Business Briefs: December 6, 2005.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Business has been good for Trinity Products Inc. in O'Fallon. So good, in fact, that the custom steel fabrication company is expanding and will build a 60,000-square-foot facility in St. Charles City next year....

Commentary: Holidays synonymous with decline at offices.
December 6, 2005... Byline: Mike Boyd, CSBJ Editor This article was originally published in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media publication.) This just in: Your co-workers at the office are likely to be more distracted and less...

Formal diagnosis of mental condition not needed for determination of Social Security benefits.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright A man did not need a formal diagnosis of mental retardation before age 22 to receive Social Security benefits, he just needed to display symptoms of the condition, a federal appellate court said Tuesday. ...

Missouri court rules standard for criminal negligence met in child endangerment case.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication.) The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, said there was sufficient evidence to show a...

Lindenwood University settles with West Clay property owners.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Lindenwood University's plans to build its $32 million concert hall became a little easier. The university closed on a key piece of real estate along West Clay Street on Tuesday in order to move forward with...

Commentary: Still using a fax machine? Why not fax from your PC?
December 7, 2005... Byline: Rick Edvalson (This article originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID, another Dolan Media publication.) My family likes trivia games. While I can usually hold my own in games of words and strategy, trivia is...

GMAC sells auto loans to focus on mortgage lending.
December 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff General Motors Acceptance Corp., the wholly owned financial services subsidiary of General Motors Corp., announced on Monday that it would sell Scotia Capital, the corporate and investment banking...

Attorney General Jay Nixon warns Missourians of 'jury duty' ID theft scam.
December 7, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Attorney General Jay Nixon and the Office of State Courts Administrator warned Missourians that bogus calls are circulating from individuals posing as officers of state and federal courts in an...

Contingency fee agreement needed to be unambiguous.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright More than seven years of litigation over a contingency fee agreement left an attorney seeking compensation nearly empty-handed as an appellate court reversed the attorney's $33,700 award in quantum meruit. ...

U.S. Supreme Court hears attorneys' broken computer case.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON, Mass. - The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case in which the plaintiff seeks to...

New hospital to focus on behavioral medicine.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Amy Amour SSM officials believe they can build a better future with the expansion of Crossroads' general psychiatric services. After finalizing the purchase of Crossroads Regional Medical Center in Wentzville on Nov. 1 for an...

Commentary: Funding for the small biotech company.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Mark E. Rapson (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Obtaining funding is one of the most challenging tasks for the small biotech company. This sometimes feels...

SBA reports increase in small-business loans.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Small-business loans outstanding by commercial banks totaled $522 billion as of June 2004, an increase of $27 billion or 5.5 percent between June 2003 and June 2004, according to a study released in...

GM announces key senior management moves.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Frederick "Fritz" Henderson, chairman of GM Europe and a GM group vice president, has been elected GM vice chairman and chief financial officer by the GM board of directors, effective Jan. 1....

Extension Center of St. Charles County seeks council nominations.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Nominations are being accepted for the January 2006 election to the University of Missouri Extension Council of St. Charles County. Council member will assist in planning and carrying out extension...

Frontenac Bank in St. Louis adds Landry as assistant VP.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Steven J. Landry has joined Frontenac Bank as assistant vice president of loan review at the Frontenac branch. Landry has more than 10 years of experience in the banking and credit industry. In his...

Lake St. Louis-based Triton adds Weber as accounting analyst.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Triton Cos., a Lake Saint Louis-based residential and commercial real estate firm, has announced the addition of Tamara Weber as accounting analyst. In this position, Weber will be responsible for...

Walker joins CitiMortgage as managing director of correspondent lending.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff CitiMortgage has hired Jeff Walker as managing director for their correspondent lending division. Walker has more than 15 years of mortgage banking experience and joins CitiMortgage from Wells...

St. Peters Alderman John "Rocky" Reitmeyer named to National League of Cities.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Peters Alderman John "Rocky" Reitmeyer has been selected to serve as sergeant-at-arms during the National League of Cities' Congress of Cities business meeting on Dec. 10 in Charlotte, N.C. As...

St. Charles County Extension Center to offer QuickBooks.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A two-session "Introduction to QuickBooks" computer workshop will be offered at St. Charles County Extension Center, 260 Brown Road in St. Peters from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Jan. 11 and 12. The...

Local businesses help Habitat's Building Homes project.
December 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Several local businesses and community leaders have generously given what they can to support Habitat for Humanity's "Building Homes . . . Changing Lives" project, which will develop a distinctive...

