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

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

St. Louis Real Estate Firm Owner Says Buyer's Agents Have Distinct Qualities.
March 4, 2001... Byline: John Curley Mar. 4--Bill French has long known that buyer's agents were different from other kinds of real estate brokers. In an industry with a lot of part-time workers, his agents preferred full-time work. Agents at Wm French...

For-Profit Education Companies Offer Good Returns to Investors.
March 4, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 4--To most people, investing in higher education means paying tuition so you or your kid can get a better-paying job. These days, you also can invest in a number of fast-growing, for-profit education...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Your Money Column.
March 4, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 4--BOTTOM FISHERS ARE CAUTIONED TO LOOK AT ALL ANGLES: Don't read this column. Why would you read a stock market column by a guy who bought Lucent Technologies stock at $55? It closed at $12.34 Friday. I...

St. Louis Real Estate Firm Is One of Largest Buyer's Agents in Nation.
March 4, 2001... Byline: John Curley Mar. 4--Bill French's early career path was bumpy to say the least. He flunked out in his first go-round at college. The Navy rejected him as physically unfit (a congenital back problem). He bounced around before...

Southwest Airlines Workers Hold Informational Picket Line in St. Louis.
March 4, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Mar. 3--Southwest Airlines' fleet service workers held an informational picket line at Lambert Field on Friday, saying the company's growing profits were not reflected in their pay and benefits. The workers, all...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
March 4, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Mar. 4--SURVEILLANCE COORDINATOR TRACKS DEADLY SEXUAL DISEASES: NAME: Sheila Grigsby. AGE: 29. JOB: Grigsby works for the St. Louis City Health Department/Metropolitan AIDS Division. Grigsby is a...

Missouri Senator Leads Battle against Workplace Ergonomics Regulations.
March 5, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Mar. 4--WASHINGTON --A major battle over worker safety is brewing on Capitol Hill, where Republicans -- led by Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond of Missouri -- are determined this week to overturn a new regulation, with labor...

Downtown St. Louis Opens Luxury Hotel.
March 6, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Mar. 6--You might not expect to find a new hotel with a $2,000-a-night presidential suite, oversized rooms, and other features designed to out-Ritz the Ritz to be located in renovated, century-old warehouses in...

St. Louis-Based Electronics Firm Fares Well in Economic Slowdown.
March 10, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 10--When Internet stocks were climbing like crazy, Emerson was one of those old-economy companies that, seemingly, no one wanted to own. Then, about a year ago, Wall Street started giving Emerson credit for its...

Noodle Company Moves Operations to Granite City, Mo., Factory.
March 10, 2001... Mar. 10--Noodle manufacturer Baily International Inc. is moving part of its operations to the former Nestle tea factory in Granite City. Baily will move 75 to 100 jobs from one or both of its plants at 4170 Gravois Avenue in St. Louis and...

St. Louis-Based Tech Company Emerges from the Mire of Wall Street.
March 10, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 10--When Internet stocks were climbing like crazy, Emerson was one of those old-economy companies that, seemingly, no one wanted to own. Then, about a year ago, Wall Street started giving Emerson credit for its...

American Airlines, Trans World Airlines Try to Resolve Labor Conflicts.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 7--Management at American Airlines and Trans World Airlines tried Tuesday to resolve the labor conflicts that have led TWA's two largest unions to raise contractual objections to the deal. American Chief Executive Donald Carty wrote to...

Stock Market in Clutches of the Bear, Analysts Say.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 11--After hibernating for a decade, the stock market bear is back, analysts say. The monster has chewed up technology investors, and it's sniffing around the heels of other major market sectors. So what's...

Czech `Budweiser' Changes Name, Comes to United States.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 9--After an absence of more than 60 years, that OTHER Budweiser is being sold in the United States again. But not under the name Budweiser Budvar. To avoid more courtroom battles with Anheuser-Busch, the beer is...

St. Louis Court Ruling Ensures Movies Will Continue at Bankrupt Cinema.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Mar. 7--The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in St. Louis has ruled that Wehrenberg Inc.'s bankruptcy status should not be a factor in the supply of movies, a move that ensures the shows will go on at Wehrenberg's cines. ...

Missouri-Based Drug-Benefits Firm's Stock Sinks after Analyst Raises Questions.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Judith VandeWater Mar. 9--Express Scripts Inc. shares fell 10.2 percent after an analyst questioned the way the Maryland Heights drug-benefits manager accounted for company spending on computer software. The stock closed at...

