St. Louis Business Journal articles from December 2000

St. Louis Business Journal archives from December 2000

Steffen set to close on Arcade.(Developer John Steffen gets financing for Arcade building in the Old Post Office District)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Developer John Steffen has secured bridge financing to close on the $2.95. million Arcade building, one of three office buildings in the Old Post Office District that he has contracted to buy. Keith Barket, one of the Arcade mortgage...

Let the computer games begin.(John Ratcliffe to run Sony Online's PlanetSide web-based computer games division)
December 29, 2000... Sony Online taps Ratcliff to create PlanetSide--the next generation of computer games John Ratcliff has been working with trees lately -- planting them by the hundreds in fractions of a second. The 39-year-old game developer has been...

Harmon offers $4 million for Steffen projects.(St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon offers $4 million in city funds to help John Steffen's plans to redevelop the Old Post Office District)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon has offered $4 million in city funds to help bankroll John Steffen's plans to redevelop the Old Post Office District -- a move, that has raised concerns among the mayor's own staff. In a letter to Steffen...

Max Broadcasting cuts staff, stops paying executives.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Max Broadcasting Network has laid off nearly half its staff and suspended executive salaries. Founder Andrew Gladney said payment of executive salaries has been stopped until the company is "able to find an acceptable path to greater...

Bank switch.(Patricia Held named Commerce Bank private banking VP)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Patricia Held has signed on as vice president and senior relationship manager at Commerce Bank's private banking group. She previously was senior vice president and team leader at Bank of America, overseeing relationship managers in St....

Camp out.(2001 RV Camping and Travel Show will feature a 1921 Lamsteed Kampkar)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Visitors at the 2001 RV Camping and Travel Show Jan; 18-21 at America's Center will be able to take a trip -- down Memory Lane. The show will feature a 1921 Lamsteed Kampkar, an early recreational vehicle manufactured by Anheuser-Busch during...

Roller coaster.(2000 attendance drops)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Attendance dropped 8 percent in 2000 at Six Flags St. Louis, according to Amusement Business. The Dec. 25 issue of the trade journal estimated that 1.9 million visitors passed through the gates, ranking Six Flags St. Louis No. 33 in...

Good fit.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Bill and Lisa Crocker's Skilled Computer Resources Corp. has bought Alltronics in St. Charles. Bill Crocker said Alltronics, a network products distributor, and its installation arm, Custom Networks Installation, are a good fit with SCR, a...

In the valley.(Wild Horse Grill opened in Chesterfield Valley)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Alan Epstein, Ron Gordon and Jim Valenta have opened Wild Horse Grill in Chesterfield Valley. Gordon manages the restaurant, Valenta handles business affairs and Epstein is a behind the-scenes investor, keeping his day job as a partner at...

In gear.(National Systems Inc. contract for online advertising for Ford Motor Co.)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... National Systems Inc. has snared a contract with Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Mark Mantovani said. National System will develop an online advertising resource for Ford dealers nationwide, allowing them to customize ads for specific markets....

Storyteller.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... A year after retiring as vice president for in-flight services at Trans World Airlines, Joyce Coleman has written "Soul Stirrings." The book, published by Coleman's Locust Hill Publishing, looks back at her childhood in pre-civil rights...

Regency begins $48 million Olde Towne Plaza in Ballwin.(Regency Realty Corp. builds strip mall)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Regency Realty Corp. has begun construction on the $48 million Olde Towne Plaza in Ballwin, its first St. Louis area project since purchasing the Midland Group in 1998. The 287,000-square-foot strip mall will be anchored by a Lowe's Home...

Nominate Web sites for 2001 e-Business Awards.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The St. Louis Business Journal is searching for the hottest Web sites in the St. Louis area to honor with our 2001 e-Business Awards. This year's categories are: * Business-to-business * Business-to-consumer * Ease of navigation...

Witan commits to take 30% more space at DCM project.(DCM Management office building)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Developers of a proposed $133.7 million office tower and retail project at Hanley and Eager roads anticipate a February groundbreaking, following final approval from the city of Brentwood and a commitment for more space from The Witan Group,...

Corrections.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
December 29, 2000... Anita Fink An article in the Dec. 25 issue misspelled the name of Anita Fink, the owner of Autohaus of Clayton. Jo Ann Kindle A photo in the Dealmakers of section in the Dec. 25 issue was incorrectly identified as Jo Ann Kindle,...

TRiSTAR pays $19 million for six WingHaven parcels.(TRiSTAR Business Communities)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... TRiSTAR Business Communities is buying 82 acres at WingHaven, becoming only the second commercial real estate developer at St. Charles County's largest mixed-use development. The asking price: $19 million. The purchase, from Novus...

