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Compiled
by Lauri Johnson
The St. Louis region and its companies make the national
news.
FORBES MAGAZINE NAMES LARGEST
PRIVATE COMPANIES
Ten St. Louis-based companies have made it onto Forbes
magazine’s America’s Largest Private Companies list for 2006.
The compilation ranks the top 394 largest private companies
based on 2005 revenue. The list includes the following local
firms (followed by rank and 2005 revenue):
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car, No.
21, $9.04 billion
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Graybar Electric, No. 50, $4.29 billion
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Edward Jones, No. 89, $3.19 billion
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Schnuck Markets, No. 148, $2.30 billion
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UniGroup Inc., No. 157, $2.2 billion
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McCarthy Building Cos., No. 177, $1.99 billion
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World Wide Technology, No. 192, $1.85 billion
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Maritz, No. 297, $1.27 billion
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Alberici, No. 376, $1.03 billion
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Apex Oil, No. 384, $1.02 billion
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To
qualify for the listing, companies must be headquartered in
the United States and must have generated at least $1 billion
in sales in 2005. The selectors excluded foreign companies,
companies that don’t pay income taxes, mutually owned companies,
companies with fewer than 100 employees, and those that are
50 percent or more owned by foreign or other private companies.
To see a highlight of major
employers in the St. Louis region, visit Major Employers
on the St. Louis RCGA website.
CHILDREN’S EXHIBIT NAMED “MIDWEST TRAVEL
TREASURE” BY AAA MIDWEST TRAVELER
The St. Louis Public Library and The Magic House’s interactive
children’s exhibit, Once Upon a Time...Exploring the World of
Fairy Tales, has been named a Midwest Travel Treasure by AAA’s
magazine, AAA Midwest Traveler. Featured in the November/December
2006 issue of the magazine, the exhibit was selected for its
appeal to typical AAA members.
The 2,000-square-foot exhibit takes visitors into the larger-than-life
pages of seven favorite fairy tales from around the world and
allows them to take part by using costumes and interactive play.
The stories are Anansi and the Talking Melon, Beauty and the
Beast, Cinderella, The Elves and the Shoemaker, Jack and the
Beanstalk, Lon Po Po and Thumbelina.
The exhibit will travel the country for the next several years,
stopping first at a library in Charlotte, N.C., before heading
to the Kansas City Public Library. The exhibit will return to
St. Louis during the summer of 2008 as part of The Magic’ House’s
grand opening of its expansion.
To discover other treasures that St. Louis has to offer, visit
Living
Here on the St. Louis RCGA
website.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN RECOGNIZES
THREE WASHU NEUROSCIENTISTS
Three Alzheimer’s disease researchers at Washington University
School of Medicine have been named on the 2006 Scientific
American 50, a list of the year’s best and brightest from
a variety of scientific disciplines.
The magazine chose Dr. David Holtzman, the Andrew B. and Gretchen
P. Jones professor and head of the Department of Neurology;
Dr. Randall Bateman, assistant professor of neurology; and John
Cirrito, a postdoctoral research associate in neurology and
psychiatry, for their outstanding contributions to understanding
how Alzheimer’s disease originates in and affects the brain.
For more information about research universities in the St.
Louis region, click here.
MADSEN NAMED A TOP 100 ATTORNEY BY WORTH
MAGAZINE
Matthew J. Madsen, a member of the estate-planning department
at Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, has been named one of Worth
magazine’s 100 Top Attorneys in the December 2006 issue. The
editorial staff conducted a year of extensive research and reviewed
hundreds of nominations, looking for professionals who combine
exceptional legal expertise with outstanding interpersonal skills
and great tact.
THREE ST. LOUIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
WIN BEST OF 2006 AWARDS
Midwest Construction magazine awarded Best of 2006 Awards
to three construction projects in the St. Louis area: the new
Busch Stadium (Project of the Year—Overall), the Lambert-St.
Louis International Airport expansion (Project of the Year—Transportation),
and the Ameristar Casino Conference Center in St. Charles (Interior
Design/Fitout). The winning projects were featured in the December
2006 issue.
A jury of nine design and construction professionals reviewed
92 entries from Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and eastern Missouri
and then selected the 35 most worthy projects in 17 categories.
Kwame Building Group worked in collaboration with Hunt Construction
on the $270 million Busch Stadium project and also formed a
joint venture with Jacobs Engineering and Parsons Corp. to manage
the $1.0 billion expansion of Lambert. Walton Construction served
as general contractor on the Ameristar Casino Conference Center.
