St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) articles from October 2001

St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO) archives from October 2001

Palo Alto, Calif.-Based Biotechnology Firm Closes Facility, Plans Job Cuts.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Oct. 31--Incyte Genomics Inc. has closed its gene-shipping facility in Berkeley and plans to lay off hundreds of employees at week's end. Incyte, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has developed a database...

Technology Will Make Global Access Easier for Cingular Wireless Customers.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 31--Customers of Cingular Wireless will be able to use their phones for voice and high-speed data services in more than 180 countries after the company completes a $3 billion transition to 3G technology. The...

Dillard's Unveils Store's Private-Label Shoes in St. Louis.
October 31, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Oct. 31--After ending a speech to store managers and other employees in the region, Alex Dillard stepped out of a conference room at the Ritz Carlton-St. Louis, only to be met by more store employees. Dillard's...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
October 31, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 31--What a difference a week makes. Last Friday, when Boeing Co. lost the competition to build the Joint Strike Fighter, St. Louisans looked back at the defense industry's glorious past here and moaned...

St. Louis Plant-Research Center to Open New Building.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Oct. 30--In some ways, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center resembles a private research university. But unlike Harvard or Washington University, the Danforth Center has no athletic fields, no...

Missouri Utilities Watchdog Agency to Hold Hearing on Cold Weather Rule.
October 30, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 30--The Missouri Public Service Commission will consider whether changes are needed in the Cold Weather Rule at a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Room 310 of the Governor Office Building in Jefferson...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
October 27, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 27--In a bear market, the past usually isn't pretty. But, pretty or not, it's time for a report card on some recommendations that analysts made in this space nine to 15 months ago. As you read keep in mind...

Missouri Agency Tells Telecommunication Firms to Start Pooling Phone Numbers.
October 26, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 26--Missouri will take the first steps toward slowing down the assignment of telephone numbers in January under an order issued Thursday by the Missouri Public Service Commission. The commission ordered the...

Belleville, Ill., Anheuser-Busch Distributor Moves to Bigger Warehouse.
October 26, 2001... Byline: Doug Moore Oct. 26--The largest Anheuser-Busch Cos. distributor in Illinois outside Chicago is getting bigger. Illinois Distributing Co. in Belleville is moving from its current home on Budweiser Lane to Busch Boulevard,...

Missouri State Advocate Claims AmerenUE Could Be Overcharging in Thousands.
October 25, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 25--AmerenUE could be overcharging customers up to nearly $700,000 a day because the Missouri Public Service Commission has yet to begin deciding on a new rate plan for the area's largest electric utility, the...

Venture Capitalists Lend Life-Science Expertise to St. Louis-Area Fund.
October 24, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 24--The dot-com boom put Mark Mendel and Jay Schmelter at a crossroads in their career paths. Fortunately for St. Louis, each chose a road that led to RiverVest Venture Partners, a new venture-capital fund...

Direct Marketing Group Wants Reassure Consumers about Mail.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Oct. 24--Amid increasing anxiety over anthrax, the direct-mail industry is rethinking its tactics and is looking for ways to reassure a nervous public. "It's critical we help consumers understand that their mail...

St. Louis-Based Market Research Firm Plays Role in Nissan Direct-Mail Snafu.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 24--A St. Louis company found itself playing a minor role in a public relations drama triggered by the recent scare over anthrax. Japanese automaker Nissan came up with an advertising campaign calling...

SBC Communications Decelerates High-Speed Internet Expansion.
October 24, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 24--SBC Communications is shifting its high-speed Internet expansion into low gear because of the economic slowdown and the extra expense the company blames on regulators. The project, announced as Project...

St. Louis-Based Emerson Will Cut Jobs, Close Plants.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 23--Emerson plans to lay off about 1,200 salaried employees by January and to close about 20 plants in the next year as the manufacturer of industrial equipment and consumer appliances moves to cut costs...

Lockheed Martin, Boeing's Race for Pentagon Contract Isn't Over Yet.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Oct. 23--WASHINGTON--Despite recent speculation that Lockheed Martin will beat Boeing in their bid to win the lucrative Joint Strike Fighter contract, the contest still seems very much up in the air. "What I've...

Malls Try to Find Balance with Increased Security, Customer Comfort.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Oct. 23--The St. Louis Galleria has set up a checkpoint for its delivery area. Jamestown and Chesterfield malls have added patrols to their loading docks. Westfield Shoppingtown has a "comprehensive plan that...

