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

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

St. Charles Business Briefs: November 1, 2005.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask It has been some three months since Libbey Simpson left the tumultuous political climate at O'Fallon City Hall and her job as economic development director. Now working as Chesterfield's assistant city administrator for...

Group touts St. Charles County's economy, quality of life.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask St. Charles County continues to be the envy of many counties in the country, according to the latest findings of a study sponsored by Partners for Progress, a group of 28 of the county's largest businesses and employers....

Podcasting comes of age quickly.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Rick Edvalson (This article originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review, Boise, ID, another Dolan Media publication.) It has been interesting to see how technologies leapfrog each other. Take the Web logging or "blogging"...

Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis gallery honors legal pioneers.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright The Gallery of St. Louis Legal Pioneers opened last Thursday in the Bryan Cave Conference Center at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, bringing fresh faces to walls usually donned with pictures of men in...

MO Court of Appeals finds college, professor had duty of fairness.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, says college professors and their employers owe a duty to...

Minnesota attorneys have advice about 'clients from hell'.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Michelle Lore (This article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, Minneapolis, MN, another Dolan Media publication.) Ghouls and goblins don't only come out at Halloween. For attorneys, these menacing creatures can...

Boeing Co. reports quarterly dividend.
November 2, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The Boeing Co., which maintains a Weapons Enterprise Center in St. Charles County, reported that a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share was declared by the board of directors at its meeting on...

GM announces quarterly dividend.
November 2, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff General Motors Corp., which maintains an assembly plant in Wentzville, announced a fourth-quarter dividend of 50 cents per share on GM common stock on Monday. The dividend is payable Dec. 10 to...

Compensation costs stay same or decline year over year.
November 2, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Total seasonally adjusted compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8 percent from June to September, virtually unchanged from the 0.7 percent gain from March to June, the Bureau of Labor...

O'Fallon-based Synergetics USA responds to Calif.-based Iridex patent lawsuit.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady O'Fallon-based Synergetics USA Inc. made a statement to a lawsuit filed against it by Mountain View, Calif.-based Iridex Corp. on Thursday, stating that it will "vigorously defend" its intellectual property. ...

Commentary: The eyes have it: Seeing the signs of fraud.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Tracy Coenen (This article was originally published in the Wisconsin Law Journal,Milwaukee, WI, another Dolan Media publication.) Would you recognize the clues that your client has been ripped off by one of your employees? Or...

U.S. Supreme Court watchers weigh in on Alito, Miers.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Party pundits may not agree on much about President Bush's new Supreme Court nominee, but there is at least one issue where they can reach a consensus: What Harriet Miers lacked in documentation, U.S. Court of...

MO Court of Appeals, Eastern District rules fired officer deserved police board hearing.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Is there a difference in meaning between the phrases "by the board" and "before the board"? The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, thought not, calling the variation a difference "in style and not meaning,"...

U.S. Supreme Court looks at possible Miranda violation.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber (This story was originally published in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) A case with potentially broad ramifications for the treatment of suspects who invoke their Miranda rights...

MO Court of Appeals W. District returns child custody battle to trial court.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article originally ran in The Daily Record, Kansas City, MO, another Dolan Media publication.) A number of issues plagued a child custody case recently remanded by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western...

St. Louis City Judicial Commission seeks applications for city associate circuit judge.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The St. Louis City Judicial Commission is accepting applications for the position of associate circuit judge. The vacancy to be filled will be created by the retirement of Judge Iris Ferguson, effective...

Workplace survey finds diversity important to bottom line.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Reducing costs and improving profits are two key results of a diverse work force, according to a 2005 Workplace Diversity Practices Survey released in October by the Society for Human Resource...

Iridex attorney explains patent law infringement.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady You could infringe on a patent and not even know it. It's a common misconception that the person or company filing for the patent has to research other patented products to see if the product has already been...

