St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) articles from July 2001

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) archives from July 2001

Report Forecasts Less Corn, Wheat, More Soybeans in St. Louis Area.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 1--Less corn, more soybeans and a disappearing winter wheat crop sum up the crop outlook for the two-state region, according to the Department of Agriculture's June acreage and grain stock report. In Illinois,...

Hazelwood, Mo., Ford Assembly Plant Temporarily Halts Production.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Christopher Carey Jul. 1--Ford Motor Co.'s assembly plant in Hazelwood was idle last week, a sign of the lingering troubles surrounding its popular and highly profitable Explorer sport-utility vehicle. The plant temporarily...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
July 1, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Jul. 1--NAME: Michael J. Gianino. AGE: 42. JOB: Franchise owner of Homewatch, a living assistance business that provides non-medical services for the elderly, disabled or those who are convalescing....

Boeing Successfully Tests New Joint Strike Fighter.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Jul. 3--The Boeing Co. accomplished all the government required flight testing of its Joint Strike Fighter, with the successful completion of a short-takeoff flight test last weekend. Boeing's X-32B conducted...

O'Fallon, Mo.-Based Electronics Manufacturer Plans to Lay Off More Workers.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 3--Reacting to a plunge in demand for computer chips, MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. has laid off 800 workers this year, 200 of them at its headquarters in O'Fallon, Mo. Now, analysts said, it may have to do more...

State Regulator Files Complaint against Missouri's Largest Utility.
July 3, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 3--The staff of the Missouri Public Service Commission filed a formal complaint Monday against AmerenUE, seeking to reduce the typical residential customer's monthly rate by about $7.71, or 11 percent. The...

Government Officials Pledge Support to Missouri Biotechnology Industry.
July 4, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Jul. 4--The biotechnology industry in Missouri got pledges from state and federal government officials Tuesday to increase support for building their businesses. The pledges came at a gathering of...

Experts Critique Clayton, Mo.-Based Food Company Stock Buyback Program.
July 4, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 4--For several months this year, Jim McLaughlin did not know what to do with his Earthgrains stock. As an Anheuser-Busch Cos. shareholder, the retired bank inspector ended up with 24 Earthgrains shares when A-B...

Doctors Find Equipment for Indian Medical Center at St. Louis Hospital Sale.
July 6, 2001... Byline: Judith VandeWater Jul. 6--One of the early birds at the Wood River Community Hospital liquidation sale was shopping for things for a hospital 8,000 miles -- and a world -- away from the Southern Illinois river town. Dr. Subhash...

Price of Gasoline Plunges in St. Louis.
July 7, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 7--In seven weeks, the average price of a gallon of self-serve, regular gasoline in St. Louis has plunged to $1.25, down nearly 30 percent from the peak of $1.77 on May 17. Some motorists late this week...

Creve Coeur, Mo., Internet Company CEO Quits.
July 7, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 7--A year ago, Michael Gaddis announced that he had received $573 million in financing for his plan to build a nationwide fiber-optic network that was supposed transform the Internet. Now, with his company,...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Shoe Company Lowers Earnings Estimate.
July 7, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 7--Brown Shoe Co. lowered its earnings-per-share estimate for the second quarter and the fiscal year Friday as higher-than-expected markdowns to clear inventory at its Famous Footwear division is expected to...

Southborough, Mass.-Based Telecom To Close on $75 Million in Funding.
July 7, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 7--Celox Networks Inc. expects to close soon on a new round of funding for more than $75 million, said Hugh Kelly, senior vice president for marketing and business development. Kelly declined to give the...

Machinists Union Tries to Organize American Airlines Service Agents.
July 8, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Jul. 8--The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has launched a campaign to organize the passenger service agents at American Airlines. If successful at organizing the group of...

Ancient Art of Feng Shui Energizes St. Louis-Area Businesses.
July 8, 2001... Byline: Shera Dalin Jul. 8-- A mirror stuck on a computer or a crystal dangling in a hallway are among the subtle signs of a growing trend for St. Louis-area firms: businesses using the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui. Feng shui,...

Business Owners, St. Louis Officials Criticize Investor's Rising Rents.
July 8, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 8--David Jump, a real estate investor trying to sell a group of buildings in the Washington Avenue loft district for $37.5 million, is seeking to triple the rent paid by the City Museum. Also, he sought to...