St. Louis Company Sees Demand Increase for Smoke Hoods after Terrorist Attacks.
October 23, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 23--The terrorist attacks Sept. 11 triggered a heightened awareness about safety and protective devices that is sparking demand for smoke hoods produced by Essex Industries in St. Louis. Some safety...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
October 22, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Oct. 22--NAME: Lorraine "Rainey" Fahey. AGE: 56. JOB: Director of Catholic Office of Disabilities Ministry since 1990. DUTIES: Fahey is an advocate for people with disabilities to be included in...

St. Louis Rams Build Sizable Roster of Marketing Partners.
October 22, 2001... Byline: Christopher Carey Oct. 22--Kurt Warner was an unheralded third-string quarterback when Super Smokers Bar-B-Que began supplying training-table food to the St. Louis Rams. Nineteen games later, Warner was a Super Bowl hero, and...

St. Louis Contractors Find Market for Recycled Brick.
October 21, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 21--A century ago, the brick industry was a major force in the St. Louis economy. Dozens of factories cluttered the cityscape with their massive kilns, smokestacks and brickyards. Now it has all but vanished....

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Your Money Column.
October 21, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Oct. 21--It's getting close to Halloween, so let's talk about scary things. If you're in the money business, things scarier than anthrax exist nowadays. When economists want a good fright, they look at Japan....

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Wait for Pentagon Decision on Joint Strike Fighter.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Oct. 20--WASHINGTON--Pentagon officials said Friday that no decision has been made on which company will build the Joint Strike Fighter. The winner of the competition between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp....

Low Gas Prices Offer St. Louis-Area Motorists Some Relief in Uncertain Economy.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 20--Local gasoline prices are the lowest in more than two years, which is a boon to motorists who must meet their driving and other living expenses with the economy on shaky legs. At the same time, this...

Customers Like Grocery Bags at Upscale St. Louis-Area Chain.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Oct. 20--Straub's Markets might have the ultimate marketing tool, and it doesn't involve expensive TV commercials, catchy radio spots or gimmicky slogans. "Our bags," said Paul Poe, the company's general manager....

St. Louis Hospital, Nurses Report Progress in Contract Talks.
October 20, 2001... Oct. 20--Both sides reported progress Friday in contract talks between St. John's Mercy Medical Center and its registered nurses. Talks were expected to continue Friday night, and both sides hoped to reach an agreement that could be brought...

Profits Up, Stock Down for Maryland Heights, Mo., Pharmacy-Benefits Manager.
October 20, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 20--Express Scripts Inc. had a good-news, bad-news story for investors this week, and investors chose to focus on the bad news. The Maryland Heights company reported a 33 percent increase in third-quarter...

Creve Coeur, Mo., Telecommunications Company Makes Deal with MoneyLine Network.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 20--Savvis Communications Corp. said Friday that it signed an agreement to provide $200 million of telecommunications services over five years to MoneyLine Network Inc. of New York. MoneyLine recently...

Missouri Agency Advises Rejection of Gas Utility's Effort to Recoup Payments.
October 20, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 20--The staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission recommended Friday that the regulatory panel reject an unusual proposal by the state's largest natural-gas utilities to include their delinquent bills in...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Business Briefs Column.
October 19, 2001... Oct. 19--MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BANCSHARES SEES THIRD-QUARTER RISE: Mississippi Valley Bancshares, parent company of Southwest Bank, on Thursday reported a 24 percent rise in profits per share for the third quarter. Chief Executive Andrew...

Margin Loan Imperils Profit at St. Louis-Based Retail Brokerage.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Oct. 19--A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. gave a chief executive from Virginia a margin loan secured by 15 million shares in his firm, Optical Cable Co. of Roanoke, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange...

Charter Communications to Watch Over National Cable Network from Olivette, Mo.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 19--Charter Communications Inc. says its new Network Services Operations Center should be a breakthrough for customer service, even if customers never know it exists. The center, housed in a nearly...

St. Louis Bankers, Venture Capitalists Create Medical Fund.
October 19, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 19--Two veteran St. Louis bankers and two transplanted venture capitalists have raised $89 million to launch St. Louis' largest medical venture-capital fund. Their firm, RiverVest Venture Partners, began...

Stein Mart's Ballwin, Mo., Store Opening Draws Crowd.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Oct. 19--The economy's slowing, and analysts say fears of layoffs have made consumers hesitant to shop. Try telling that to the shoppers who turned up Thursday for the opening of Stein Mart's Ballwin store -- the...