Commentary: Does savings rate drop hurt economy?
November 3, 2005... Byline: Gary Williams (This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD, another Dolan Media publication.) The Commerce Department recently announced the nation's personal savings rate, calculated as a percentage of...

O'Fallon chamber to sponsor seminar.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a national sales and marketing breakfast seminar at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10, at the St. Charles Convention Center. Members may attend the breakfast...

St. Charles County Economic Development Center to hold Dale Carnegie seminar.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff The St. Charles County Economic Development Center and Dale Carnegie Seminars will present "5 Drivers of Success for Business Development" from 7:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at St....

St. Charles Chapter of eWomenNetwork program to teach giving back.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Linda Jacobsen, founder and president of Global Vision Strategies, will be the featured speaker the November Accelerated Network luncheon sponsored by the St. Charles Chapter of eWomenNetwork. The...

Sean P. McManus promoted at Premier Bank.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Sean P. McManus has been promoted to executive vice president and chief lending officer at Premier Bank. McManus will also serve as a member of Premier Bank's Executive Committee. McManus joined...

Michael C. Story joins Premier Bank as senior VP.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Michael C. Story, CFP, as senior vice president for Premier Bank. Story is a registered representative of PremierFirst Financial Services, through Money Concepts Capital Corp. PremierFirst offers...

Boeing employees donate to Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Lutheran Family and Children's Services of Missouri has received a $4,000 grant from the Employee Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis to support LFCS' child-care programs. The grant provides funding...

Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital welcomes new ophthalmologist.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital announced the addition of Jeffrey Padousis, M.D., ophthalmologist and faculty physician at Washington University School of Medicine, to the hospital. Padousis...

Hansen's announces ride program, employee certification.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Hansen's Tree Service announced its new Ride Along program for students and its employees' prestigious arborist certification. Hansen's Ride Along program allows high school and college students...

O'Fallon Station spotlighted on city Web site's new feature.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff O'Fallon Station, a redevelopment effort in the city, will be the first focus of a new city Web site feature, "Economic Development Spotlight." The new page on the city's site (under Economic...

Jack Lawrence joins Ascent as senior battery maintenance technician.
November 3, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff Jack Lawrence has joined Ascent L.L.C. as a senior battery maintenance technician. Ascent designs, deploys and manages mission critical technical facilities and building technology infrastructure...

Commentary: Economically Speaking . . . Transportation is vital link to economic growth.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Greg Steinhoff The great writer and historian Thomas Babington Macaulay always maintained that the greatest inventions of civilization, aside from the alphabet and the printing press, were the modes of transportation that mankind...

Constructive preservation efforts revitalize St. Louis metro area.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Leah G. Rothschild There's a local hammer-wielding volunteer battalion that's 2,000-strong and revitalizes St. Louis year-round. For 12 years, Rebuilding Together-St. Louis has structured a noticeable impact throughout the...

Drive for lofts in downtown St. Louis is real, growing.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Those who frequent downtown St. Louis may have heard recent doubts being raised about the rash of lofts spreading its way across the city. "Do we really need another set of lofts?" "Who actually buys them?" ...

Changing face of America looks to higher-density living.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess "If you don't like driving, think about density." Maureen McAvey, senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute, offered that suggestion to the many citizens in the metro area who are tired of spending hours...

'I've made money on every eBay deal': More home sellers picking eBay for their wheeling and dealing.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Ted Streuli (This article originally appeared in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK., another Dolan Media publication).Kathy Lippencott sat at home last Thursday night watching bidders duel for her house in Frederick, Okla. ...

New Orleans' construction equipment rental companies strain under demand.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Sonya Stinson (This article originally appeared in New Orleans CityBusiness, another Dolan Media publication). The towering job of cleaning up, tearing down and rebuilding after hurricanes Katrina and Rita has Louisiana...

Clayco design-building lofts at Ely Walker Building in St. Louis.
November 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Washington Avenue loft district will welcome another new loft development in the summer of 2007: the Ely Walker Lofts. Clayco is serving as the design-builder for the $35 million project. ...

