St. Charles County Business Record, MO articles from February 2006

St. Charles County Business Record, MO archives from February 2006

Asset protection practices pick up in wake of new bankruptcy law.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Reni Gertner (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). In the months since the new bankruptcy reform act became law, more physicians and other...

U.S. Supreme Court rules businesswoman's 'Bivens' suit not subject to FTCA judgment bar.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA Staff (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA.,another Dolan Media publication). A refusal to apply the Federal Tort Claims Act's judgment bar to a businesswoman's...

Supporting staff key to building law firm dream team.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher (The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). Lawyers put a lot of time and effort into marketing, technology and other areas of their...

Questions remain concerning casino company's relocation to St. Louis County.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask The St. Louis area has seen its loss of major corporate headquarters in recent years. This week the area got some good news in that regard when Isle of Capri Casino Inc. made it official - the company will move its...

O'Fallon-based MEMC looks to double capacity for solar industry.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady O'Fallon-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. announced in a financial statement that it is looking to double production of its silicon products in the next three years. The announcement came in the company's...

O'Fallon to request release of Community Development Block Grant.
February 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of O'Fallon will request the release of $243,307 in 2006 Community Development Block Grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Feb. 8, following a two-week...

St. Charles-based Quilogy's Interactive Group wins communicator awards.
February 1, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Quilogy's Interactive Group was recognized for outstanding interactive design and presentation for a client engagement and was awarded two awards of distinction from the Communicator Awards, an...

Mercedes-Benz dealership comes to Weldon Spring.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The city of Weldon Spring got some good news last year. A new Mercedes-Benz dealership was coming to its town. "We are very fortunate," said Jack Strick, city administrator. Bringing a Mercedes-Benz dealership...

Internet sales tax push could threaten e-tailers.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Amy Gillentine This article originally appeared in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media newspaper. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - With eBay sales increasing each year - 36 percent last year alone - state...

Federal Open Market Committee raises federal funds.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Federal Open Market Committee decided on Wednesday to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 4 1/2 percent. In a press release issued from the committee, the FOMC said...

Gov. Blunt consolidates state agencies.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff In an executive order issued on Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt consolidated state agencies that manage and regulate financial services and provide professional oversight. The order transfers...

Total compensation, benefits costs increase in last quarter.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent from September to December 2005, seasonally adjusted, the same increase that occurred between June and September, the Bureau of...

St. Peters again to offer sales tax holiday.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The city of St. Peters again this summer will participate in a sales tax holiday weekend. The weekend usually takes place a few weeks before schools open and allows students and their parents to buy...

Frontenac Bank names assistant vice president.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Frontenac Bank has hired Jeff G. Gilbert to be assistant vice president of commercial lending at its St. Charles branch. The bank has charged Gilbert with increasing its St. Charles market share,...

Premier Bank in St. Charles promotes Lauren Janus.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Premier Bank in St. Charles County has promoted Lauren Janus to assistant vice president and banking center manager. In her new position Janus will be responsible for assisting with the overall...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital has new plastic surgeon.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Dr. Thomas Lionelli, a plastic surgeon, has joined Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital. Lionelli specializes in reconstructive and hand surgery, burn care, liposuction, tummy tucks and breast...

Coldwell Banker Gundaker Highway 94 agent recognized for customer satisfaction.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Susan Brewer, real estate agent at Coldwell Banker Gundaker Highway 94 at Mid Rivers, has been named a "Five Star" for best in client satisfaction by a real estate agent for 2006 by St. Louis...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital Auxiliary offers scholarships.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital Auxiliary will accept applications through April for five, $1,000 scholarships from college students seeking nursing careers. The auxiliary also has five,...

Economic Development Center of St. Charles County to present its annual report.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Economic Development Center of St. Charles County on Feb. 15 will present its annual report to the community. The not-for-profit organization will highlight its achievements during its 15 years...

Rep. Dempsey to address state chamber.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Republican state Rep. Tom Dempsey of St. Charles will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry's St. Louis Breakfast Club. Dempsey, who serves as the...

Applications now available for O'Fallon home-improvement loans.
February 2, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Applications for zero-interest, home-improvement loans are now available to O'Fallon homeowners at the O'Fallon Municipal Centre (City Hall), 100 N. Main St. Homeowners who qualify for the loan...

Study finds younger attorneys value personal time over longer hours.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess For generations, attorneys willing to sacrifice their personal time advanced within their law firms, while lawyers who focused more on a work-life balance lagged behind. But all that is beginning to change as the face of...