RITZ-CARLTON NAMED THE BEST BUSINESS
HOTEL IN ST. LOUIS
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis has been voted the best business
hotel in St. Louis by subscribers of Travel + Leisure
magazine. In an online survey, readers who travel for business
rated top hotels on how well they cater to business travelers.
The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis is a 4-Star, 4-Diamond luxury property.
UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF THE MIDWEST RANKS
ON U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT’S BEST HEALTH PLANS LIST
U.S. News & World Report ranked UnitedHealthcare of the
Midwest Inc. No. 93 among commercial health care plans in its
Best Health Plans 2006 issue. UnitedHealthcare received the
highest ranking of any commercial health plan in Missouri, according
to the report, which appeared in the magazine’s Oct. 30, 2006,
issue. The ranking was developed in collaboration with the National
Association for Quality Assurance, an independent organization
that assesses and reports on the quality of the nation’s managed
care plans.
Check out other Healthcare
Ratings and Rankings in the St. Louis area.
THE AMERICAN ARTICLE PROFILES
SHIFT IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF U.S. ECONOMY
In The American magazine, Joel Kotkin has written a fascinating
piece called “Presenting...The New Economic Map of America”
that explores the geographical shift in the U.S. economy. While
a number of certain older, well-established cities are losing
jobs and population, smaller cities and rural areas are expanding
their employment opportunities. St. Louis gets a nod when Kotkin
observes that many suburbs are becoming independent of the cities
they surround.
“In contrast to the old industrial paradigm, where jobs clustered
in the most populated places, economic growth now moves toward
less dense parts of metropolitan areas—10 to 20 miles from city
centers,” writes Kotkin. “These suburbs and exurbs are becoming
largely independent of the core, in contradiction to popular
urban legend. Local economies today grow on the periphery, almost
oblivious to what happens at the center.
As an example of this trend, Kotkin notes, “Of course, people
who live in fast-growing areas like Chesterfield or St. Charles,
in the outer ring more than 20 miles outside St. Louis, occasionally
go to a Cardinals baseball game downtown, but they work, dine,
and shop in their communities.”
The complete article can be found at www.american.com/
archive/2006/december/new-economic-map/.
HOSPITALITY CONSTRUCTION FEATURES AMERISTAR
ST. CHARLES CASINO EXPANSION
Ameristar Casino St. Charles’ new conference center, as well
as other Ameristar expansion projects, have been featured in
a cover story in Hospitality Construction magazine. In
September 2006, Ameristar St. Charles Casino unveiled a new
conference center, and construction of a 25-story, all-suite
hotel and a 2,300-space parking garage is currently underway.
Among other luxury amenities, the 4-diamond hotel will feature
a high-end spa and connecting rooftop indoor and outdoor pools.
STAN GELLMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN WINS INTERNATIONAL
CREATIVE AWARD FOR COMMERCE MAGAZINE
Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. won recognition in the 36th
Annual International Creativity Awards competition for six entries,
three of which are St. Louis Commerce Magazines from
2006, including: April, July and August.
The other winning Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. entries include
projects for Henneman Engineering Inc., Hinda Incentives and
LaBarge Inc.
The competition honors outstanding graphic design on a worldwide
basis. This year entries were received from 38 states and 29
countries.
SIX LOCAL DESIGN FIRMS ARE AMONG THE
BEST FOR INTERIORS
Midwest Construction magazine has included six St. Louis
firms on its list of the 2006 Top Design Firms in the country
for interiors. The ranking includes:
The Lawrence Group (No. 8)
HOK (No. 10)
Gray Design Group (No. 12)
Cannon Design (No. 21)
Forum Studio (No. 43)
TR,i Architects (No. 48)
BRYAN CAVE AMONG THE "BEST LAWYERS
IN AMERICA"
Bryan Cave LLP was inadvertently excluded from a mention in
the December issue of Commerce Magazine that included
St. Louis law firms in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers
in America. The Best Lawyers in America 2007 is a legal
guide to the top attorneys in the country as chosen by their
peers.
Best Lawyers recognized numerous “best lawyers” from
the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP. Thirty-six of the
62 Bryan Cave attorneys on this year’s list are resident in
the firm’s St. Louis office.
The guide is compiled based on more than 1.8 million confidential
evaluations completed by top attorneys in the country to determine
who is achieving legal excellence. The 2007 edition includes
29,000 attorneys.
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