Retail Projects Blossom on New MetroLink Line in Illinois.
July 9, 2001... Byline: Doug Moore Jul. 9-- MetroLink riders in Illinois could soon be able to stop for a cappuccino, drop off dry cleaning or pick up their child from day care without ever leaving the station. St. Clair County Transit District,...

Purina Stock Options Restructuring Benefits Executives.
July 10, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 10--Executives at Purina Mills will get heftier bonuses under a new stock-option plan devised by the company's board of directors just as the St. Louis-based animal-feed manufacturer and Land O' Lakes, the nation's...

Florida-Based Medical Products Company Focuses on Incontinence.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Jul. 11--Unlike other startups in the medical-devices industry, Zassi Medical Evolutions Inc. has practically no competition in its niche, though it's a multibillion dollar market. Zassi and a new...

TWA Airlines to Close Downtown Chicago Reservation Center.
July 11, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Jul. 11--TWA Airlines LLC will close its downtown Chicago reservation center by the end of the year as part of the carrier's integration into American Airlines. The center is home to about 250 unionized...

Subcontractors Owed $4.6 Million for Work on New St. Louis-Area Hotel.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Jul. 12--At least nine subcontractors who helped to build the finished part of a $75 million Westin Hotel at Cupples Station have filed separate mechanic's liens or notices against the property, saying they are owed...

Overland, Mo., Drug Maker Completes First Trials on Synthetic Enzyme.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Jul. 12--Metaphore Pharmaceuticals Inc. is announcing today the completion of Phase 1 safety trials for its first drug candidate. Though it's simply a first step in the process for getting a new drug...

St. Louis-Area Electronics Maker Expects First Earnings Drop in Four Decades.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Christopher Carey Jul. 12--One of the longest winning streaks in American business is nearing an end, a victim of the slumping economy. Emerson, a big electronics and equipment maker, said Wednesday that earnings for its fiscal...

Investment Firm to Limit Kinds of Stocks Analysts Can Hold.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Jul. 12--Edward Jones Investments says it's forcing analysts to sell their stock in companies they follow. David Otto, the firm's research director, said Edward Jones made the decision in June. The firm, based in...

Healthcare Company to Get Out of Nursing-Home Business in St. Louis Area.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Michele Munz Jul. 12--American Healthcare Management of Chesterfield is getting out of the nursing-home business in the St. Louis area. Cathedral Rock Corp. of Fort Worth, Texas, will take over the management and the patient...

Artist's Licensing Company Signs Deal with HarperCollins Children's Books.
July 12, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 12--Artist Mary Engelbreit's licensing company has signed a deal with HarperCollins Children's Books to produce 20 books by 2006. The first, an illustration of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," is...

Rawlings Sporting Goods Sees Sales Drop Seven Percent in Quarter.
July 12, 2001... Jul. 12--Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. Inc. said Wednesday that its third-quarter gross income from continuing operations fell 15.8 percent. The company blamed a slowing economy for sales declines in baseball memorabilia and baseball gloves....

American Airlines Deal Would Make Flight Attendants Industry's Highest Paid.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Cynthia Wilson Jul. 13--The tentative agreement American Airlines struck with its flight attendants would make them the highest paid in the industry beginning in January, if rank-and-file attendants approve the deal, company and...

Employees of Roger Maris Family's Business Testify They Sold Old Busch Beer.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 13--GAINESVILLE, Fla.--Several former employees of Maris Distributing Co. testified Thursday that they repackaged and sold out-of-date beer as lawyers for the Anheuser-Busch Cos. sought to portray the Maris family...

Developers Vie for Damaged Building Complex in St. Louis.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Jul. 13--Even with gaping holes in the walls and a partly collapsed roof, the old, fire-damaged Fresh building complex just north of Laclede's Landing is attracting developers and preservationists who want to save...

Dillard's to Close Downtown St. Louis Store by the Fall.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 13--Dillard's Inc. will close its downtown clearance store by the fall, company officials said Thursday. The announcement came just more than a month after its building and the adjoining St. Louis Centre were...

Negotiations Reach Critical Point over Land for St. Louis Development Project.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Tim Bryant Jul. 13--Negotiations are at a critical point over plans to build a large apartment complex near Laclede's Landing, where St. Louis officials have spent years in a fruitless effort to get new housing. At issue is how...

St. Louis-Area Web-Access Firm to Lay Off 75 Percent of Employees.
July 13, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 13--CoreExpress Inc., which vowed to revolutionize the Web with its high-speed Internet service, said Thursday that it's laying off 75 percent of its employees. The company, based in Creve Coeur and Herndon,...