MBL renovates 2nd Street building into loft offices, restaurant space.(MBL Realty Corp.)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... MBL Realty Corp. is spending up to $20 million to renovate a 250,000-square-foot building just north of Laclede's Landing. The building, 1230 N. Second St., will offer 47,000-square-foot floor plates with ample parking nearby. ...

Charter's stock finishes year near 52-week high.(Charter Communications Inc)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Cable company views digital cable as 'launch pad' for broadband services After a roller coaster ride on Wall. Street, Charter Communications Inc. is ending its first full year. as a publicly traded company with a stock price near it...

Peabody selling Australian operations for $555 million.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 26 -- Peabody Group said it would sell its Australian subsidiaries for $555 million. The buyer, Coal & Allied Industries Ltd. of New South Wales, will pay $455 million plus assume $100 million in debt. In a news release, Peabody...

Pulaski Financial Corp.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 27 -- Pulaski Financial Corp. announced a quarterly cash dividend of 6 1/2 cents a share on its outstanding common stock. The cash dividend will be payable Jan. 23 to stockholders on record on Jan. 9, the company said in a press...

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.(homeless assistance organizations receive grants)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded nearly $9.8 million to several area organizations that serve the homeless. In the city of St. Louis, Interfaith Residence, also known as Doorways, was awarded $2.6...

Fleishman-Hillard.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 22 -- Fleishman-Hillard plans to acquire Greer, Margolis, Mitchell, Burns & Associates (GMMB&A). Financial terms were not disclosed. GMMB&A is an advertising, public relations and political consulting firm with offices in...

Argosy Gaming Co.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 21 -- Argosy Gaming Co. will work with Nii-Jii Entertainment to develop a casino in Kenosha, Wis. Nii-Jii Entertainment has set up an agreement the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin to manage a casino project in Kenosha. Argosy...

PEOPLE.(various personnel changes broken down by industry)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Accounting Gregg Cole has joined Borusiewich & Co. P.C., Certified Public Accountants. At Pricewater-houseCoopers, John Lipic, Jeffrey Trent, Jason Dowd, Stephen Schultz and. Steven Korn were promoted to managers in the audit and...

St. Joseph West expands emergency care project.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Heavy demand for services drives hospital to seek $5.5 million expansion A dramatic jump in the number of people using the emergency department has prompted SSM St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis to nearly quadruple the cost of a...

St. Louis U. Hospital plans to add second MRI at cost of $2.6 million.(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Growing volume, convenience, employee retention contribute to decision to expand MRI unit Saint Louis University Hospital plans to spend $2.6 million to buy a second Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) unit and renovate space to accommodate...

Soper revamps robotics surgery center at Wash U.(Nathaniel Soper of Washington University)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Sometimes when Dr. Nathaniel Soper performs surgery, he doesn't even look at the patient. In fact, he sits six feet away, staring at a computer screen with his hands on the surgical equivalent of joysticks. Soper is one of a handful of...

Eric Scott Ltd. wins award from software maker Made2Manage.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Eric Scott Ltd. has been recognized with the 2000 Award of Excellence for a successful implementation of Made2Manager software. Eric Scott Ltd., a manufacturer specializing in product design and development, Was chosen from a field 61 over 30...

Engineering a niche.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Architecture and engineering firm Ross & Baruzzini focuses on health care, higher education, prisons, aviation and municipal facilities Business activity: Sometimes the best way to convince potential clients your firm does quality work...

Practical Solutions.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... What ways do you have to relieve stress in the workplace? My employees will tell you when I leave the office to call on our customers, stress in the office is immediately relieved. We try to keep the shop and office atmosphere relaxed and...

Entrepreneur takes swing at traditional pingpong table.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Steve Hatfalvi has a cure for those who keep hitting the ball off the end of a pingpong table --a longer tennis table. Called the Rallystar Tennis Table, the table is both longer and narrower-- 9 inches longer and 6 inches narrower,...

World Trade Center Saint Louis.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The World Trade Center Saint Louis, Tri-City Regional Port District and St. Louis Center for International Relations are partnering to offer a business mission to St. Louis' sister city, Sari Luis Potosi in Mexico. The mission is...

U.S. Small Business Administration.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The U.S. Small Business Administration has increased its size standard for health-care providers, expanding the number of businesses that can qualify as "small" for government programs and services. The agency estimates that nearly 5,000...