Litigation mounts over Guidant Corp.'s flawed heart devices.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - The first trial over Guidant Corp.'s flawed heart devices is slated to start this month in Texas. ...

ABA addresses some public policy issues.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Daily Record-Rochester The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The American Bar Association House of Delegates, the association's...

Experts warn that St. Louis is not immune from disasters.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess Earthquakes? They're California's problem. Flooding? Look to Louisiana for that. Terrorism? Try New York. This not-in-our-back-yard attitude could cost local construction professionals time, money and even their...

KC-based Capital Improvements Management Office breaks construction records in 2005.
February 3, 2006... Byline: KC Daily Record Staff (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) While addressing Kansas City's capital projects backlog in 2005, the Capital Improvements Management...

Webster University in downtown St. Louis gets an education in renovation.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess The excitement attached to the renovation of the Old Post Office in downtown St. Louis reached epic proportions - first with relocation of the Missouri Court of Appeal, Eastern District, from the Wainwright Building and...

Commentary: Use of real estate appraisals helps in business valuation.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Joel B. Charkatz (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Unlike owning shares of General Motors, Microsoft or Dell, the value of a closely held business at any...

Commentary: Add mortgage professionals to human resources.
February 3, 2006... Byline: John P. Finnessy (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Companies are realizing that a number of employees are strapped with a heavy mortgage and debt load. These...

Commentary: Full-service consulting firms ease process for developers.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Brian E. Siverling (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) Too often, developers call on a host of separate sub-consultants and designers to shepherd them through...

PRIDE of St. Louis honors Al Hinton for 33 years of service.
February 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff PRIDE of St. Louis Inc., the nation's first and oldest voluntary construction labor/management organization, has honored Al Hinton for 33 years of distinguished service. Hinton served as PRIDE's first...

Robert Fritz to serve on '06 Associated General Contractors of St. Louis board.
February 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Robert Fritz recently was selected by the Associated General Contractors of St. Louis to serve on its 2006 board, representing the contractor members of the AGC. Currently Fritz is a project...

St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates ends hospital projects.
February 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis-based general contractor McGrath & Associates recently completed a $1.825 million operating room expansion and an $850,000 cath lab renovation and expansion at Des Peres Hospital. McGrath...

Missouri awards millions for water, wastewater improvements.
February 3, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Gov. Matt Blunt announced that 10 Missouri communities and two public water districts have received $85.2 million in low-interest loans to construct and improve water and wastewater treatment facilities....

Maryland tries to open the door for faith-based real estate development.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Jen DeGregorio (This story originally appeared in the Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) With religious groups growing increasingly interested in real estate, Maryland held an event intended to throw...

Couple takes unique approach to commercial property leasing.
February 3, 2006... Byline: Brandice J. Armstrong (This article originally appeared in The Journal Record, OKC, OK, another Dolan Media publication.) The Elders might be on to something. Within a week of conducting an open house at their...

Experts offer tips for how lawyers can avoid fee disputes.
February 4, 2006... Byline: Sylvia Hsieh The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. BOSTON - The best career advice Boston attorney Janet Kenton-Walker got some 20-odd years ago as a new attorney...

7th Circuit rules defendant's right to counsel violated.
February 4, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Lawyer, a sister publication. MILWAUKEE - It violates a defendant's right to counsel for his attorney to appear at the change of plea hearing by...

Credit correction could lead consumers into cash collapse.
February 4, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon Shannon Kelems is not much different than many heads of households who would just like to get ahead and avoid financial ruin. It is not the fact that she is a single mother of two children who is holding down two jobs in...

Commentary: Meritorious class actions survive the Class Action Fairness Act.
February 4, 2006... Byline: E. Powell Miller, David H. Fink and Lauren Duerr The following article was originally published in Michigan Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. DETROIT - Heralded by President Bush as "a model of effective, bipartisan...

St. Louis insurance firm adds senior account executive to staff.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Welsch, Flatness & Lutz has hired Debra Bunce as senior account executive.

Anders Minkler & Diehl L.L.P. names new partner to firm.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff G. William Kennedy, Ph.D., CPA/ABV, co-director of valuation and litigation services at Anders Minkler & Diehl L.L.P., has been named a partner of the accounting and business consulting firm. Kennedy, an...

Boemler Chevrolet Co. president elected to Midwest BankCentre board.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Dale Boemler, president of Boemler Chevrolet Co. has been elected to the board of directors of Midwest BankCentre. Boemler has been active in the St. Louis automotive industry for more than three...

Buckingham Asset Management promotes five.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Buckingham Asset Management has promoted five staff members: Adam Birenbaum to associate general counsel and compliance officer; Angela Flotken to marketing manager; Doug Barnhart to senior web...

