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

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

Commentary: Gandhi's message touches on doing business the right way.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Satish B. Parekh This article originally was published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - In this season to contemplate New Year's resolutions, Mahatma Gandhi has a profound message that is...

IRS prepares for upcoming tax season.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Brian Brus The following article was originally published in The Journal Record, Okalhoma City, a sister publication. OKLAHOMA CITY - While most of the country is looking ahead to a fresh new year after surviving the bustle of...

Postage rate increase prompts some to make slight changes.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Brandice J. Armstrong The following article was originally published in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, a sister publication. OKLAHOMA CITY - The week or two after Christmas is typically a slow time for the U.S. Postal...

Commentary: Unconscionable barriers to pharmaceuticals.
January 1, 2006... Byline: Alan Lyles The following article was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, a sister publication. BALTIMORE - In our free-market society, corporations - especially those with a retail component - make major...

James Elcock, CEO of LaMeD Academy, is a man for all seasons.
January 2, 2006... Byline: Wm. Stage James Elcock is president and CEO of LaMeD Academy, a Hebrew/Jewish-Christian Seminary, offering bachelor's and master's degrees in Middle Eastern history. Located on Mid Rivers Mall Drive within the Economic Development...

Seventh Circuit says drunk driving is a 'violent felony'.
January 3, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer This article originally appeared in The Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. MILWAUKEE - The 7th Circuit held on Dec. 19 that drunk driving is a "violent felony" for purposes of the Armed Career...

St. Charles Economic Briefs: January 3, 2005.
January 3, 2006... Byline: Melissa Trask Most local government employees don't want to have anything to do with politics. They would rather just do their jobs quietly and without political interference. That is not always possible. During the past couple of...

Office Depot celebrates new stores openings by making equipment donations to nonprofits.
January 3, 2006... Byline: Melissa Trask The opening of another retail outlet in St. Charles County isn't all that unusual considering the growth that has occurred in the county during the past decade. Because of that, most grand openings go unnoticed by the...

Lake Saint Louis-based Medical Transportation Management criticized in state settlement release.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Politics explains it. And Lake Saint Louis-based Medical Transportation Management Inc. said it is glad to finally wash its hands of the matter. A press release was issued by Gov. Matt Blunt's office on Dec....

MO Dept. of Economic Development completes re-organization designed to boost economy.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady The Missouri Department of Economic Development completed a major internal re-organization just four months after beginning the effort. The department announced the creation of the new business and community...

IRS to perform more audits as part of emphasis on compliance.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Correy E. Stephenson (This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, another Dolan Media publication.) In an effort to boost compliance with tax laws and regulations, the IRS recently announced that it would...

Missouri Court of Appeals rules rape shield law was improperly applied.
January 4, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Kan., another Dolan Media publication.) Was it a dirty date a dad arranged for his teenage daughter with a buddy or consensual sex? The...

MarineMax to buy company that operates boat dealerships in St. Charles County.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask A Florida-based retailer has acquired Port Arrowhead Group, which operates two boat dealerships in St. Charles County. MarineMax Inc., headquartered in Clearwater, Fla., announced last week that it had reached an...

Economic Development Center of St. Charles County expects good year financially despite funding cut.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask With the help of municipal officials, the Economic Development Center of St. Charles County should be in good shape financially this year despite reduced funding from county government, according to Greg Prestemon, the...

Atty. General Jay Nixon compels businesses to obtain workers' comp insurance.
January 5, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff A record number of Missouri businesses obtained workers' compensation insurance in 2005 as a result of action taken by Attorney General Jay Nixon. The employees of 362 businesses that were not...

Missouri chamber sees eminent domain as top issue in 2006.
January 5, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Missouri Chamber of Commerce President Daniel P. Mehan said that issues up for debate in the 2006 legislative session include eminent domain policy, the rising costs of health insurance, workers'...

Stock sellers not responsible for claims against company.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter Two men who sold their stock in the management-services company Genesee Associates Inc. will not have to indemnify the company from the claims of another company, Surgical Synergies Inc., which took over Genesee's...

Time Warner loses constitutional challenge over fiber-optic network.
January 5, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright Time Warner cannot pursue its injunction against North Kansas City until the city upgrades its fiber-optic network to provide cable TV services, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said last week. The...

Metro. St. Louis Sewer District work to be disbursed to more minority and women-owened firms.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Erin Suess The new year brought with it changes to the way the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District does business with minority- and women-owned businesses, providing them more access to projects and St. Louis a more diverse work...

Legal advice on property law to aid developers.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Lora Volkert (This article originally ran in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID., another Dolan Media publication). The condominium project was Murphy's law in action for Givens Pursley partner Gary Allen. "There were...

