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9 LAUNCHES WEEKLY BUSINESS SHOW
JON HART
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KETC-Channel 9, the region’s local PBS broadcaster, has added Stl
Biz to its Friday evening programming. Hosted by Jon Hart, Stl
Biz explores the challenges and opportunities of local businesses
from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 firms. The premier episode featured
a look at sports merchandise, including a conversation with NBC
and HBO sports broadcaster Bob Costas.
In developing Stl Biz, KETC established a partnership with
the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University. The
Olin School provides faculty expertise for each show, offering information
through research, interviews and commentary.
“What will make this different from Wall Street Week and Nightly
Business Report is that it will have a local or regional focus,”
says Stuart Greenbaum, dean of the Olin School of Business.
Hart, the show’s host is a graduate of the executive MBA program
at the Olin School of Business. Also, he is the owner of That’s
Me Sports, a company that produces simulated broadcasts of sporting
events using names supplied by the customer.
Moving beyond the business of sports, topics for other Stl Biz
episodes include the area’s growing bioscience industry, corporate
governance, business ethics, and supply chain strategy.
“Supply chain management strategy sounds like a buzzword that will
bore the living daylights out of people, but we’ll be able to take
this concept and use companies in St. Louis to help illustrate what
we mean by that, and how it’s relevant to business people and consumers,”
notes Hart, who emphasizes the show entertains and educates.
In addition to Hart, KETC named Emmy Award-winning producer Jennifer
Roller to spearhead the development and production of Stl Biz.
The show’s production team also includes Patrick Murphy as executive
producer, with KETC producers Jim Kirchherr and Anne-Marie Berger
working on the series as weekly contributors.
Stl Biz airs Fridays at 8 p.m. on Channel 9. The show repeats
every Sunday at 11 a.m. This series, underwritten locally by SBC
Communi-cations, will consist of 40 half-hour programs.
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TWO LOCAL ACCOUNTING FIRMS MERGER
Brown Smith Wallace LLC (BSW) has announced growth plans in the
St. Charles area through a merger with Megargel Willbrand & Company.
The merged firm will be Brown Smith Wallace LLC and Jeffrey Smith,
CPA, is the managing partner. With the merger, completed the first
of September, BSW added 100 employees in four offices in St. Louis
and St. Charles counties. The second largest locally owned CPA firm
in Missouri, BSW celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2002.
SSE AGREES TO ASSUME BUSINESS OF PARTEC,
INC.
SSE, the St. Louis-based information technology solutions provider,
has announced an agreement to assume the contracts and hire the
employees of Partec Inc. Computer Sales International Inc. (CSI)
is the parent company of Partec, which is also an IT solutions provider.
“This business arrangement is beneficial for all parties involved,”
says Susan Elliott, SSE chairman and chief executive officer. “It
strengthens SSE’s core IT services business, adds depth in key account
areas, and increases our resource pool. We are pleased to have Partec’s
employees and skill base become part of the SSE team.”
ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER OPENS AREA'S FIRST
HYPERTENSION CENTER
CHRISTOPHER
MCCARTHY ,M.D.
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October ushered in baseball playoffs and the opening of the first
comprehensive center in the area designed to provide coordinated
care to patients with high blood pressure. Known as the Hypertension
Center of St. Louis, the facility is located on the second floor
of St. Anthony’s Medical Plaza, behind the Medical Center, at 12700
Southfork Road.
As one of only 785 doctors in the U.S. designated as a specialist
in clinical hypertension, Christopher McCarthy, M.D., oversees The
Hypertension Center and meets individually with each patient.
“Hypertension is the number one reason adults visit physicians,”
Dr. McCarthy says. “The average person has a 90 percent chance of
developing hypertension and a 60 percent chance of being treated
for it some time in his or her life, according to the most recent
information from the Framingham Study.”
Dr. McCarthy also notes that hypertension can lead to other serious
health problems. People who have hypertension that is not treated
are much more likely to die from or be disabled by cardiovascular
complica- tions such as strokes, heart attacks, heart rhythm irregularities
and kidney failure than people who have normal blood pressure. The
Hypertension Center is designed to be a clearinghouse for referring
patients to appropriate specialists and working with patients on
lifestyle changes to improve their conditions.
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Figure Skating
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Championships
Coming to St. Louis in 2006
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one of the preeminent Olympic sports events to St. Louis’
future event calendar. The St. Louis Sports Commission and
the Heartland Inter-Club, an organization made up of seven
local figure skating clubs, put together the winning bid for
hosting the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
This will be the first time St. Louis hosts the event, which
will precede the 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy. Savvis Center
will host the competition Jan. 7–15. Secondary events and
practices will take place at the America’s Center convention
complex. The United States Figure Skating Association (USFSA)
selected St. Louis over three other finalist cities: Cincinnati,
Cleveland and Minneapolis.
“It means a lot to us that St. Louisans will have the wonderful
opportunity to see the nation’s best skaters compete on one
of figure skating’s biggest stages,” says David Klarich, Missouri
state senator and chair of the St. Louis Local Organizing
Committee. “And it’s very special to know that their presence
in the Gateway City will go a long way toward inspiring the
young people in the area who look up to these athletes. Hosting
the Championships will certainly grow the sport locally and
make our figure skating community stronger for the future.”
The U.S. Figure Skating features 350 skaters competing for
titles in three divisions (Championship, Junior and Novice).
In recent years, total attendance for the Championships approached
125,000. The Championships have also enjoyed impressive ratings
on ABC, ESPN and ABC Family.
In 2006, the event will attract more than 1,500 athletes,
coaches and officials to St. Louis. They are expected to fill
9,000 hotel room nights at a time of year when hotel occupancy
rates in the region are normally low. Based on previous Championships
and future projections, the economic impact of the event could
be $15 million or more.
“The U.S. Figure Skating Championships have been at the top
of our wish list for a while,” says Sports Commission President
Frank Viverito. “A lot of thought and hard work goes into
deciding which events we should pursue for St. Louis. And
this is one we really covet because of how much it will matter
to our region and how much prestige it will bring to us as
a host city.”
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