St. Louis-based Murphy Co. promotes Hiemenz.
November 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Christopher B. Hiemenz has been promoted to vice president of business development at Murphy Co., the St. Louis area's largest mechanical contractor and the eighth-largest mechanical specialty...

St. Louis-based Bee Hat Co. building being rehabbed.
November 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff From 1944 to 2000, the Bee Hat Co. used 1021 Washington Ave. for office space and hat storage. Now, a complete renovation of the 63,000-square-foot building into a single mixed-use property containing a...

St. Louis Union Station improvements begin.
November 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff In order to preserve the integrity and historical value of the 100-year-old national historic landmark St. Louis Union Station, capital improvements began late last month. These initial restoration...

Home Builders Association's Charitable Foundation donates to charity in St. Louis.
November 4, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Home Builders Association's Charitable Foundation donated $10,000 to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Metro St. Louis. The money will cover the construction costs of remodeling one of the apartments in...

Age diversity at work brings about changes in design.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Kennedy Smith (This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce,Portland, OR., another Dolan Media publication).For the first time in corporate history, people are becoming more aware of the range of generations...

Real estate agent stirs things up as 'new construction Realtor'.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Bob Geiger (This article originally appeared in Finance and Commerce, Minneapolis, MN., another Dolan Media publication). Sharon Soby says she dislikes most real estate agents, but that hasn't stopped her from trying to make a...

Commentary: Are subcontractor bids binding? It depends.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Paul J. Holma (This article originally appeared in the Daily Journal of Commerce, Portland, OR., another Dolan Media publication).When a public bid opening occurs, and contractors' bids are laid on the table for everyone to see,...

Disasters create fund-raising challenges for charities.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask Open your mail or answer your phone at home these days, and there is a good chance some charitable organization is asking you for money. Faced with higher energy costs for their cars and homes, more people appear to be...

Business group eyes St. Charles region's educational needs.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Trask School choice is one those hot-button political issues that has not received a great deal of attention in St. Charles County. That's probably because residents generally seem satisfied with the quality of public...

Dedicated donors doubtful disasters will diminish giving.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Mike Nixon Multimillion-dollar donations for disaster relief, education foundations, health care or other charitable causes might grab the headlines, but experts with various nonprofit organizations contend that a large single...

Commentary: Not so fast - that temp may be your employee.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Paula A. Barran This article was originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce, a sister publication. It made sense at the time. The Massachusetts-based USCO Distribution Services Inc. needed extra workers and the...

Oil companies set earnings records.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Jerry Shottenkirk This article was originally published in The Journal Record, a sister publication. In an industry in which the Ms are being surpassed by the Bs, oil and gas companies are not apologetic for the huge profits...

Finance-related salaries expected to increase in '06.
November 5, 2005... Byline: Kennedy Smith This article was originally published in the Daily Journal of Commerce, a sister publication. Heightened competition for accounting and finance professionals will lead to increases in base compensation next year,...

Welsch, Flatness & Lutz adds senior account executive to staff.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Welsch, Flatness & Lutz has added Lorraine Campbell of Florissant, Mo., as senior account executive. Campbell is responsible for leading a commercial insurance lines unit. Campbell earned her...

Kelly Siadak promoted to senior accountant at Brown Smith Wallace.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Kelly Siadak has been promoted to senior accountant in the tax and accounting services group at Brown Smith Wallace. Siadak's new role as senior accountant recognizes her more than three years of...

Xact names new general manager of Kansas City operations.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Xact, a leading provider of electronic data discovery and litigation support services, announced it has promoted Eric White to be the general manager of its Kansas City, Mo., operations. White will work...

St. Louis native joins staff of Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff St. Louis native Kent F. Caruthers has joined Goffstein, Raskas, Pomerantz, Kraus & Sherman as an associate, concentrating his practice in litigation and insurance defense. Caruthers has been...