Federal Reserve Economic Report Says St. Louis Region Has the Blahs.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 8--The St. Louis Federal Reserve district has the economic blahs, the Fed reported Wednesday. The Fed said the economy has "slowed noticeably" in the district, which stretches from eastern Missouri to...

Fenton, Mo.-Based Employee Motivation Firm Has Become Technology Powerhouse.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 4--Maritz Inc., founded 107 years ago as a jewelry maker in St. Louis, has gone through many incarnations. When the Great Depression made it tough for people to buy jewelry and watches, Maritz recast itself...

Former Head of Fenton, Mo.-Based Employee Motivation Firm Dies.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Christopher Carey Mar. 4--William E. Maritz, the longtime head of Maritz Inc., had his eye on the future when he handed the chief executive's job to his son, Steven, in July 1998. As a result of that careful succession...

St. Louis-Area Firm Closes Industrial Fabricating Plant.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 8--The Nooter Corp., a fixture on the riverfront south of downtown, is closing one of its smallest but best-known divisions, Nooter Fabricators Inc. A spokesman stressed Wednesday that the parent company...

St. Louis Auto Factory Worker Fights to Breast-Feed Children On Job.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Mar. 10--Jane Quartuccio is expecting twins in April. She wants to breast-feed them, as she did her two other children. These days, Quartuccio is trying to figure out how to keep her assembly line job at the...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Your Money Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 10--QUESTION: I have about $11,000 on my credit card. I pay about $200 a month and nearly all of that goes to interest. Do you think that's right? -- M.C., Florissant ANSWER: Heck no, it's not right....

Ford Pins Hopes on 2002 Explorer.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 11--A lot is riding on the new Ford Explorer, the first major redesign since the sport utility vehicle hit the roads 10 years ago. For the automaker, the 2002 model represents a chance to leave the Firestone...

Agents Arrest Former Missouri Stock Market Expert on Mail Fraud Charges.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 8--Matthew Trainer, once seen by investors as a stock market whiz, was arrested on mail fraud charges Wednesday, the U.S. attorney's office said. Federal agents arrested Trainer at the Atlanta airport as he...

Generic Brands Revel in Increased Popularity, Survey Shows.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Mar. 11--Shopping for kitchen staples like soda or cereal used to be a relative no-brainer. You had your Cokes, Pepsis, Frosted Flakes, and Cheerios. You saw their commercials, clipped their coupons, and entered their...

St. Louis-Based Hospital Company Rebounds from 1999 Losses to Report Profit.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Judith Vandewater Mar. 9--BJC HealthCare reported on Thursday an operating profit of $20.6 million for last year. The non-profit hospital corporation had an operating loss of $24.5 million in 1999. "This is significant movement...

Missouri Mining Company Plans to Shut Down Two Mines.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 8--Citing poor global markets for refined lead, Jeffrey L. Zelms, president and chief executive of The Doe Run Co. said Wednesday that 225 workers would lose their jobs as the world's largest lead mining company...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 7--MOST PEOPLE WHO CHANGE CAREERS do so abruptly, quitting one job to take another. For Dr. Raul Perez, the change was more like a decade-long evolution. Perez, an obstetrician, retired from his medical...

St. Louis Shoppers Rush to Buy Nike Shoes Endorsed by Basketball Star.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 7--Basketball great Michael Jordan may no longer fly through the air, but that hasn't stopped his shoes from flying off store shelves. Hundreds of people lined up at area retail outlets in recent days hoping to get their hands on the...

Chesterfield, Mo.-Based Parking Lot Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Mar. 9--The owners of an off-site parking lot near Lambert Field filed for Chapter 11 protection Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, seeking to reorganize the company after a difficult year. The company, Park...

May Department Stores Plans to Buy Former Montgomery Ward Stores.
March 12, 2001... Mar. 9--May Department Stores Co., which operates Famous-Barr, Lord and Taylor and other department store chains, has an agreement in principle to buy 13 former Montgomery Wards stores, the company's second such purchase in two months. The...

Southwestern Bell May Begin Selling Long-Distance Service in Missouri in June.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Mar. 7--Southwestern Bell could start selling long-distance service to its Missouri telephone customers as early as June, now that the Missouri Public Service Commission has given the company its blessing. The...

Financial Data Firm Owes Creve Coeur, Mo., Telecom Company $24.6 Million.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 9--Bridge Information Systems Inc. owes at least $24.6 million to Savvis Communications Corp., the Internet service provider based in Creve Coeur, according to records filed in Bridge's bankruptcy. Bridge, a...