Owner Holds on to St. Louis-Based Bank.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Jul. 14--When Jim Dierberg was in the Air Force in Germany, he and a friend spotted a watch for sale. The Swiss watch was solid gold, the kind you couldn't buy in America in the 1960s. "It cost a month's...

Florida Judge to Select Special Master in Anheuser-Busch Suit.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 14--GAINESVILLE, Fla.--The state judge overseeing the Maris family's $300 million suit against Anheuser-Busch Cos. said Friday that he will select a special master to look into possible misconduct by lawyers in the...

Earthgrains CEO Says He'll Stay On to Run Division for Sara Lee.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 14--Earthgrains Co. chief executive Barry H. Beracha says he won't exercise a "golden parachute" that could give him three times his average salary and bonus after Sara Lee Corp. completes its purchase of the St....

Missouri Utilities Fight to Retain Experimental Rate Plans.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 14--The St. Louis area's two leading utilities in Missouri are fighting hard to hang on to experimental rate plans that have fattened their bottom lines and, they say, saved customers millions of dollars. As...

St. Louis Area's Nonprofit Incubators Attract Entrepreneurs.
July 14, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Jul. 14--Debby Herst got her living and dining rooms back. Edward Becker got high-speed Internet access at a low cost. Vincent Plowright got to hire workers in a modern manufacturing space instead of a dilapidated...

Sportscaster Thinks China Should Be on Probation Until 2008 Olympics.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Dan Caesar Jul. 14--Bob Costas would have liked to have seen the International Olympic Committee apply contingencies to China's selection as the site for the 2008 Summer Games. "Ideally, I wish the IOC had given them the Games...

St. Louis Telecommunications Technology Firm Secures New Round of Financing.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 14--Celox Networks Inc. says a new $80 million round of financing will give it enough money to reach positive cash flow and become a going concern. "Things are progressing extremely well, especially against...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
July 14, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Jul. 14--Name: Greg Stone Jr. Age: 44. Job: Stagehand. Stone started working as a stagehand at the Muny in Forest Park in 1976, worked elsewhere for about seven years, and then returned and has worked at...

CEO of Clayton, Mo.-Based Electronics Maker Steps Down.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 17--James Mills said Monday he has stepped down as chief executive officer of Viasystems Group Inc., a Clayton-based electronics manufacturing company that has struggled amid the downturn in the technology...

St. Louis Nursing School Pushes Students in Employee-Starved Market.
July 17, 2001... Byline: Susan C. Thomson Jul. 17--For those changing into nursing careers, the fastest and shortest track is an accelerated program leading to a bachelor's degree in the field after a year or so of concentrated, full-time work. Summers are...

St. Louis-Based Electronics Firm Lets Streak of Profits End.
July 18, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Jul. 18--When infielder Cal Ripken took himself out of the Baltimore Orioles' lineup late in the 1998 season, he fretted that his streak of 2,632 consecutive games had become a distraction for the team. So it...

Group Calls for Missouri to Rethink Southwestern Bell Selling Long Distance.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 19--A national consumer group and an activist Internet organization have joined the call for Missouri regulators to rethink a decision to let Southwestern Bell seek permission to offer long-distance service in the...

Busch Emerges as Contender to Buy German Beer-Making Firm.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 19--Call it a potential homecoming of sorts. Since Brauerei Beck & Co., the German maker of Beck's beer, said Monday that it might be for sale, Anheuser-Busch Cos., whose founding families immigrated from...

Florida Disability-Rights Group Claims Benchmark Settlement with Retail Firm.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 19--Access Now Inc., a disability-rights group from Florida, says its proposed class-action settlement with May Department Stores Co. sets a benchmark for the retail industry. But other disability groups...

FAA Looks into TWA Engine Failures.
July 19, 2001... Byline: Ken Leiser Jul. 19--A rash of emergency landings involving Trans World Airlines planes has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to take a closer look at the airline's maintenance procedures, officials said Wednesday. ...

Missouri Auto Club Tracks Day-to-Day Changes in Gasoline Prices.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 20--Let's ride shotgun with Mike Right, the voice and the face of AAA Missouri, as he comes up with the numbers we use as guidelines when we buy gasoline in the metropolitan area. Right has worked out a...

Vacant St. Louis Historic Building To Reopen as Hotel.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Jul. 20--Another vacant historic downtown building -- this one standing for 100 years at the corner of Washington Avenue and Fourth Street -- will reopen in September with contemporary apartments and large hotel...

