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Previous: September 3, 2010

Friday 09.10.2010

• Charter to return to stock market Tuesday
• Belleville Shoe names president
• Sabreliner to add 400 jobs
• People on the Move: Sept. 10, 2010
• Patriot Coal lowers Q3 sales forecast, idles part of mine
• Nestlé buys Waggin' Train dog snacks business
• St. Louis casino revenue inches up in August
• Commercial lending remains a challenge [Blog: BizTalk]
• Smurfit-Stone named in containerboard suit
• AT&T spends $225M on Missouri network upgrades
• U.S. Builders wins $13M contract for Jefferson Barracks cemetery expansion
• Cards, Danforth pitch in to fight hunger [Blog: BizTalk]
• Centene lands Illinois, Texas contracts
• Missouri reduces leased space to save money
• Gallop, Johnson expands to D.C.
• Savvis director Clark resigns
• KV Pharmaceutical to start shipping drugs next week
• CPI, Wal-Mart extend deal
• Bedbug outbreak spurs pest control biz [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Boeing sparks talk of defense merger [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Louis among worst for sales taxes [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Starbucks drops ‘tall’ from drive-thrus [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Residents offer Jamestown Mall ideas [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Possible NFL lockout looms over A-B [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Monsanto beets face new court challenge [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Schlafly brews Pi beer [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• White House monitors insurer rate hikes [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mike Claiborne leaving KTRS [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Steakhouse gets $75,000 loan [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Stem cell financing ban killed, for now [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• McCaskill: VA hospital needs to change [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Computer virus hits ABC/Disney, Google [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Catholic Appeal raises $13.4M [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Catholic Appeal beats goal, raises $13.4M
• Columbia, Mo., among best college towns [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Columbia, Mo., ranked 13th best college town
• Small explosion at Honeywell plant [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Peabody Energy to buy $503.6M in notes [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Centene, Aetna win bids in Illinois [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Thursday 09.09.2010

• Arch Coal resumes mining at Utah facility
• B & W Sensors to install speed cameras in Cool Valley
• 16,000 expected for Joyce Meyer women’s conference
• Busch's Grove hires Thunderbolt Marketing, cuts hours
• Toys "R" Us opens temporary stores at Chesterfield Mall, St. Louis Mills
• Iron Mike still working at 90 [Blog: BizTalk]
• Ready Readers gets $15,000
• MIMH becomes new research unit of UMSL
• Webster U. announces $55M campaign [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Gateway Arch corrosion continues [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Google launches 'instant' search [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Wash. U. study: Smoking bans weak [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Nixon: Tax credit review by Thanksgiving [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• McCaskill: China hub this time next year [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Group forms to push flood map delay [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Express Scripts expanding in N.Y. [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Terrorist suit against Boeing dismissed [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Illinois appliance rebates return [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Elasticity to spin off from Osborn & Barr [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Poll: Slim support for Blagojevich retrial [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• KC begins $687M nuclear security campus [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• 7-Eleven bids $2B on Casey's [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Smartphone market to grow 55% in 2010 [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Craft Brewers surges on A-B takeover rumor [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Pfizer, American Kennel Club ink deal [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• LaBarge execs get raises, bonuses [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• A fifth of U.S. workers would switch jobs [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Region gets $6M for foreclosure relief [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• LaBarge pays execs bonuses, gives raises
• Auditor: Tax credits' benefits overstated [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Construction at Noah's Ark site to start [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Fed: 'Modest' St. Louis economic growth [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Obama's plan may not help small companies [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Wednesday 09.08.2010

• Need stitches? Check ER waits on Twitter [Blog: BizTalk]
• Webster University announces $55M campaign
• Odaniell steps down as Spartech's CEO
• Kellwood, Lindeberg to launch denim line
• Missouri sues Sirius XM Radio
• Ross joins Furniture Brands board
• SIUE touts record-breaking enrollment, freshman class
• St. Luke's Hospital acquires Faith Hospice business
• Geotechnology doubles its Overland Park office space
• Southern Illinois Healthcare Cancer Institute, Simmons Cancer partner
• SSM named best place to work in health care
• St. Louis County seeks Jamestown Mall ideas
• Commuter bike center to open in downtown St. Louis
• Birth of an American vodka [Blog: BizTalk]
• Nuclear workers' payment expanded to site [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Recession fueling domestic violence in Mo. [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Missouri teachers' pensions could shrink [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Jones: Chinese visit next month critical [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Regulators reject Sugar Creek casino plan [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Charles economic chief joins Coldwell [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Former school superintendent Hammonds dies [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Gates Foundation finances improved in '09 [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• YRC wants time to avoid stock delisting [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• P&G shakes up powder detergent [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Kersting heads Leukemia & Lymphoma chapter [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• High unemployment among black men [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Obama will not extend tax cuts for wealthy [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Downtown commuter bike center gets money [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• General Growth to start new CEO search [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Webster U. to announce campaign news [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• US Fidelis, Atkinsons reach settlement [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Boeing Defense CEO on cycling [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Boeing not ruling out merger with rival [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Tuesday 09.07.2010