St. Louis-based Murphy Co. names new VP of business development.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Christopher B. Hiemenz has been promoted to vice president of business development at Murphy Co. Hiemenz joined Murphy Co. in 2002 as a member of the business development team. In his new position,...

First National Bank of St. Louis announces promotions.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff First National Bank of St. Louis has promoted four staff members to vice president: David Dilthey of the marketing department, Juanita Phillips of the loan administration department, Mary Dunavant of the...

Shannon & Wilson adds marketing assistant to St. Louis office.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Shannon & Wilson is pleased to announce that Matthew Pollett has joined its St. Louis office as a marketing assistant. Matthew is a graduate from Eastern Illinois University, where he received his...

MO Dept. of Transportation wins national Roadside Excellence Award.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The National Roadside Vegetation Management Association has presented roadside management specialist Rand Swanigan and the Missouri Department of Transportation with a national Roadside Excellence Award...

St. Louis-based Grand Prix Speedways adds three to staff.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Grand Prix Speedways, the St. Louis-based company bringing indoor racing to the area and 50 locations nationwide, announced the hiring of three key director-level personnel. Carl D. Reis has joined the...

St. Louis man receives American Institute of CPAs 2005 Gold Medal for Distinguished Service award.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff James G. Castellano, former chair of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, received the institute's 2005 Gold Medal for Distinguished Service. The award recognizes a person whose...

Two associates rejoin law firm of Williams Venker & Sanders.
November 5, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff Nia V. Ray and Kevin J. Rejent have joined the law firm of Williams Venker & Sanders L.L.C. as associates. Ray's practice will concentrate primarily on the defense of asbestos claims and railroad...

1st Circuit upholds conviction following anonymous 911 call.
November 6, 2005... Byline: Ariana L. Johnson This article was originally published in Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly, a sister publication. A jury could convict a man for possession of a firearm, even where his capture was based on a tip from an anonymous...

Commentary: Calling 911: Appellate activities address assistance.
November 6, 2005... Byline: Marshall H. Tanick This article was originally published in Minnesota Lawyer, a sister publication. Ever since its inception in the late 1960s through its widespread acceptance in this country in the 1980s and its international...

Courts on East Coast finding new ways to handle high-conflict custody cases.
November 6, 2005... Byline: Caryn Tamber This article originally appeared in The Daily Record, a sister publication. Lawyers involved in child custody cases could learn a thing or two from "the best movie ever made about divorce," Hofstra University...

Partial lockout is unfair labor practice, says 7th Circuit.
November 6, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright Merely claiming 'operational needs' won't justify a partial lockout, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals explained to the National Labor Relations Board, ordering it to find an employer engaged in an unfair labor...

Contingent-fee payments violate Higher Education Act.
November 6, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess As stringent as the collegiate academic community is with students' work, so must they be in the way they recruit the next generation of pupils. Oakland City University in Indiana learned that lesson the hard way...

Don W. Weber to fill vacancy in 3rd Judicial Circuit.
November 6, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Illinois Supreme Court announced Monday the appointment of Edwardsville attorney Don W. Weber as a resident circuit judge in Madison County. Weber, 57, currently maintains a private law practice...

Tom Ranck tells world about potential of Galfan alloy.(Company Profile)
November 7, 2005... Byline: Wm. Stage An anti-corrosion coating for steel, Galfan is a zinc-5 percent aluminum alloy developed 25 years ago at the Centre de Recherches Metallurgiques in Belgium under the sponsorship of the nonprofit International Lead Zinc...

Mark Twain Mall in St. Charles continues expansion.
November 8, 2005... Byline: James Monahan The Mark Twain Mall in St. Charles continues to undergo a facelift. Greater Missouri Builders Inc., owner, developer and manager of the mall, is in the process of completing a $6 million construction project to...