At auction.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Phillips Auctioneers is gearing up for its next Gallery Auction on Feb. 24-25. Mark Howald, executive vice president, says we can expect a great selection of antique furniture, with some particularly special pieces from an estate in...

Kiddie Couture.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Ladue's new French children's clothing boutique, Reve D'Enfance, is where St. Louis' young fashionistas are shopping for their wee ones. Reve D'Enfance, 9208 Clayton Road, was founded by Fabien Duboeuf, a former microbiologist from Lyon whose...

The bard is Coming.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The first Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis -- once only a dream of UMB's Crosby Kemper -- is now really movin' and shakin', with performances planned for this June near Art Hill in Forest Park. Nexstar Financial Corp. Chairman Marvin...

COCA.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Antonio Douthit, a 19-year-old dancer from north St Louis, was asked to join New York's prestigious Dance Theatre of Harlem in September and will be touring with the company to Australia and China this year. Douthit got his start at the...

Design 2001.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... "We'll see more emphasis on color," says Todd Lannom, one of the partners in Centro, an Italian design store at 4729 McPherson in the Central West End. From lighting to furniture to a stunning cheese knife from Alessi, Centro's products are...

Shedding light on office tasks can make a difference.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... As a nation, we spend about one-quarter of our electricity budget on lighting -- that's more than $37 billion annually. In your own office, lighting alone will consume 20 percent to 30 percent of your total energy bill, according to the...

Peabody, Arch convert old mine sites to wilderness.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Collinsville had piles of lime sludge, a by-product of water treatment. The sludge needed to go to a landfill -- if the city could find one to accept it. Meanwhile, Peabody Coal needed to reclaim its River King No. 1 mining site. ...

Houses, new and old, aim for top energy efficiency.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Natural gas, heating oil and other energy prices this winter have doubled from last year. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates 44 percent of a homeowner's utility bill goes for heating and cooling. All that has homeowners trying to...

Stock Transactions.(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... The following purchases or sales of stock in St. Louis-based companies or in companies with St. Louis-based subsidiaries or divisions have been reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by officers, directors and owners of more...

Where we stand.(average home prices per square foot)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... How St. Louis measures up against other cities For the past two years, the inventory of houses listed for sale in the multiple listing service have been at a low level. This coupled with the peak demand from buyers of existing homes in...

St. Mary's Hospital of East St. Louis.(fiscal year figures)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Richard Mark President and chief executive St. Mary's Hospital of East St. Louis is sponsored by The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ and operated by Ancilla Systems Inc. of Hobart, Ind., which operates five hospitals in Illinois and...

For what it's worth.(commercial real estate transactions)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Highlighting some of the most recent commercial real estate transactions in the St. Louis area. LOCATION: 2-28 Fee Fee Road, Maryland Heights DATE SOLD: Oct. 27, 2000 NEW OWNER: NHS Properties AGENT: Not available ...

EMERSON.(year ending 9/30/00 results)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... David Farr Chief executive Emerson is a global manufacturer of a broad range of electronic, electrical and related products and systems for the industrial, commercial and consumer markets. The company reported a profit of $1.4...

Allegiant Bancorp. Inc.(Howe Barnes Investments Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Dec. 11, $8.69 Howe Barnes Investments Inc. Buy. We are initiating coverage of Allegiant. The bank's recently completed acquisition of Equality Bancorp. Inc. solidifies Allegiant's position as one of the premier franchises in the...

Anheuser-Busch Cos.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Nov. 27, $48.94 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Buy. For the four-week period ended Nov. 4, Anheuser-Busch sales growth was an impressive 9 percent. Prices rose an average of 2.2 percent, in line with recent trends. We believe the...

Brown Shoe Co.(evaluation of stock)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Nov. 15, $10.13. Tucker Anthony Capital Markets Buy. Brown Shoe Co. reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings of 88 cents a share, compared with 81 cents a year ago. Improvements in the merchandising mix and inventory...

Pioneer buys out minority and preferred shareholders.(Forbes First Financial Corop. buys out Pioneer Bank and Trust Co.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Forbes First Financial Corp. paid $208,398 to buy out minority and preferred shareholders at Pioneer Bank and Trust Co. The buyout provided liquidity for those who held just a few shares of the privately owned bank, while also reducing...

Candidates for Mayor need to show how they differ on issues.(St. Louis)(Brief Article)
December 29, 2000... Four years ago the St. Louis mayoral race centered on cell phones and Midnight Basketball. There's got to be more substance this time around. As Freeman Bosley Jr. returns to face the man who ousted him, incumbent Clarence Harmon,...