Discount Travel Club Reaches Agreement with Missouri Attorney General.
March 12, 2001... Byline: William C. Lhotka Mar. 8--A travel discount club criticized for high-pressure sales tactics and poor delivery of services has reached a settlement with Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon that exceeds $700,000. Bailey and...

Missouri Allows Residents To File for Unemployment Insurance Online.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 9--The Show-Me State seems to have defied its nickname by becoming the first among the 50 states to allow residents to file for unemployment insurance over the Internet. International Business Machines Corp.,...

Missouri Utility Gives Critics Time to Air Critical Dam Issues.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 4--When AmerenUE officials launched their quest last year for a new federal operating license for Bagnell Dam, they chose to take the road less traveled. The usual relicensing practice for the hydroelectric...

St. Louis University Pledges to Invest in Local Venture Capital Funds.
March 12, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 8--Washington University has pledged to invest up to $40 million in St. Louis-based venture capital funds. The university did not say which funds would get the money, which is part of its $4 billion...

Incentives Encourage Companies to Build Warehouses in St. Charles, Ill.-Area.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Shera Dalin Mar. 8--Acres of warehouses are sprouting up in the Metro East and in St. Charles, creating a growing industry packed with tons of big-name products like Hershey's chocolate, Coca-Cola and Dial soap. Easy access to...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch At-Work Column.
March 12, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Mar. 10--NAME: Darryl Monroe. AGE: 35. EMPLOYER: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Monroe has worked for the police department for almost 12 years, six of them with the mounted patrol unit. ...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Linuxgruven.com Tumbles into Disarray.
March 13, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 13--After growing rapidly as a provider of Linux training and services, year-old Linuxgruven.com of Clayton has tumbled into disarray even more quickly. The company's chief executive and chief technology...

Busch Executives' Pay Soars in a Solid Year for Beer Market.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 14--If August A. Busch III has champagne tastes, he doesn't have to worry about paying for them. His version of the "beer budget" is probably unlike anyone else's. In documents released Tuesday in...

Defunct St. Louis-Area Internet Company Claims No Wrongdoing to Creditors.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 14--An attorney liquidating the failed Broadband Infrastructure Group Corp. has told creditors that he found no evidence of wrongdoing at the company. The Internet company collapsed in November, after burning...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
March 14, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 14--Three trillion dollars is a lot of money, but is it enough to sink the U.S. economy into recession? That's the amount of wealth -- actually, it's closer to $3.5 trillion -- that has disappeared in the...

Newspaper Publisher Creates a New St. Louis-Area Website.
March 14, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 14--Pulitzer Inc. is starting a new Web site for the St. Louis area that the company hopes will attract more Internet users than its existing postnet.com Web site. Pulitzer, which also publishes the...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Plastics Firm to Open Plant in Mexico.
March 15, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 15--Spartech Corp., a $1 billion plastics company based in Clayton, announced Wednesday that it was virtually certain it would open its first plant in Mexico before the end of the year. But the head of the...

Senator Pushes Bill Prohibiting Airline Mergers, Acquisitions for Two Years.
March 21, 2001... Mar. 21--WASHINGTON--Sharply criticizing American Airlines' planned acquisition of Trans World Airlines, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee filed legislation Tuesday aimed at stopping all mergers or acquisitions for two years. Sen....

Anheuser-Busch Executive Announces Plans for Retirement.
March 21, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 21--John "Jack" Purnell, one of the top three bosses of Anheuser-Busch Cos., will retire at the end of the month. The executive vice president is 60 and has worked for the company for 36 years. Since 1998,...

Des Peres, Mo.-Based Cable Company Buys Systems in Three States.
March 21, 2001... Mar. 21--Charter Communications Inc. of Des Peres is paying $99.5 million to acquire cable systems in three states from Cable USA, a closely held firm based in Kearney, Neb. The systems include 29,000 subscribers in Nebraska and about 3,000...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
March 21, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 21--CALIFORNIA ODYSSEY WAS A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME THING: It's been almost a year since Jerry Cox ended his 16-month sojourn in Silicon Valley, and if he had it to do over again, he says he wouldn't. It's not...

Missouri Senator Stops Anti-Airline Merger Bill.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Mar. 23--WASHINGTON, D.C.--Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., has effectively killed a bill that would have stopped all major airline mergers or acquisitions for two years. Bond said Thursday that he acted out of...

Bank of America Recruits St. Louis-Area Employees from Minority Communities.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Mar. 23--Bank of America wants to recruit 20 percent of its local work force, including managers, from minority communities by year's end. Seventeen percent of the bank's current managers here are minorities (not...