• Webster U. to make fundraising announcement
• Jones: Chinese visit next month most critical yet for trade hub
• Missouri regulators reject Sunway Gaming's Sugar Creek casino proposal
• Cardinals showcase sports business careers [Blog: BizTalk]
• Former St. Charles economic development chief joins Coldwell Banker Commercial
• SSM named one of the area’s best builders
• Illinois, Missouri homebuyers claim $418M in tax credits
• Moving out of downtown [Blog: BizTalk]
• Ex-union president gets 18 months in prison
• Anheuser-Busch wins partial victory in Illinois distributor battle
• St. Louis Boeing execs to oversee more operations
• Esco buys Xtensible
• Schutt Sports files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• United Way to kick off $68M campaign
• St. Louis one of the most stressful cities
• Amdocs CEO to retire [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Amdocs CEO Baharav to step down
• Tech companies slow to hire [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• BP Gulf oil spill costs reach $8B [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Facebook testing Twitter-like feature [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Illinois promotes business tax credits [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Missouri destination state for immigrants [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Anheuser-Busch InBev to train pub workers [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• 400 workers continue Covidien strike [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Obama proposes $50B infrastructure plan [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Louis among most stressful cities [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Wolff's battle in the business for hunger [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Coal ash: Harmless or harzardous? [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Slay: Nov. earnings tax measure will pass [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Ex-A-B exec to open frozen yogurt shops [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Ex-St. Louis fire chief opposes Prop A [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Madoff investors win $12.7M [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Obama to push business tax break [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Friday 09.03.2010

• People on the Move: Sept. 3, 2010
• Ameren files $263M rate increase request
• KV meets NYSE minimum share price
• Bommarito drives past Fusz [Blog: BizTalk]
• Pinnacle changes execs, ops at St. Louis casinos
• Missouri drops appeal of transfer tax ruling
• LaMantia expands PRIDE board
• Furniture Brands contributes 4.1M shares to pension plan
• University of Missouri, Airgas ink deal
• Emerson completes Chloride purchase [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Louisans ready with hurricane relief [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Madigan sues over ID protection charges [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Missouri revenue collections sluggish [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• T-Mobile weighs investment in Clearwire [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Emerson completes Chloride acquisition
• Starbucks adds BlackBerry app [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Health referendum supporters spent $100k [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• PSC looks into phone service complaints [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Boeing not financing 787 deliveries in '11 [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Chrysler site analysis to move forward

Thursday 09.02.2010

• A-B directors behind Burger King buyout [Blog: BizTalk]
• Pace sells most of Manchester Highlands to Phoenix firm
• Five apply for last Mo. casino license
• Talent to head Show-Me Institute
• Bakers sees slight drop in Q2 sales
• SLU plastic surgery director departing for Walter Reed
• CSI Leasing expands in Asia with acquisitions
• Apex exec fills in at FutureFuel
• LaBarge Q4 profit jumps 85%
• Auto sales weak in August [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mo. joins car title network [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Louis could still lay off firefighters [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Sims named to Mo. higher education board [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Alton scrap metal firm gets 9 citations [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Belleville mulls Public Square proposals [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mo. court won't stop strip club law [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Judge orders Mo. tax vote [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Monsanto cuts include Hawaii farm [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Apple unveils host of updates [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Local group bids on former Chrysler plant [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Wednesday 09.01.2010

• Mirage, Crossing in national spotlight [Blog: BizTalk]
• Cardinals to return to KMOX
• SIU med school gets federal grant to study breast cancer
• Insituform gets $5.2M sewer rehab order in Ga.
• Procter & Gamble recalls Iams cat food lot
• Scottrade names Wells chief marketer
• Hopcraft in, Breckenridge out at Sendouts
• Days late, not a dollar short [Blog: BizTalk]
• Horner & Shifrin opens Springfield, Mo., office
• AmerenUE name changed to Ameren Missouri
• Patriot Coal ordered to clean up selenium
• Investor hopes to rebuild Goldenrod [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Burger King in buyout talks [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Maplewood Walmart becomes supercenter [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• FutureGen stays with clean coal project [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Dept. of Insurance joins US Fidelis suit [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• GKN delivers first helicopter assembly [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Commerce Bancshares featured on TheStreet [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Nixon picks DNR head search committee [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Harmony-Emge teachers accept contract [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• McCaskill among richest lawmakers [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• McCaskill one of richest lawmakers
• Mizzou researchers study artificial turf [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Monsanto, Bayer CropScience ink deal [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Missouri industrial employment falls 2% [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Monsanto, Bayer CropScience ink seed deal