Better Downtown Awards in St. Louis reward rehabbers, entrepreneurs.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Cathy Kingsley The Roberts Orpheum Theater on North 9th Street not only hosted the event put on by Downtown St. Louis Partnership, it was also one of the recipients of the 2005 Cityscape Awards last Tuesday evening. The awards were...

Fed report shows Midwest buffered from bubble.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess When the Federal Reserve issued its "Beige Book" report last Wednesday, St. Louis area real estate and construction professionals took a sigh of relief as the cooling housing market let a barely audible hiss. While...

Record construction spending spree ignites nationwide inflation.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Dolan Media Staff Writer (This article originally ran in New Orleans CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA, another Dolan Media publication). "Construction spending set another record in October, reaching $1.13 trillion at a seasonally...

Man forced out of store wins $7.7 million in eminent domain case.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Reni Gertner (This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). In a case that highlights the nationwide controversy over taking private property for economic use, a San...

Office buildings volatile but primed for investment.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Kennedy Smith (This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR., another Dolan Media publication). Office buildings nudged out other commercial real estate property types as investment vehicles...

Geurkink joins Negwer Materials Inc. Cape Girardeau location.
December 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Negwer Materials Inc. has added Tina Geurkink as an inside salesperson in the company's Cape Girardeau, Mo., location. Primarily responsible for inside sales, Geurkink also assists with human resources...

Rebecca Barefoot Losli joins St. Louis-based Kwame Building Group.
December 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Rebecca Barefoot Losli of Creve Coeur recently joined Kwame Building Group as project engineer. Her responsibilities include wastewater infrastructure design in the environmental market. Barefoot Losli...

Clark Properties leases space in St. Louis to U.S. Postal Service.
December 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clark Properties is doing its part to ensure happy holidays for customers of the U.S. Postal Service. Clark Properties is leasing 130,000 square feet of warehouse space in Union Seventy Center Business...

Outsourcing rebates benefits builders, buyers, suppliers.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley (This article originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO., another Dolan Media publication). Building supply companies like Kohler, Mohawk Carpet, Atrium Windows and...

2nd Circuit Court rules non-owner may be liable for discriminatory practices under Fair Housing Act.
December 9, 2005... Byline: Dolan Media Staff Writer (This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). A defendant who was not a property owner or its agent may still be held liable under the federal...

Society of Industrial and Office Realtor names Staniforth regional director.
December 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Society of Industrial and Office Realtor[R] has selected Robert J. Staniforth, president of the St. Louis chapter of SIOR, as regional director for the Midwest USA region. As regional director,...

Express Scripts Project on Univ. of MO-St. Louis campus contract awarded.
December 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco Paric Joint Venture awarded the team of Geotechnology Inc., City Design Group and TSi Engineering Inc. the contract to provide quality control services for the Express Scripts Project on the...

Going green can generate greenbacks for businesses.
December 10, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask "It's not easy being green," according to that astute observer Kermit the Frog. But in the field of construction, contractors are hearing kudos for their green buildings, which are gaining acceptance here, nationally and...

Commentary: Green building success slumps along with other past wins.
December 10, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Businesses leaders and residents of the St. Louis region frequently forget their successes. In an area easily recognized for its often unfounded low self-esteem, one might not be surprised to learn that the same region...

Town & Country/Frontenac Chamber of Commerce elects president.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The law firm of Murphy Wasinger L.C. has announced that David G. Wasinger has been unanimously elected president of the Town & Country/Frontenac Chamber of Commerce.

Husch & Eppenberger adds associate attorney to St. Louis office.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Husch & Eppenberger L.L.C. has added Laurel J. Tinsley as an associate attorney in the land use development and financing practice group. Tinsley concentrates her practice in a variety of federal,...

Evans & Dixon L.L.C. adds to St. Louis office.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Melanie Supranowich has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. Supranowich is based in the firm's St. Louis office. She brings experience in...

Three St. Louis-area schools agree to go solar.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Three St. Louis-area schools have agreed to participate in a state program designed primarily to teach students about solar energy and generate a little electricity. The state Department of...

The National Center for State Courts inducts one into Warren E. Burger Society.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The National Center for State Courts recently inducted Michael L. Buenger, state court administrator for the Supreme Court of Missouri, into the Warren E. Burger Society. The Burger Society honors...

State Law Resources Inc. elects chairman of the board.
December 10, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff State Law Resources Inc. has elected Sherry L. Doctorian, a partner in the Jefferson City office of Armstrong Teasdale L.L.P., to serve as chairman of the board of directors for the 2005-2006 term....