Missouri Utilities File Plan to Recoup Unpaid Bills.
October 19, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 19--Four investor-owned utilities in Missouri, including Laclede Gas Co., are asking the state Public Service Commission to let them include delinquent accounts from last winter's gas bills in winter rates that...

AT&T Touts Savings, Convenience in Prepaid Internet Service Option.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 18--AT&T says its new prepaid Internet service can help new or casual Web surfers get online cheaply. The long-distance giant isn't the first to market prepaid Internet service, but it probably is the...

St. Louis-Based Internet Provider Acts on Judge's Ruling Against Rival's Ads.
October 18, 2001... Byline: Tim Bryant Oct. 18--Charter Communications Inc. posted a bond Wednesday to make effective a judge's order that stops Southwestern Bell from running ads claiming cable-modem Internet connections bog down at peak times. A...

Federal Environmental Agency to Renew Registration of Bio-Engineered Corn.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Tina Hesman Oct. 17--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday that it would renew for seven years registrations on genetically engineered corn made by Monsanto Co. and three other biotech companies. The corn,...

St. Louis Businesses Join Nation in Marketing for Relief Efforts.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Greg Johnson Oct. 17--From donut shops to health clubs, from Toys "R" Us to Schnucks, businesses in St. Louis and nationwide have established hundreds of ways to link sales and traffic in their stores to relief efforts in New...

Customers Get on 2-Year Waiting List for Unfinished St. Louis Hotel Complex.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Oct. 17--Surrounded by the rubble of ongoing construction, developers of the long-awaited convention hotel in downtown St. Louis are giving sneak previews today of the first finished suite on the third floor of the...

St. Louis-Based Military-Equipment Maker Comes Out of Wings, Stock Climbs.
October 17, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 17--Michael Shanahan Sr. knows what it's like to be in a forgotten industry that everyone assumes is in decline. And now, he knows what it's like to be in the stock market's hottest sector. Shanahan,...

Consumers Air Doubts at St. Louis-Based Gas Company's Rate-Increase Hearing.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 17--A special rate for low-income customers emerged as a leading issue Wednesday during testimony at a rate-increase hearing for Laclede Gas Co. The Missouri Public Service Commission has authorized a new...

Judge Pulls Plug on Southwestern Bell Ad Campaign.
October 17, 2001... Byline: Tim Bryant Oct. 17--Though "very funny" and memorable, Southwestern Bell commercials contend falsely that cable-modem, high-speed Internet connections bog down at peak usage times, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the ads...

Planning, Diversity Keep St. Charles, Mo.-Based Aircraft Supplier Afloat.
October 16, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Oct. 16--The Boeing Co. has yet to reveal the specifics of its commercial-aircraft production cutbacks that are being driven by last month's terrorist attacks. When it does, industry experts foresee another round...

Plans for Creve Coeur, Mo., Development Easily Survive Slump.
October 16, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Oct. 16--With new office and retail buildings under construction and more offices and even residential real estate on its drawing boards, The Koman Group isn't allowing the slumping economy to thwart plans for its...

St. Louis Startup Enters Tough MP3-Player Market with Promising Product.
October 16, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 16--A startup consumer-electronics company in St. Louis has entered a tough and turbulent marketplace, selling a tiny digital device that stores and plays up to four hours of music. Bantam Interactive...

St. Louis-Area Car Dealerships See Strong Sales.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 13--Despite America's war footing, the region's automobile dealerships are seeing strong sales this month as the prospect of zero percent-interest loans draws buyers into showrooms. Sales of cars --...

Insurance Stocks Show Rebound.
October 13, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 13--Immediately after Sept. 11, the insurance industry appeared to be one of terrorism's biggest victims. Companies released loss estimates in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and when the stock market...

Experts Say Asia Holds Key to Missouri, U.S. Economic Future.
October 13, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Oct. 13--It was no accident that the International Business Outlook Conference at Washington University on Friday had a distinct Asian feel. Asia, and in particular China, is key to the economic future of the...

North Carolina Family Buys Office Building in Downtown St. Louis.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Oct. 12--The family of a real estate investor from North Carolina has bought One City Centre, an office building in downtown St. Louis that sits atop the St. Louis Centre shopping mall. The Whichards of...