Controversial St. Louis Plan to Build Social Security Building Moves Ahead.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Mar. 22--A controversial, year-old plan to build a $2.4 million, two-story building for the Social Security Administration in the Washington Avenue loft district is moving forward despite objections from the owner of...

St. Louis Motor Manufacturer Expands Line into Fuel-Cell Vehicles.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 23--Emerson, which already is the largest maker of industrial motors, is branching out into motors for fuel-cell vehicles, which are thought by many to be the cars of the future. Ecostar, a joint venture of...

Developer Begins to Build St. Louis-Area Department Store Space.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Phil Sutin Mar. 22--An upscale specialty department store of 165,000 square feet may locate on the southwest corner of Hanley and Eager roads in the second phase of the Meridian at Brentwood office-retail development. DCM...

St. Louis-Based Computer Consulting Firm Gains $750,000 Investment.
March 23, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 22--Asynchrony Solutions Inc., a startup computer-consulting firm that specializes in helping big companies navigate technological change, is going through some changes of its own. Gateway Associates agreed...

Boeing, Air Force Dispute Criticism of Plans for Commercial Airline Project.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine Mar. 20--WASHINGTON--The Boeing Co. and the Air Force defended themselves Monday against criticism from a watchdog group about plans to build a commercial version of the C-17 cargo plane for the airlines. Under the...

Owner of NBA Team Rejects St. Louis as Possible New Home.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Christopher Carey Mar. 17--Michael Heisley got a hero's welcome Thursday at Tricon Global Restaurants Inc., the Louisville, Ky.-based parent of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Heisley, who is shopping around...

Missouri Building-Materials Distributor Expects Break-Even Quarter.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Chern Yeh Kwok Mar. 16--Huttig Building Products, a Chesterfield-based distributor of building materials, is not expecting to make a profit in the first quarter and could cut more jobs if economic conditions continue to sour. ...

Canadian, German Companies Buy Assets of Waukegan, Ill., Boating Company.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Tim Renken Mar. 17--For most of the 100-year history of recreational boating in this country, Johnson and Evinrude outboard motors were the proudest names on the water. For a month or so this winter, though, they were saddest...

Aging of Baby Boomers Regains Attention with Release of Latest Census Numbers.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 17--What happens when you hit your 50s and those hallowed emblems of the American success story -- the three-story house stuffed with state-of-the-art electronics, the college-educated kids, two SUVs in the...

New York-Based Bridge Information Systems May Sell Stock-Trading Subsidiary.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 24--Bridge Information Systems Inc. said Friday it may sell its stock-trading subsidiary and other properties to a Pennsylvania company. SunGard Data Systems Inc. of Wayne, Pa., has bid $165 million to buy...

St. Louis Business Grows in 2000, Survey Shows.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Mar. 24--Despite some shabby areas and other problems, downtown St. Louis grew overall again last year with a net gain of 67 new businesses and 2,902 employees, a survey shows. The latest figures, being made...

Residents Consider a Competing Casino in St. Louis-Area.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Virginia Young Mar. 16--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.--Business continues to improve at the President Casino on the Admiral, a trend that is boosting the hopes of those who want a competing casino to be built in Lemay. Financial reports...

Study Indicates Supply of Construction Workers To Shrink in St. Louis.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Gargi Chakrabarty Mar. 16--The supply of construction workers in St. Louis is expected to shrink at least one-third over the next five years, according to a study to be released today. If that happens, major projects -- such as the...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Your Money Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 17--If you're ready to do your taxes, here's the good news: There's not much news at all. No big changes in tax law mean few new headaches this year. Of course, all the old headaches are still there. So, grab...

Forest Park, Mo., Food Manager Founds Company.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Mar. 20--As a longtime food industry manager who's worked for major companies like General Foods Corp. and Ralston Purina Co., Patrick Fox has been responsible for developing new product ideas and turning them into...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louisans at Work Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Elizabeth Freeman Mar. 17--Name: Bert "Chip" Bunch. Age: 43. Job: Bunch is a self-employed contractor and owner of his own company, "Mr. Odd Job." Bunch has been doing room additions, kitchen and bathroom remodeling since...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Linux Training Firm Lays Off Most Workers.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 17--Linuxgruven.com, a Linux training company that shut its doors abruptly last week, said Friday that it has laid off 133 of its 153 employees. However, the Clayton-based company said it has not gone out of business and is seeking to...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
March 26, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 17--It's not time to panic, but it is time to go back to basics. Sure, the Nasdaq composite index is down more than 60 percent in a year, and the S&P 500 is down more than 20 percent. But the only people...