KC contractor submits low bid for first phase of Louisiana bridge.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A Kansas City, Mo., contractor has submitted the apparent low bid for the first phase of construction on a Louisiana bridge. According to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development,...

Homestead provision in bankruptcy law impacts asset protection planning.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Jeffrey A. Baskies (This article originally appeared in Lawyers Weekly USA, Boston, MA., another Dolan Media publication). How does the homestead provision in the new bankruptcy law impact asset protection planning? Three...

Geothermal units save you money.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication). Fitting your house with a geothermal system could save you 70 percent off heating and 50...

Top executives want nothing but the best in their homes.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Bernadette Starzee (This article originally appeared in Long Island Business News, Long Island, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication).Today's executives want much more out of their homes than their predecessors did. "The...

Paul Sedovic joins St. Louis-based The Lawrence Group.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Paul Sedovic of Glendale, Mo., has joined the Lawrence Group as a senior associate. Sedovic's responsibilities include managing mixed-use projects. Sedovic is currently working on Phase II of The...

Two join the St. Louis office of Clayco.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Clayco has added Randall L. Rose as a senior project manager in the St. Louis office. Rose brings to Clayco more than 19 years of experience in the construction industry. As a senior project manager, he...

Three joins St. Louis office of Walton Construction.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Walton Construction has hired Jo Meyerkord as marketing coordinator. Meyerkord previously was the communications manager at the corporate office of Walton Construction in Kansas City, Mo. Meyerkord...

St. Louis-based TOKY Branding + Design wins contract for Pointe 400.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Developer Balke Brown Associates has awarded TOKY Branding + Design the contract to brand and provide advertising and Web design services for Pointe 400, a 118-unit apartment high-rise overlooking new...

Bruno Homes announces sell-out of three mid-rise condominium buildings in Old Town Clayton.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Bruno Homes reports that 315-325-335 North Meramec, its community of three mid-rise condominium buildings in Old Town Clayton, is sold out. The $30 million-plus development hosted a total of 47...

Missouri Research Park honored by Progress 64 West.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Missouri Research Park recently received the "2005 Excellence in Community Development" award from Progress 64 West, a business/civic membership organization focused on regional transportation,...

Chesterfield-based June Roesslein Interiors wins contract.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The model home division of June Roesslein Interiors has been retained by Titan Homes Inc. to provide display home merchandising services for the new Manors at Orchard Glen subdivision in St. Charles. ...

St. Louis-based TE Mortgage Corp. pays for No Call violations.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff TE Mortgage Corp. will pay $15,000 for telemarketing calls made to Missourians on the state's No Call list in an agreement reached with Attorney General Jay Nixon. TE Mortgage is a mortgage sales and...

St. Louis-based Hensley Construction Inc. begins new Heartland Bank in Ladue.
January 6, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A highly prized piece of real estate in Ladue, Mo., will become the new home of Heartland Bank's newest branch in the central St. Louis County suburb. From behind an ornate white construction fence,...

AGC's Simonson sees 'adequate' labor pool for construction.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Brian Johnson (This article originally ran in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). The chief economist of the Associated General Contractors of America has some hopeful news for contractors...

New Orleans plagued by lack of skilled construction workers.
January 6, 2006... Byline: Deon Roberts (This article originally appeared in New Orleans CityBusiness, New Orleans, LA., another Dolan Media publication). The long list of things hurricanes Katrina and Rita blew out of Louisiana includes a crucial...

Seminar helps lawyers chart a course to big profits.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Nora Lockwood Tooher The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - Steve Riley practices what he preaches. Since founding his firm 10 years ago, the creator of the "Double...

Commentary: Harassment and unemployment: What's an employee to do?
January 7, 2006... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick The following article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. MINNEAPOLIS - After more than 20 years of litigation and legislation, the obligations of employers and employees in...

Dept. Economic Development organizational plans challenge expectations for 2006.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Mike Nixon The Missouri General Assembly opened its first session of 2006 on Wednesday. It seemed to do so without many of the traditional grand promises or robust claims that normally precede a normal gathering of elected...

Commentary: Using a private foundation to control charitable dollars.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Thomas J. Ray The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - A lay text on estate planning answers the question, "What is Estate Planning?" with the following definition:...

Law firm of Moser and Marsalek names new principal.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The law firm of Moser and Marsalek P.C. elected Tracy L. Zuckett as a principal. An attorney with the firm since 1999, Zuckett devotes her practice to medical and health care liability defense. The...

Evans & Dixon names new law associate.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Matthew Barnhart has joined Evans & Dixon L.L.C. as an associate in the firm's workers' compensation practice. Barnhart is based in the firm's St. Louis office and has experience in bankruptcy and...

Stinson Morrison Hecker adds to staff.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff David E. Wulkopf has joined the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker L.L.P. as an associate in the general business division. Previously, he was an associate with Lewis, Rice & Fingersh in St. Louis. He...