Business Group Praises Ruling Blocking Missouri `Living Wage' Ordinance.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Tim Bryant Jul. 20--The head of Associated Industries of Missouri, which sued to block the St. Louis "living wage" ordinance, said Thursday that a judge was right to stop what the business group feels was a thinly veiled effort to...

St. Louis-Area Steel Pipe Maker Files for Bankruptcy.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 20--Excaliber Tubular Corp., a Ballwin-based steel-pipe company, has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors, blaming the fall in steel prices. Four former employees of Bull Moose Tube Co. formed...

TWA Defends Maintenance Practices Amid Investigation.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Ken Leiser Jul. 20--Trans World Airlines and its mechanics defended the company's aircraft maintenance practices amid a federal review of four engine-related emergency landings between July 12 and Wednesday. The Federal...

Negotiations Allow St, Louis Web Site Developer to Sidestep Bankruptcy.
July 20, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 20--Web site developer Influence of St. Louis has skirted bankruptcy -- at least for now -- by mending fences with some creditors and making partial payments on debts, which totaled $3.1 million last month. ...

Pan Am to Pay Landing, Cleaning Fees to St. Louis-Area Airport.
July 21, 2001... Byline: William Lamb Jul. 21--Pan American Airways Inc. next week will pay most of the $115,000 it owes MidAmerica Airport in landing fees and other charges under a deal the airline worked out Friday with St. Clair County, county officials...

St. Louis-Based Soybean Board Works to Develop a Better Product.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Jul. 21--The United Soybean Board is spending more than $2 million a year to develop a better bean. Though the money comes from farmers, the project is defining "better" from the view of consumers. ...

Small-Company Stocks Outperform Those From Major Companies.
July 21, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Jul. 21--Big was beautiful for several years. But now, small is back in style on Wall Street. Stocks of little companies outperformed big ones last year by a convincing margin, and they're doing so again this...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
July 21, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Jul. 21--Name: Jeffrey Hochman. Age: 51. Job: Co-owner of the St. Louis metro-area franchise for 1-800-GOT-JUNK. Offices for 1-800-GOT-JUNK are at 1920 North Broadway, and its local phone number is...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Your Money Column.
July 22, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Jul. 22--A few months back, I was interviewing a big muckety-muck at a St. Louis financial company. He was wearing a nice suit. The suit would cost me a couple of paychecks, I thought. At the time, I was...

Washington University Business School Dean Retiring.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Jul. 23--Shortly after a young man named Ray Hilgert joined the business faculty at Washington University in 1961, a dean took him aside to offer some advice. "He said (to) concentrate on teaching or research or...

Researchers Use Markers to Avoid Concerns over Genetically Modified Food.
July 23, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Jul. 23--Suppose you could develop new varieties of corn or wheat in six or seven years instead of 10 or 12 years. Suppose you could analyze soybean seedlings that are only a few days old, rather than...

Missouri Governor Allows State to Use Tobacco Settlement for Health Research.
July 24, 2001... Byline: Bill Bell Jr. Jul. 24--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Gov. Bob Holden signed an executive order Monday that lets the state pay for research into topics ranging from aging to cardiovascular and neurological diseases to food safety. The...

Missouri Official Asks for Delay in New Overlay Area Code for St. Louis.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 25--Missouri Public Counsel Martha S. Hogerty has asked the Public Service Commission to delay indefinitely a new overlay area code for St. Louis. The reason: Telephone numbers aren't being assigned as fast as...

DaimlerChrylser to Move Production of Dodge Truck from Mexico to Fenton, Mo.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Jul. 25--The DaimlerChrylser plant in Fenton got a new truck to build Tuesday, and Chrysler's chief executive said he might shave his head. The plant will build the heavy-duty Dodge Ram 2500 pickup next year,...

General Electric's Failure Affect's Nestle's Bid for St. Louis-Based Firm.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 25--General Electric Co. Chairman Jack Welch could not secure Europe's approval of his company's $41 billion acquisition of Honeywell International. Now, it appears that Nestle SA, the would-be owner of St....

St. Louis Redevelopment Authority Agrees to Buy Building.
July 25, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Jul. 25--Directors of a St. Louis agency agreed Tuesday to try to buy the nearly vacant Syndicate Trust and Century Building from an owner who has been trying to tear it down for years. Meeting behind closed...