Home for the holidays.(discussion of where economy is headed)(Brief Article)(Column)
December 29, 2000... RIDGEDALE, Mo. -- Some thoughts from the end of the year -- looking back. One of the most important elements of our fine country--one which offers such faith in the future--is that we always arrive, eventually, back at a sensible center....

City needs the taxes Cardinals generate.(St. Louis Cardinals)(Brief Article)(Column)
December 29, 2000... The St. Louis Cardinals have been a civic and financial asset to the city of St. Louis for many years. Last April, team representatives unveiled plans for a proposed new stadium and related development, which could help anchor the rebirth of...

Zoltek selling most of its inventory to help curb losses.(company to sell $12-15 million worth of carbon fibers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 29, 2000... Zsolt Rumy's New Year's resolution is to show investors that carbon fibers can make money in the near-term. Once a darling of Wall Street, Zoltek has fallen out of favor. It has lost more than $11 million the past two years and the value...

St. Louis Stocks.
December 29, 2000... [TABLE HAS BEEN CLIPPED]

INSIDE THE HOTEL DEAL.(St. Louis convention center)
December 25, 2000... How many people does it take to build a hotel? As the biggest snowstorm since February 1993 hit St. Louis, a blizzard of lawyers, developers and financial experts also descended on the city. They came from New York, New Orleans,...

Play ball.(KMOX-AM signs deal with St. Louis Cardinals)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... KMOX-AM has signed a five-year, with the St. Louis Cardinals. Sources close to the agreement said the radio station will pay $7 million for the 2001 broadcast rights and $8.5 million for each additional year. The team will retain 25 percent...

Stocking up.(Commerce Bancshares Inc.)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Jerry Byrd Sr., president and chief executive of Breckenridge Bancshares, is in line for $2.1 million in Commerce Bancshares stock, after Commerce wraps up its purchase of Breckenridge's Centennial Bank. A Dec. 15 proxy filing Commerce...

Moving an.(St. Louis, MO- based La Fourchette restaurant owner Fio Antognini to sell it)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Fio Antognini, owner and chef at Fio's La Fourchette, has put the restaurant on the sale block. Antognini, who launched Fio's in 1982 and built it into an award winner, said he will stay in St. Louis but wants to move on to new projects,...

Shrinking.(Union Planters Corp. cuts jobs)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Union Planters Corp. will cut 58 jobs, starting in January at its 600-person operations center in Belleville Tom Holloway, president and chief executive of Union Planters Bank-Illinois, said about 25 percent of the jobs are being centralized...

Branching out.(Merrill Lynch leases office building in St. Louis, MO)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Merrill Lynch was awarded naming rights to the Tony Novelly building under construction at Maryland Avenue and Forsyth Boulevard. The brokerage -- which had been at the Chromalloy Building -- signed a lease for the top two, floors, said Tom...

Fast lane.(case of road improvement project in Missouri)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 25, 2000... An upgraded intersection at Interstate 70 and Highway 40/61 in Wentzville will cost Missouri some $ 1.6 million more than planned. That's the amount a jury awarded Jim Pitman, who operates the Pitman Funeral Home, for eight acres he owns that...

MetaMatrix draws venture funds totaling $8.5 million.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Company plans to double size of local operation Perhaps the only people not surprised that MetaMatrix landed $8.5 million in venture capital are its venture backers and company officials. The Internet application business plans to use...

MAC planning $5.9 million upgrade to west facilities.(Missouri Athletic Club)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Missouri Athletic Club members will work out and dine in refurbished west- county digs. They voted to add $14 more a month in capital fees to their dues to fund a $5.9 million improvement plan at MAC-West in Town & Country. The new...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
December 25, 2000... Donald LaPoint Donald LaPoint is chief operating officer of American Educational Telecommunications. His first name was misspelled in the Dec. 18 edition. Kennedy Associates Inc. Kennedy Associates Inc. should have been included...

Solomon Brothers moves on $20 million office building.(Chesterfield, Missouri)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Solomon Brothers Realty Co. is moving ahead on constructing a $20 million office building in Chesterfield, after filing a lawsuit and fighting for nearly a year to get zoning approval from the city. "Cooler heads prevailed, and we...

Autohaus of Clayton expanding with $2 million construction plan.(St Louis area)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... After 23 years in Clayton, Anita Sink was not anxious to relocate her Autohaus of Clayton BMW dealership, and Clayton officials wanted to retain the city's last auto dealership. That led Sink to launch a $2 million expansion of her...