Missouri Secretary of State Implicates Men in Pyramid Scheme.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Jerri Stroud Mar. 16--Two men from eastern Missouri have been implicated in pay-phone pyramid schemes that took in more than $425 million from investors in 25 states. Missouri Secretary of State Matt Blunt issued...

Chesterfield, Mo., Sewer Repair Tech Firm Issues Profit Warning.
March 26, 2001... Mar. 16--Insituform Technologies, a provider of sewer repair technologies based in Chesterfield, warned Thursday that its first-quarter earnings will fall below expectations. The company said it would earn between 16 and 18 cents a share on...

St. Louis-Based Steel Firm Shuts Down Mills in Alton, Ill.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Al Stamborski Mar. 20--For the second straight week, Laclede Steel Co. has shut down its mills in Alton, its main production site. The slump in demand that is plaguing the entire domestic steel industry is to blame, says Executive...

Clayton, Mo.-Based Software Training Company Shuts Down.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Peter Shinkle Mar. 16--Parker Mundy thought he was on his way to becoming a certified Linux specialist until last Saturday. That's when he learned that Linuxgruven.com, the company that trained him in Linux, had shut its doors. ...

Senate Panel Guts Airline-Competition Bill as Favor to American, TWA.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Philip Dine and Cynthia Wilson Mar. 16--WASHINGTON--In a close vote Thursday, senators stripped an airline competition bill of all provisions that could pose problems for American Airlines' acquisition of St. Louis-based Trans World...

St. Louis-Based Electric Utility Pushes for Deregulation Bill.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 17--AmerenUE officials are pushing for a bill in the Missouri General Assembly that would put the St. Louis-based electric utility on the road to deregulation, although corporate officials prefer to call the...

Missouri Panel to Approve Credit for AmerenUE Utility Customers.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Repps Hudson Mar. 17--AmerenUE's 1.2 million customers will receive a total of $28 million later this spring in a one-time credit under an agreement pending before the Missouri Public Service Commission. The credit for each...

Anheuser-Busch Targets Consumers with `Wallpaper' Ads on Web Sites.
March 26, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Mar. 20--The next time you research a stock quote on CBS, don't be surprised if you get a sudden urge to knock back a cold one. Beginning last week, visitors to the popular financial news Web site were greeted with...

WorldCom Lays Off 361 Workers in Weldon Spring, Mo.
March 26, 2001... Byline: William Allen Mar. 17--Seven months after opening a new regional office in Weldon Spring, WorldCom Inc. is laying off 361 workers there as part of a national 6,000-worker layoff, state officials said Friday. The positions...

Four St. Louis Biotechnology Researchers Hope to Make Their Mark.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Virginia Baldwin Gilbert Mar. 24--Researchers are working to make the transition from scientists to entrepreneurs in labs across the St. Louis area. For some, the challenge is shifting from academia to industry. For others, it's...

Reading, Pa.-Based Car Parts Firm Settles Suit with Sears, Admits Fraud.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Michael Shaw Mar. 25--Exide Corp., the world's largest maker of car batteries, admitted Friday to knowingly selling defective batteries to Sears, Roebuck and Co., lying about their place of manufacture and bribing battery buyers....

Food Companies' Influence with White House Could Aid St. Louis-Based Firms.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Thomas Lee Mar. 24--A food fight may not be the most original way to characterize the relationship between the Clinton administration and U.S. food retailers and manufacturers, but it's a fitting one nonetheless. Over the past...

Quest for More Office Space May Lead St. Louis Law Firm Out of Downtown.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Charlene Prost Mar. 24--The Husch & Eppenberger law firm, a fixture in the city since the 1920s, may be moving out of downtown. But not because it wants to. "We'd love to stay downtown," said chairman Joseph Conran. "But we...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch David Nicklaus Column.
March 27, 2001... Byline: David Nicklaus Mar. 24--Repeat after me: Stocks are for the long run. If you aren't convinced of the wisdom of that statement, take a look at what's happened to three stocks that investment experts picked in this space six...

Retirees Shouldn't Assume a Return on Investments, Experts Say.
March 27, 2001... Byline: Jim Gallagher Mar. 24--Woe to the poor fellow who retired a year ago thinking his investments would keep him in Bermuda shorts and fishing gear for life. The stock market slump is teaching a nasty lesson in mathematics. A...