St. Louis Alderman Hold Back Locally Based Firm's Cable-Franchise Renewal.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Mark Schlinkmann Oct. 12--A 15-year renewal of Charter Communications' franchise to operate the cable system in St. Louis remained stalled Thursday after aldermen expressed irritation at a recently instituted customer charge. ...

Greenspan Tells St. Louis Audience that Fed Doesn't Need Inflation-Rate Target.
October 12, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 12--The Federal Reserve can continue to control inflation without setting a specific target for the inflation rate, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told a St. Louis audience Thursday. Some other central banks,...

Collinsville, Mo., Lincoln-Mercury Dealership to Expand.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Shera Dalin Oct. 12--Premier Lincoln-Mercury in Collinsville said Thursday that it has bought the Lincoln-Mercury sales territory owned by the Auffenberg dealership in Belleville and that it would build a new dealership along...

Monsanto Settles Lawsuits over Genetically Altered Corn.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Oct. 12--A five-year court battle involving the technology used to develop insect-resistant corn is winding down, at least for some litigants. Twice this week, Monsanto Co. settled major pieces of...

Communications Company Awards Bonuses to Top Bosses.
October 12, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 12--Charter Communications Inc. last month gave two of its top executives 50,000 shares of restricted stock worth $599,500 along with 750,000 stock options. The awards were retention bonuses included in new...

St. Louis-Area Media Company to Lay Off Workers, Freeze Wages.
October 11, 2001... Byline: Chris Carey Oct. 11--KMOV (Channel 4) and other media properties owned by Belo Corp. of Dallas will lay off workers, freeze wages and take other cost-cutting steps to counter a drop in advertising sales. Belo, which owns 18...

St. Louis-Based Cable Operator Gets New Chief.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 10--Charter Communications Inc. made it official Tuesday: Carl E. Vogel, a senior manager at Liberty Media Corp. of Englewood, Colo., is the cable company's new president and chief executive. Vogel, 43,...

St. Louis Supermarket Shoppers Check Themselves Out with Self-Scan Technology.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Oct. 10--Normally, the absence of a cashier would deter a shopper from entering a particular supermarket checkout lane. But at the Schnucks store on Dorsett Road in Maryland Heights recently, several customers flocked...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
October 10, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 10--In its enthusiasm for turning the economy around, the Federal Reserve is offering free money to the nation's banks. With the Fed's latest interest-rate cut last week, banks have to pay only 2.5 percent...

Judge Hears Dispute between St. Louis-Based Firm, Southwestern Bell.
October 10, 2001... Byline: Tim Bryant Oct. 10--Advertisements showing drowsy kids up in the middle of the night to get speedy Internet access over their cable modem are the focus of a court fight between Charter Communications Inc. and Southwestern Bell....

Missouri Bank, Foundation to Support Botanical Garden Project.
October 9, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Oct. 9--The Missouri Botanical Garden said Monday that it will turn part of a vacant pasta factory at Kingshighway and Shaw Boulevard into an education, research and business center, using $8.35 million...

Anheuser-Busch, Bacardi to Team Up for New, High-End Cocktail.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Oct. 6--Anheuser-Busch Cos. said Friday that it will join forces with Bacardi USA Inc. to develop and market a high-end, flavored alcoholic beverage. Brewery officials would say little else. Rumors of an...

Charter Communications Threatens Suit Against DISH Network over Offer.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 6--Charter Communications Inc. has threatened to sue DISH Network if the satellite-television company continues to advertise a $9-a-month promotional rate. DISH, operated by EchoStar Communications Corp. of...

St. Louis Based Dot-Com Moves into Print Market.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Oct. 6--A local Web-based company that weathered the dot-com bust is branching into print. About 20,000 copies of the first issue of Sauce Magazine, a monthly, hit the streets this week. The free,...

St. Louis-Area Tire Distributors Say Firestone's Recall Won't Have Much Impact.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 6--Area tire distributors don't expect much of a rush in the wake of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.'s announcement Thursday to recall some Firestone Wilderness AT tires built before May 1998 for sport utility...

Gas Prices in St. Louis Area Continue to Decline.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 6--Despite unsettling developments in the oil-producing Middle East since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, gasoline prices here continue to drop -- and may not yet have hit bottom. In the last 3 1/2 weeks,...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Internet Start-Up to Sell for $95,000.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 6--StreamSearch.com Inc., a Clayton-based Internet startup that took in $31 million from investors before shutting its doors late last year, said Friday it has found a company that will buy most of its assets...