Schlichter, Bogard & Denton adds associate to staff.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Matthew Armstrong has joined the law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton as an associate.

Financial Planning Assn. of Missouri/Southern Illinois receives recognition.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Financial Planning Association of Missouri/Southern Illinois was recognized at the FPA's 2005 Leadership Conference for attaining the Silver Level of achievement in the national organization's...

Benefit Plans Plus hires new installation coordinator.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carrie Patterson joins Benefit Plans Plus as installation coordinator. Patterson is responsible for the installation and start- up of new retirement plans as well as transferring existing retirement...

Adamson Advertising names new vice president/creative director.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Adamson Advertising has promoted Marco Tocco to vice president/creative director and has appointed Whaewon Choi to assistant account executive. Tocco is a 20-year veteran of the St. Louis advertising...

Missouri Hospital Association St. Louis District Council elects new president.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Carm Moceri, president of Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, was elected to a one-year term as president of the Missouri Hospital Association St. Louis District Council. As district council...

First Banks Inc. and First Bank promote five officers.
January 7, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First Banks Inc. and First Bank have promoted five officers in the St. Louis region. First Banks Inc. promoted Dana Deidiker to vice president for loan servicing and Sue Minie to officer for corporate...

Commentary: 'Techno-resolutions' for the new year.
January 7, 2006... Byline: Bruce L. Dorner This article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. All of us have the desire to change and improve ourselves during the coming year. The custom of making appropriate resolutions...

Structured payments can help protect clients from themselves.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Michelle Lore This article originally appeared in Minnesota Lawyer, another Dolan Media publication. MINNEAPOLIS - A minor settles a personal injury action for a lump-sum payment that is placed in a special account until he...

Incarcerated appellant gets chance to participate in support hearing.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan A procedural argument failed to convince the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, that an incarcerated man didn't deserve his day in court in a child support matter. The court determined that Hayes is...

Agreement to arbitrate upheld by 7th Circuit.
January 8, 2006... Byline: David Ziemer This article originally appeared in The Wisconsin Law Journal, another Dolan Media publication. MILWAUKEE - The 7th Circuit on Dec. 30 held that a purchase agreement, which provided that differences in the amount...

Discount musical instrument maker wins $20.7 million for competitor's smear campaign.
January 8, 2006... Byline: Natalie White The following article was originally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, a sister publication. BOSTON - Massachusetts jurors, perhaps swayed by a rare courtroom performance of Errol Garner's jazz classic "Misty,"...

MCI receives Internet Telephony award.
January 9, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff MCI Inc. received the Product of the Year award from Technology Marketing Corp.'s Internet Telephony magazine for its voice over Internet protocol services. Each year Internet Telephony magazine...

St. Charles chamber to hold health fair, blood drive.
January 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and its Health Committee will be hosting a health fair and blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center,...

Old Peace Chapel in state's 'Blue Book'.
January 9, 2006... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff A photograph of Old Peace Chapel at the Daniel Boone Home and Boonesfield Village in Defiance won first place in the Missouri Secretary of State's photo contest for the state's new official manual or...

Protecting patents is routine for MEMC Electronics.
January 9, 2006... Byline: Cathy Lenny O'Fallon-based MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. has recently filed a lawsuit against Soitec in Lyon, France, for violation of MEMC's European patents on defect-free silicon, referred to as Perfect Silicon. MEMC is a...

Rich Johns recognized by St. Peters chamber for community service.
January 9, 2006... Byline: Amy Amour Rich Johns has a solid and reputable company. His company, Midwest Environmental Solutions Inc., has been successful, and in his mind, that means it's time to give back to the community. "Our real passion is that as...

Federal prosecutor explains how businesses become targets.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A businessman commits fraud. Does the federal government prosecute the businessman, the company or both? The depends, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus as he spoke Friday morning at a breakfast meeting...

MI Court of Appeals, Western District rules scope of consent exceeded when arresting suspects.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Denise G. Callahan The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, tossed a search of an alleged drug dealer's home even though the search was eventually allowed by the defendant. In the case, State of Missouri vs. Fred E....

Local legislators say eminent domain abuse in Missouri to stop.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask A state legislator from St. Charles had a very simple warning last week for that city's economic development officials: If the Missouri General Assembly this year doesn't impose limits on the use of eminent domain, then...

Commentary: Art of financial seduction - New Age investing.
January 10, 2006... Byline: Allan Roth (This article originally ran in the Colorado Springs Business Journal, Colorado Springs, CO., another Dolan Media publication). Now I don't want to brag, but when it comes to investing, I've been around the block....

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital goes WI-FI.
January 10, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced last week that patients and visitors will have wireless access to the Internet on campus. Patients and visitors can bring their laptops or personal...