St. Louis-based Lawrence Group hires accounting specialist.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Rachel Stewart has joined The Lawrence Group as an accounting specialist to provide accounting functions for the architectural firm's project managers and retail store, Niche. Stewart has experience in...

Fox Galvin L.L.C. adds senior attorney.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Fox Galvin L.L.C. has added senior attorney Michael E. Donelson. Donelson practices civil litigation with an emphasis on health law, professional liability, personal injury, and product liability...

Helfrey, Simon & Jones P.C. adds two associates to litigation practice group.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carl J. Geraci and Matthew D. Guymon have joined the law firm of Helfrey, Simon & Jones P.C. as associates in the firm's litigation practice group. Geraci has more than seven years of experience...

ABACUS Executive Recruiting hires recruiting manager.
February 4, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff ABACUS Executive Recruiting has added Michelle M. McCormick as a recruiting manager. McCormick brings more than 10 years of experience in account management, sales and executive recruitment to ABACUS,...

Commentary: "English-only" complaints on the rise.
February 4, 2006... Byline: John O. Cunningham This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - As more and more employers hire workers who don't speak English or speak it only as a second language, workplace...

Commentary: Caring from afar for loved ones.
February 4, 2006... Byline: Gary Williams This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - There was a time when family members - grandparents, parents and children alike - lived in close proximity to...

Commentary: Employers need guidance when soldiers come back to work.
February 5, 2006... Byline: Gil A. Abramson This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. The federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, enacted in 1994, was designed to protect the...

Supreme Court rules disabled prisoners can sue under ADA.
February 5, 2006... Byline: Lawyers Weekly USA This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, a sister publication. Counties and states can be sued for damages by disabled prisoners under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...

Commentary: Good old boys club may equal sex discrimination.
February 5, 2006... Byline: Lindy Korn The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., a sister publication. ROCHESTER, NY - A magazine employee's sex and age discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of...

Economic Development Center, Industrial Development Agency caught in labor controversy.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County officials have concerns that out-of-state developers may be exploiting workers with the inadvertent help of a local organization that issues bonds. County government officials have received...

State Farm insurance agent Wayne Hoffman retires after career as a good neighbor.
February 6, 2006... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson Just like the commercial says: Like a good neighbor, State Farm insurance agent Wayne Hoffman has been there. He's been selling insurance in St. Charles for 35 years. Hoffman recently retired, however,...

Edward Jones to host presentation.
February 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Edward Jones investment representative David Richter of St. Charles will host a free satellite broadcast titled "The Medicare Rx Plan: What It Is and How It Works" at 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on...

St. Charles County League of Chambers to visit Capitol.
February 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles County League of Chambers will hold St. Charles County Day at the Capitol Showcase event from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Jefferson City. All chamber members as...

Missouri Nurses Association to hold monthly meeting.
February 6, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri Nurses Association, District No. 15, will hold a dinner meeting beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Spiro's Restaurant, 1054 N. Woods Mill Road in Chesterfield. The program topic on...

St. Charles Business Briefs: February 7, 2006.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Efforts are under way to create an arts and entertainment district in downtown St. Charles. North Main Street already is anchored by the Foundry Arts Centre. Nadine Boon, the city's economic development director,...

Premier Bank's growth related to right people.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The secret to expanding bank branches in a growth market is finding the right people to run them, said Darrell Roegner, executive vice president and president of Premier Bank's St. Charles County market. And...

Commentary: Stock market myths that need to be busted.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Allan Roth (This article was originally published the Colorado Springs Business Journal, another Dolan Media publication.) I wanted to wait a month or so to let all the gurus tell you what happened last year so I could set the...

St. Charles-based Executive Personal Computers part of regional electronic waste program.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady That old monitor or computer tower sitting in your office closet is not only collecting dust, it could be costing your business money in taxes, penalties or legal fees. That was one of the arguments St....

How to decide whether and what to outsource.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (The following article was originally published in the Long Island Business News, a sister publication.) Just about anything can be outsourced. Human resource functions, computer services, accounting, sales,...

Clayton-based Enterprise Bank rings NASDAQ closing bell.
February 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Kevin Eichner, chief executive officer of Clayton-based Enterprise Financial Services Corp., presided over Monday's NASDAQ closing bell ceremony to celebrate the company's one-year anniversary on...

State of Missouri releases general revenue report.
February 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Commissioner of Administration Mike Keathley announced on Friday that 2006 fiscal year-to-date net general revenue collections compared to 2005 fiscal year-to-date collections have increased by 5.7...