Washington University in St. Louis to Start MBA Program in China.
October 6, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 6--Washington University's Olin School of Business plans to launch an executive MBA program in China next spring. The initiative, a joint venture with Fudan University in Shanghai, was announced Friday by...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
October 6, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 6--It took a severe bear market to make Joe Terril bullish. In the past two years, this column has run four stock-picking contests pitting Terril against other investment professionals. And Terril, who...

SBC Communications Tries to Clear Long-Distance Path to Arkansas, Missoui.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Oct. 6--SBC Communications Inc. insists it has opened its markets in Arkansas and Missouri, paving the way for federal regulators to approve its request to offer long-distance service in the two states. SBC, the...

U.S. Bancorp's Stocks Fall 16 Percent after Company Makes Warning about Loans.
October 6, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Oct. 6--U.S. Bancorp, owner of Firstar Bank, saw its stock tumble 16 percent Friday after it warned that a $1.2 billion pile of loans may go bad, partly because of terrorism. Minneapolis-based Firstar -- the...

At St. Louis Luncheon Four Forecasters Agree Only on Expectation of Recession.
October 5, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 5--If any St. Louisans went to an economic forecast luncheon Thursday looking for a clear view of the future, they didn't get it. Instead, four eminent economic forecasters delivered widely divergent...

Pan American Airways Cancels Flights for One Day.
October 5, 2001... Byline: William Lamb Oct. 5--Citing unusually slow sales, Pan American Airways Inc. has canceled its flights today across its network of eight destinations, including MidAmerica Airport, raising concern that the airline is on shaky...

Historic St. Louis Complex to Rise from Ashes after $14.5 Million Renovation.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Oct. 5--After a fire nearly destroyed it a year ago, a historic factory complex that's turned out everything from bed frames to cotter pins is about to reopen in Lafayette Square. But this time around, the...

Movie-Theater Developer Plans to Open Two Specialty Venues in St. Louis Area.
October 5, 2001... Byline: Joe Williams Oct. 5--Bucking a national trend toward larger multiplexes, a local developer will open two specialty theaters next month, including one with a single screen. Harman Moseley, the owner of the Chase Park Plaza...

St. Louis-Area Employers Take Action to Protect Muslim, Middle Eastern Workers.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 4--Some employers knew intuitively they had to act -- and quickly. Others needed a little nudging from the International Institute here before calling their employees together. One resisted. In...

Small Businesses in St. Louis Cut Costs, Refocus to Survive in Slowing Economy.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Gregory Cancelada Oct. 4--Faced with a slowing economy and a tougher business environment after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, small businesses aren't simply waiting for good times to return. Cutting costs, finding new...

Southwest Airlines Reports Nearly Half-Empty Seats in September.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Oct. 4--Southwest Airlines Inc., the second-largest carrier at Lambert Field, said Wednesday that its planes were a little more than half-full last month as a result of the terrorist attacks involving four...

Chesterfield, Mo.-Based Supermarket Firm to Build New Store in St. Louis Area.
October 4, 2001... Byline: William Lamb Oct. 4--Dierbergs Markets Inc. plans to build its first Metro East store in Shiloh near a soon-to-open Interstate 64 interchange and has shelved plans for a store in neighboring Fairview Heights, company officials...

Texas Company to Acquire Web-Development Business in Creve Coeur, Mo.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 4--Vertecon Inc., a privately held Web-development company based in Creve Coeur, said Wednesday that it will be acquired by Perficient Inc., a publicly traded Texas company. With demand shriveling for...

St. Louis Firms Called to Action to Protect Muslim, Middle Eastern Workers.
October 4, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Oct. 4--Some employers knew intuitively they had to act -- and quickly. Others needed a little nudging from the International Institute here before calling their employees together. One resisted. In...

Government Changes Approach with Economy.
October 3, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Oct. 3--Big government is back in style. Less than a year ago, George W. Bush was scoring political points by saying of his opponent, Al Gore: "He trusts Washington. We trust the people." Now, President...

St. Louis Area Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly in August.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Oct. 3--The unemployment rate in St. Louis dropped 0.2 percent to 4.5 percent in August as students and teachers stopped looking for work at the end of summer break, the Missouri Department of Economic Development...

St. Louis Branch of Company Expects Demand for Map Products to Grow.
October 3, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Oct. 3--In a secure room in a downtown office building, the technicians of TASC work over digital three-dimensional maps, the kind that show buildings in sharp relief. The company doesn't discuss where it gets...