Barry-Wehmiller acquires Indian tech consulting firm.(acquisition information)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Barry-Wehmiller Cos. Inc. wants to bring computer skills from the sub-continent to St. Louis with its latest acquisition, the $2 million purchase of MWS, based in Chennai, India. MWS, to be renamed Barry-Wehmiller International Services,...

Oertli selling Sonacom to McNeil; to be CEO of Guarantee Electric.(Mike McNeil)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Mike McNeil, longtime vice president of Sonacom IT Partners, has purchased a majority interest in the information technology engineering firm. The company's founder, Rick Oertli, sold his 70 percent interest in the 16-year-old firm to...

Sports commission ends year with surplus.(financial information)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... As St. Louis ends a memorable year in sports, the St. Louis Sports Commission ends the year with a large budget surplus. The surplus more than quadrupled from $45,000 in 1999 to $203,000 in 2000. The commission had not posted an operating...

Cardinals end stadium lease of Bunn Winter Associates.(facility management)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Team to use offices as construction headquarters The St. Louis Cardinals are freeing up room in Busch Stadium for a construction headquarters. Effective Dec. 31, the team is ending the lease of Bunn Winter Associates Inc., an...

Maverix.net and Solutia undertake major layoffs.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 18 -- Add another dot-com to the Internet graveyard. maverix.net Inc. has laid off more than 80 percent of its employees and has reduced its business operations to a "holding status." The company said in a press release it had been...

Esco Technologies.(signs contract with Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 14 -- Esco Technologies has received a $50 million contract from the PuertoRico Electric Power Authority. The contract, a follow to a previous contract, calls for Esco to complete the island's implementation of an automatic meter...

Gateway National Bank.(gives Texaco credit facility)(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 14 -- Gateway National Bank one of a list of minority-owned banks providing Texaco with $75 million revolving credit facility. A syndicate of 54 minority-owned banks nationwide are providing Texaco with the credit facility. ...

Panera Bread.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 14 -- Panera Bread's Ronald Schaich recently sold 100,000 shares of Class A common stock, netting him about $2.1 million. The company said Schaich sold the shares from Nov. 28 to Nov. 29, for prices ranging from $21 to $22 a share...

Furniture Brands International.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 15 -- Furniture Brands International said it expects its fourth-quarter sales to be lower than last year. The company said its fourth quarter includes a loss from an increase in bad debt expenses from the Heilig Meyers...

Town & Country Mortgage Co.(Matrix Financial Services Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 15 -- St. Louis-based Town & Country Mortgage Co. has been acquired by Matrix Financial Services Corp. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close March 1. Matrix Financial Services Corp., based in Phoenix,...

Solutia.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 18 -- Solutia will eliminate up to 800 full-time positions next year in an effort to save $100 million. The company announced cost-reduction measures which will include eliminating 700 to 800 jobs, reducing its senior management team...

Ralston Purina Co.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 18 -- Ralston Purina Co.'s secondnature dog litter product has been named a "good buy" by the Good Housekeeping Institute. The Good Housekeeping Institute selects "cutting edge" consumer products that provide a good value for...

Apex Oil.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 18 -- Crown Central Petroleum Corp. has agreed to be acquired by Rosemore Inc. for $50 million. Crown Central was to be acquired by St. Louis-based Apex Oil, which owns 14.7 percent of Crowns Class A common stock and 3.5 percent of...

Engineered Support Systems Inc.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 19 -- Engineered Support Systems Inc. has received an $11.1 million order from the U.S. Navy. The contract is for the production of 42 aircraft avionics testing subsystems. The systems are used to test avionics and electronics...

Argosy Gaming Co.(gains more interest in the Argosy Casino and Hotel)(Conseco Entertainment L.L.C.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 19 -- Argosy Gaming Co. will pay $260 million for an additional 29 percent interest in the Argosy Casino and hotel in Lawrenceburg, Ind. Argosy purchased the interest from Conseco Entertainment LLC. The purchase also settles pending...

Kellwood.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... Dec.19 -- Kellwood's Fritzi California division will launch a new girls' clothing line called Jolt next month. Jolt will focus on novelty denim for girls sizes 7-16. It will be available in department and specialty stores for prices...

Station Casinos St. Charles.(Missouri Gaming Commission)(Station Casinos' St. Charles and Kansas City boats to Ameristar Casinos Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
December 25, 2000... Dec. 20 -- The Missouri Gaming Commission has approved the sale of Station Casinos St. Charles and Kansas City boats to Ameristar Casinos Inc. for $488 million. Ameristar is expected to take over the two Missouri Casinos Dec. 21....