BBB in St. Louis reports record number of requests for services.
February 8, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff For another year, a record number of consumers contacted the BBB in St. Louis last year seeking services. Altogether, the BBB received more than 6.8 million requests for services, a staggering 52...

Law firms look to blogs, podcasts for marketing efforts.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Tony Wright (The following article was originally published in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Boston, MA, a sister publication.) Just five years ago, if your firm didn't have a Web site, you risked lagging behind your...

Commentary: Recent court ruling reflects rigid retirement risk.
February 8, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick (The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN a sister publication.) The largest occurrence of retirement in the workplace is on the precipice as the baby boomer...

Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. brainstorms redevelopment ideas for Noah's Ark site in St. Charles.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask The same architectural and planning firm that put together the design for Whittaker Builders Inc.'s New Town development is working on redevelopment ideas for the Noah's Ark site in St. Charles. Representatives of...

SSM St. Joseph first in St. Charles County to offer Internet heart monitor.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Amy Amour The introduction of the World Wide Web brought with it the ability to quickly share information, download music, shop at stores, watch movies, talk on the phone, study for school and conference-call clients. Add to that...

Lear Corp. expects minority supplier procurement to grow.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lear Corp., one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, announced on Tuesday it expects the amount of goods and services it buys from minority suppliers to grow to $1 billion by 2008. Lear...

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon to file lawsuit over federal drug plan.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon will go to court to challenge the federal government over a provision in the new prescription drug plan known as Medicare Part D, which took effect Jan. 1. Nixon...

Accounting firm of Huber, Ring, Helm & Co. P.C. promotes Dan Mudd to manager.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The accounting firm of Huber, Ring, Helm & Co. P.C. has promoted Dan Mudd to manager. Mudd, a resident of Wentzville, most recently was a supervisor in the firm's audit department. He has 13 years...

jWeb New Media Design of St. Charles names Joshua Groboski chief programmer.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff jWeb New Media Design has named Joshua Groboski as production manager and chief programmer of the company's graphic design specialists. Prior to joining jWeb, Groboski served as lead programmer at...

Hannegan earns Realtor e-Pro certification offered by Nat. Assn. of Realtors.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Tom Hannegan of Hannegan Real Estate recently completed the Realtor e-Pro course offered by the National Association of Realtors. The course is presented entirely online, instructing real estate...

Wentzville chamber gets new members.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Wentzville Chamber of Commerce recently added these new members: Countrywide Home Loans, represented by Lori Nowakowski; I-70 Auto Body, represented by Jon Parmentier; Ryan's Grill, represented...

St. Charles issues 19 business licenses.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff St. Charles City in January issued licenses for 19 businesses. They are: Allin's Diner, 130 N. Kingshighway; Bax Engineering Co., 221 Point West Blvd.; Bittersweet Inn, 1101 N. Third St.; CCL Label...

Missouri and St. Charles chambers to lobby lawmakers.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Representatives of the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and St. Charles chambers of commerce will be Jefferson City on different days this month to lobby state lawmakers. Missouri Chamber Day at...

Design expert to address meeting of ESPW (Encouraging, Supporting & Promoting Women).
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sharon Laux, Ph.D., a housing and environmental design specialist for the University of Missouri Extension service, will address members of ESPW (Encouraging, Supporting & Promoting Women) at their...

Habitat for Humanity St. Charles, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans join forces.
February 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Habitat for Humanity St. Charles and the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans for the St. Louis Gateway Region are building seven homes as part of a nationwide effort to create additional homeownership...

MO Supreme Court finds earlier paternity ruling sufficient in nonsupport case.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A mother and her child do not have to hand over their DNA to buttress the state's criminal nonsupport charges against the legally declared father, the Missouri Supreme Court said last week. The court's decision...

7th Circuit holds diversity jurisdiction established by settlement offers.
February 9, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer (The following article was originally published in Wisconsin Law Journal, Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held on Jan. 31 that diversity jurisdiction was...

Nat. Assn. of Law Placement Foundation study reveals conflicts in attorneys' personal lives.
February 9, 2006... Byline: Daily Record Staff Writer (This article orignally ran in The Daily Record, Rochester, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) Lack of time spent with their families and excessive work hours are driving qualified attorneys toward...

MoDOT attempts to ease 40/64 construction traffic fears.
February 10, 2006... Byline: Cathy Kingsley Complete closure will not be an option for the Interstate 64/Highway 40 Reconstruction Project, according to Pete Rahn, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation. Rahn spoke at the Downtown St. Louis...