Tuesday 08.31.2010

• Missouri manufacturers drop 7,960 jobs
• Mefford-Miller's Metro team is checking all the stops [Blog: BizTalk]
• Moody's rates Wildwood City Hall bonds
• Emerson director Horton stepping down
• CPI loss shrinks
• Isle of Capri swings to Q1 loss
• Owner of real estate firm indicted on bank fraud
• Sanford-Brown names two campus leaders
• Wash. U. researcher shares in $10M grant
• Allied Healthcare posts Q4 profit
• Brookdale carriages moving to the Landing [Blog: BizTalk]
• Centene does not pursue Puerto Rico bid
• Tilley Eye Centers merge with Clarkson Eyecare
• Bankers weigh in on financial reform [Blog: BizTalk]
• Monsanto cutting 700 more jobs
• Warner to join 'Dancing' cast [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Carnahan donates to Mo. Democratic Party [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Ban on retail dog, cat sales proposed [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Google to offer prioritized Gmail [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Unisys to open at 555 Washington [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Clearwire offers pay-as-you-go 4G wireless [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Women's pro soccer cuts staff [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Husch Blackwell adopts new name [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Alpha Packaging sold for $260M [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Peabody Energy faces $174,000 in fines [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• St. Clair County OKs $3.5M for MidAmerica [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Borders to sell Build-A-Bear items [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mo. education leaders plan improvement [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Harmony-Emge teachers to vote on strike [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Amtrak service to Chicago to be disrupted [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Monday 08.30.2010

• Husch Blackwell name change brings ad push
• Alpha Packaging bought by Irving Place Capital
• Trivers wins USPS contract
• Nelson appointed to state tribunal
• Mo. DNR director exits for BP oil spill job
• Intercon to get $104,812 in state aid
• Ameren commits $5M to energy assistance
• Believe it or not: Hardee's is healthy? [Blog: BizTalk]
• Fraser named interim head of Wash. U. med department
• Covidien sells CPAP, specialty chem unit
• St. Louis has nation's cheapest gas [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Starbucks to launch flavored instant [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Continental-United merger gets fed OK [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Regions urges Wells to collect on loan [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• 3Par accepts HP's 'superior' $2B offer [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Hurd to sell HP stock worth $30M [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Isle of Capri director to retire [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Late car payments down in Q2 [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Isle of Capri director Brackenbury retires
• Mississippi River seen as power source [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Old Chemetco plant to be demolished [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Obama: Economy not growing fast enough [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Google plans YouTube pay-per-view [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Lambert voted third-worst airport [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Wood River councilmen consider fee hikes [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• O'Fallon studies energy research park [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Katz, A-B suit not going to arbitration [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mercy to launch new data center [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Mercy opens new data center
• Gates charity targeted for Monsanto ties [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]

Saturday 08.28.2010

• Katz, A-B dispute not going to arbitration

Friday 08.27.2010

• Jefferson County firms get $82,000 in Mo. training funds
• St. Louis College of Pharmacy enrollment near record
• Paul Allen sues Google, Apple, eBay, others over defunct lab's patents
• Union to protest Express Scripts
• Thompson Street buys stake in Barcodes Inc
• Annie Malone gets $75,000 donation
• Cape Girardeau backs Isle of Capri's casino proposal
• People on the Move: Aug. 27, 2010
• Imo’s Pizza moves Clayton location
• Coldwell top residential real estate firm [Blog: BizTalk]
• Bakers sells 20% of company [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Bakers sells 20% of company to Steven Madden
• Missouri sets wages on highway projects [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• State workers' union blasts health plan [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Protesters target Bank of America [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• USA Today to cut 130 jobs in overhaul [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Cardinals organist Ernie Hays to retire [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Boeing delays 787 delivery until 2011 [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Alton jobless rate hits 13% [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Missouri Dems file complaint about Rove [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Blockbuster to file for bankruptcy [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Zhu Zhu Pets face knock-offs [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• J. Crew puts outlet clothes online [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Metro adds shuttle service for LouFest [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Perficient hiring the most, Forbes says [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Nixon touts 37 new jobs in Cuba, Mo. [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Maxine Clark leaves J.C. Penney board [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Chinese cargo flight lands at MidAmerica [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Gates Foundation buys more Monsanto stock [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Netflix releases iPhone app [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Google voice much clearer than cell [Blog: St. Louis Morning Call]
• Nixon lauds 37 new jobs in Cuba, Mo.