Commentary: How to work a room and have fun doing it.(Interview)
November 8, 2005... Byline: Ronen Yaari This article originally appeared in the Long Island Business, Long Island, NY, another Dolan Media publication.) Cat got your tongue at networking events? Susan RoAne is here to help. She's a professional speaker...

MasterCard reports high third-quarter results.
November 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff MasterCard Inc. reported double-digit revenue growth for the third quarter of 2005. MasterCard's revenue grew 18.6 percent to $792 million, and its net income grew 8.2 percent to $106 million or...

Encouraging and Supporting Women (ESPW) to hold its monthly meeting in St. Charles.
November 8, 2005... Byline: St. Charles Business Record Staff "First Impressions are the Lasting Ones" is the title to the next ESPW monthly workshop, which will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at Stegton Regency Banquet Center, 1450 Wall St. Iris...

Runoff elections to be held for appellate, St. Louis judicial commissions.
November 8, 2005... Byline: Emily Umbright St. Louis County lawyers voted Debbie Champion to the 21st Judicial Commission on Nov. 5, yet the die remains to be cast for who will fill vacancies on the appellate and city judicial commissions. Since no clear...

8th Circuit approves asylum for Chinese family.
November 8, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess Tu Kai Yang and Xue Lin Wu have reason to fear China's strict one-child-per-family policy. With five pregnancies, two children and a dream of two more, the possibility of forced abortions or sterilization runs high, and...

Lawyers Association of St. Louis presents the 49th annual Gridiron Show.
November 8, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff The Lawyers Association of St. Louis will present the 49th Annual Lawyers Association Gridiron Show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, at the Khorassan Ballroom at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Lawyers...

Forgery victim may not sue mortgage company in Missouri.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Denise G. Callahan (This article was orginally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication). Tandem cases in two jurisdictions caused the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, to...

Alito's former Missourian classmates praise the nominee.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Charles Emerick This article was originally published in The Daily Record, Kansas City, Mo., another Dolan Media publication). Two Missourians who graduated from law school with Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. were not surprised by...

Ceremony to mark reopening of Civil Courts Building's east doors scheduled.
November 9, 2005... Byline: St. Louis Daily Record Staff After more than a decade, the east plaza and doors of the Civil Courts Building have been reopened to the public. A ceremony marking the formal reopening will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15. The...

Missouri's snub of medical transport company may not add up.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Kathleen T. Brady Gov. Matt Blunt and the state Office of Administration have been busy touting how they were able to save Missourians millions of dollars in taxes by dropping O'Fallon-based Medical Transportation Management Inc....

Bankruptcy law ignores underlying causes of debt.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Daily Record Staff Report (This article originally was published in The Daily Record, Rochester, N.Y., another Dolan Media publication.) If we closed half of the hospitals in this country, would we say that there are fewer sick...

St. Charles-based Quilogy announces partnership with Factiva.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Staff Report Quilogy announces its partnership with Factiva, a Dow Jones and Reuters Co., to develop customized integrated information solutions that deliver competitive business intelligence via Microsoft SharePoint team sites and...

MCI nets $271 million in Q3.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Staff Report MCI Inc. generated net income of $271 million, or $0.82 per diluted share, in the third quarter as new products and cost-reduction initiatives launched in 2004 continued to yield benefits. In last year's quarter, MCI...

Web site helps businesses plan for disasters.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Staff Report The U.S. Department of Homeland Security developed a Web site to help small and medium-sized businesses deal with disasters. The Ready Program, which can be accessed at http://www.ready.gov/, provides disaster...

Wrongful death case against St. Charles County remanded for trial.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Erin Suess When Catherine Jones' car struck a horse that escaped from a pasture owned by St. Charles County, was pinned to her vehicle and later died, her family demanded someone take responsibility. The Jones family took both...

Former athletes share their legal experiences with law students at University of Missouri-KC.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Charles Emerick Joe Carter is largely remembered for his homerun that won the 1993 World Series for the Toronto Blue Jays. And that's exactly how he wants it to remain. While addressing a group of law students at the University...