MCI Inc. to change name.
January 10, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Verizon Communications Inc. announced last week the closing of its merger with MCI Inc. as well as an expected name change. The three-building MCI campus in city of Weldon Spring may soon bear the...

MO Attorney General Nixon recovers $3.4M through informal mediation.
January 10, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Consumers in Missouri and other states received more than $3.4 million through mediation by Attorney General Jay Nixon's Consumer Protection Division in 2005. The money brought in by the office is a...

O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce fires president.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask There doesn't appear to be a great deal of job security that comes with the position of president and CEO of the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce. Kim Larson is out as that chamber's president after accepting the job...

AT&T seeks statewide franchise status through bill.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady AT&T plans to compete with cable companies in the television industry but not without a little bit of help from state legislators first. Last week, a bill was filed in the Senate that would give AT&T...

GM cuts sticker prices.
January 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff General Motors Corp. announced on Tuesday that it has "significantly" lowered manufacturer's suggested retail prices on vehicles accounting for about 80 percent of its sales volume. This move...

St. Charles-based LMI Aerospace has excess raw material for sale.
January 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff LMI Aerospace Inc. in St. Charles has a list of available excess raw materials it plans to sell on its Web site, at http://www.lmiaerospace.com. The sale of excess raw materials is pretty much...

State Senator Dougherty announced new energy legislation.
January 11, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sen. Pat Dougherty, D-St. Louis, announced Tuesday that he will sponsor legislation that would reverse Senate Bill 179, a 2005 bill that allows utility companies to recover profits lost when...

North Dakota law school clinic loses viewpoint discrimination suit appeal.
January 11, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter A North Dakota man who criticized a law school's clinical education program for its participation in a lawsuit seeking to remove a Ten Commandments monument from city property is one step closer to compelling the...

Trial begins against athletic club over wrestler's death.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Emily Umbright A few local wrestling icons find themselves in a ring of a different sort as they start taking the witness stand in a wrongful death trial that began Tuesday in the St. Louis City Circuit Court. The parents of...

Arthur Margulis, Morry S. Cole to be honored at St. Louis County Bar dinner.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Donna Walter The St. Louis County Bar Association will celebrate its 75th anniversary and honor attorneys Arthur Margulis and Morry S. Cole at its annual awards dinner and installation of officers next month. The dinner will be...

Isle of Capri eyes Highway 40 corridor.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Mike Trask Office buildings in Weldon Spring and the WingHaven development in O'Fallon are among the locations Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. officials are considering as possible sites for the gaming company's headquarters, according...

Embassy Suites believes its guests want self-service.
January 12, 2006... Byline: Robin Seaton Jefferson The business traveler: He's had two layovers, switched planes in Atlanta, arrived in St. Louis at 11:40 p.m. and has an 8 a.m. meeting the next day. This consummate professional is really in no mood to speak...

Ameristar Casino revenue is up 6 percent even as admissions fall.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Ameristar Casino St. Charles saw its adjusted gross revenue increase in December by 6 percent over a year ago, even as its number of admissions fell by 7 percent during the same time period. ...

Scholarships available to young entrepreneurs.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Young Entrepreneur Foundation of the National Federation of Independent Business says $1,000 scholarships are available to high school seniors "who have demonstrated entrepreneurial...

Wentzville mayor to detail state of the city.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Wentzville Mayor Paul Lambi will give his annual State of the City address next week before members of the Wentzville Chamber of Commerce. Lambi is scheduled to talk about the city's economy,...

SSM Health Care announces appointments.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake Saint Louis recently filled two management positions. The hospital named Patricia Counter of O'Fallon as its director of case management and social services....

St. Charles County Assn. of Realtors makes board appointments.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles County Association of Realtors has reappointed Jeanne Brunstein, real estate broker for T.R. Hughes Realty L.L.C., to its board of directors. Brunstein has more than six years...

MO-based Premier Bank names assistant VP.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Premier Bank has appointed Catherine E. Boehm as its assistant vice president and underwriting and processing manager. The bank said Boehm will be responsible for day-to-day mortgage operations and...

Darrel Lackey earns financial designation.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Financial planning firm Waddell & Reed recently announced that Darrel Lackey has earned its Charter Mutual Fund Counselor designation. Lackey is a financial adviser at the firm's office in St....

Lindenwood University professor honored.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lindenwood University marketing professor David Arns was among 100 St. Louis area educators honored at the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards presentation. Arns, 56, has been at Lindenwood since...

O'Fallon chamber welcomes new members.
January 12, 2006... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the following new members: Boys and Girls Clubs of St. Charles County, 1400 Olive Street in St. Charles; Expressions Dental Group, 1032 Rondale...