General Motors Official Argues against Raising Fuel-Efficiency Standards.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 26--A senior General Motors official laid out Wednesday the automaker's case for its campaign in Congress against raising fuel-efficiency standards. Dennis R. Minano, the company's vice president for...

St. Louis Telecom Company to Close Down Tuesday.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 26--Partner Communications & Services Inc., which aimed to bring wireless Internet connections to apartment complexes, will shut down July 31. Shareholders voted last month to close as the company failed to...

NASA to Send O'Fallon, Mo.-Based Firm's Silicon Wafers with Shuttle.
July 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 26--MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., a maker of silicon wafers usually used on Earth, soon will watch some of its products launched into outer space. MEMC, based in O'Fallon, Mo., made 144 silicon wafers for...

Reuters, Rival Have Showdown over St. Louis-Area Office Park.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Jul. 27--A Creve Coeur office park has become the setting for a game of Spy vs. Spy involving Reuters, a global news and financial data provider, and a rival, SunGard Data Systems Inc. Reuters filed suit Tuesday...

Energizer Shares Drop 14 Percent on Weak Quarterly Profits.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 27--Shares of Energizer Holdings Inc. tumbled 14 percent Thursday as the St. Louis-based battery maker blamed weak sales, especially in its key North American market, and increased competition from rival Gillette...

Efficient St. Louis Offices Can Be Cool While Conserving Energy.
July 27, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 27--f your office has gotten a little warmer -- and maybe a lot stickier -- this summer, maybe it's time to suggest to your boss that everyone need not suffer simply because energy costs are increasing. Even...

Mergers Mean Megabucks for Well-Positioned Executives in St. Louis.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 28--August A. Busch III's millions pale next to the money that some St. Louis-area executives will pocket when their companies change hands this year. The merger payouts are excluded from the Post-Dispatch...

Anheuser-Busch Boss to Top List of Executive Pay after Stock-Option Windfall.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Jerry Stroud Jul. 28--Whaaaassssuuuup? August A. Busch III's pay, that's what. The brewery boss drew $29.3 million in pay last year, nearly double what he made in 1999 and millions of dollars ahead of his closest...

Executive Pay in St. Louis Increased in 2000.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 28--The stock market sputtered, and the economy stalled, but executive pay roared full speed ahead last year in St. Louis. Publicly traded companies paid $446.4 million to 322 executives, 44 percent more than...

Tracking Gas Prices Is Tricky Business.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Jul. 28--Through the Internet, anyone with access to a computer can track gasoline prices and try to figure out why they change as much as they do. Good luck. This was an excellent week to hone your skills. It...

European Union Approves Nestle Purchase of Ralston Purina.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Jul. 28--One down, one to go. Now that the European Union officially cleared on Friday Nestle SA's $11.9 billion acquisition of the Ralston Purina Group, the St. Louis-based pet food maker, the two companies can now...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
July 28, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Jul. 28--Low visibility is the bane of investors these days. Company after company has said its crystal ball is too foggy to predict what sales and earnings will look like a few months from now. So Wall Street...

Shoe-Making Firm in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Is a Rarity in the Area.
July 28, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 28--CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Agnes Herren wasn't surprised two years ago when Florsheim Group Inc. decided to shutter its shoe-manufacturing plant on the south end of town. After all, Herren, then a...

Entrepreneurs Market Cable Modems To Teen-agers in Granite City, Mo.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 31--What do cable modems and halter tops have in common? Both appeal to teen-agers, says Jerry Kent of Charter Communications Inc. He recently put a cable-modem kiosk in the Glik's clothing store in Granite...

Charter Communications Stays out of AT&T Broadband Battle.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Jul. 31--Charter Communications Inc. is sitting on the sidelines -- so far -- as rival cable TV companies battle for control of AT&T Broadband, the nation's largest cable company. AT&T rejected an unsolicited $52.4...

Optimistic St. Louis-Based Service Group Lifts Detroit Real Estate Mogul.
July 31, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Jul. 31--Herb Strather is an optimist, whether the word is written with a big "O" or a little one. He sees opportunity where others don't, whether it's a high-rise building in a Detroit housing project or a...

St. Louis-Area Retailers Anxious to Cash In on Consumers' Tax Refunds.
July 31, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Jul. 31--Wal-Mart is helping to cash it. Lowe's is suggesting how you use it. And Home Depot is saying: Spend now, why wait for it? These stores, along with the rest of the retail industry, want your tax refund...