FORTUNE MAGAZINE PROFILES MASTERCARD’S “KEYS TO SURVIVAL”
FORTUNE magazine recently featured a piece about MasterCard Worldwide’s strategies for success for its FORTUNE 500 Series. “Mastercard’s Keys to Survival,” by Telis Demos, profiles MasterCard’s journey since going
public in 2006 and examines its strategies to compete with Visa, attract more bank clients, and increase the number of consumers who will reach for their credit cards despite a tough economic climate.
The article notes that at MasterCard’s Global Technology and Operations headquarters in St. Louis, analysts “keep watch over the flow of nearly 20 billion transactions a year in 210 countries, more than the United Nations has members. When the matrix of green lights flashes a red spot, the money traffic controllers immediately reroute the transactions to keep commerce flowing.”
The complete article can be found online atwww.fortune.com.
MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED IN COLLEGE ACCESS & OPPORTUNITY GUIDE
McKendree University’s commitment to promoting college opportunity and success for first-generation, low-income and minority students has earned it a place in the inaugural College Access & Opportunity Guide, produced by the Center for Student Opportunity. The guide features in-depth profiles of more than 220 colleges and universities identified for their commitment to serving and supporting students from first-generation, underserved backgrounds.
The guide credits McKendree for its College Readiness and Success Network programs, personalized financial assistance, academic scholarships, minority leadership development, commitment to retention and multicultural activities.
Schools were selected for inclusion in the guide by a national independent advisory committee comprised of
college presidents and chief administrators, college access and community-based organization leaders, and higher education association officials. All schools in the guide are featured on the Center for Student Opportunity’s College Center Web site atwww.CSOcollegecenter.org.
ROADS & BRIDGES NAMES MCKINLEY BRIDGE ON TOP LIST
Roads & Bridges magazine, a Scranton Gillette Communications business-to-business publication, has included the McKinley Bridge over the Mississippi River in Venice, Ill., on its 2008 Top 10 Bridges list in the November issue. The McKinley Bridge ranked No. 6.
Design firms, departments of transportation and engineers nominated nearly 70 North American bridge projects, ranging from $2 million to $235 million.
The magazine recognized owners, designers and contractors from each project.
The Top 10 Bridges for 2008:
1 I-35W Bridge, Minneapolis
2 North Ave. Bridge, Chicago
3 Devil’s Slide Bridges, Pacifica, Calif.
4 Maple-Oregon Bridge, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
5 Reagan Memorial Tollway Fox River Bridge, North Aurora, Ill.
6 McKinley Bridge over the Mississippi, Venice, Ill., and St. Louis, Mo.
7 Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, LaSalle, Ill.
8 8th Street Bridge Replacements, Port Angeles, Wash.
9 1-270 Flyover, Phase 6, Adams County, Colo.
10 Tempe Town Lake Light Rail Bridge, Tempe, Ariz.
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR’S NICHOLSON NAMED ONE OF FORTUNE’S
50 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BUSINESS
FORTUNE has named Enterprise Rent-A-Car President and Chief Operating Officer Pamela M. Nicholson to its 2008 50 Most Powerful Women list for 2008. Nicholson ranked No. 29 in her second appearance on the list.
Nicholson became the company’s first female president in August 2008. She oversees a worldwide network of more than 8,000 Enterprise, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car locations and the efforts of 75,000 employees.
FORTUNE compiles the ranking of women leaders at for-profit companies based on the size, importance and health of their businesses in the global economy; career momentum; and social and cultural influence.
MISSOURI WINES SHINE IN NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
Three national magazines sang the praises of wines from Mount Pleasant Winery in their October 2008 issues. Wine Enthusiast Magazine and Wine & Spirits Magazine have each reviewed one Mount Pleasant wine in their October 2008 issue, and Wine Spectator reviewed another Mount Pleasant wine for its Oct. 31 issue.
Wine & Spirits Magazine recommended the winery’s 2006 Claret as a Best Buy, giving it a score of 88. Wine Enthusiast Magazine awarded Mount Pleasant’s 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon an 86 rating,
calling the wine “an effort to be applauded.”
Wine Spectator rated the winery’s 2005 Norton with a score of 85, making it the publication’s highest-rated Missouri wine so far this year. Two more Mount Pleasant Wines were reviewed in Wine Spectator’s Oct. 31 online edition. The 2006 Claret earned a
rating of 83, and the 2006 Cuvée Blanc received an 81.
Mount Pleasant Winery, founded in 1859, is located in Augusta, Mo., the first government-appointed wine-growing district in the United States.
TONY’S RESTAURANT SITS WELL WITH MISSOURI LAWYERS
Readers of Missouri Lawyers Weekly voted Tony’s restaurant the “best place for a high-powered dinner.” Attorneys, paralegals, judges, legal secretaries and others in the legal profession from all over the state cast their votes.
“What an honor it is to be selected as the best,” says Vincent J. Bommarito, CEO of Tony’s.
For more than 40 years, Tony’s has been an award-winning establishment that ranks among the world’s finest. Tony’s has been honored as featuring the finest food, unparalleled service, and a distinctive, elegant ambiance.
GREATER ST. LOUIS TOP 50 AWARDS
CELEBRATING SUCCESS
On December 11th the Hyatt Regency St. Louis Riverfront Hotel was filled with the great energy of some 750 guests and CEOs from the Top 50 awardees to celebrate the success of the honorees at this year’s Greater St. Louis Top 50 Awards Gala, welcomed by RCGA Chairman Bob Reynolds and St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay.
The annual “Greater St. Louis Top 50” event celebrates
area companies, organizations and institutions selected for
this honor based on their significant contributions to the
St. Louis region.
Edward Jones and Managing Partner Jim Weddle were honored with this year’s Spirit of St. Louis Technology Award. The 2008 Ameren Corporate Citizenship Award was presented to Emerson and was accepted by Emerson Chairman, President & CEO David Farr. In his remarks, Mayor Francis Slay underscored the importance of both Edward Jones and Emerson to the economic vitality of the St. Louis region, as well as to recognize each company’s outstanding civic and philanthropic contributions over many decades.
The RCGA and Deloitte have been partners in presenting this annual Top 50 event each year since 1996. In addition to Deloitte, corporate sponsors of the 2008 Top 50 awards program were: Ameren; Edward Jones; and Southwest Bank. Media partners were: KMOX News/Talk 1120; St. Louis Commerce Magazine; the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and STLtoday.com.
The aggregate contributions that the 2008 Top 50 winners are making to the St. Louis regional economy are very significant. Just considering total overall employment and annual sales, these 50 companies represent 83,000 jobs and combined sales of some $250 billion.
Deloitte Managing Partner Rodney Kinzinger, right, presents the Spirit of St. Louis Technology Award to Edward Jones Managing Partner Jim Weddle.
Ameren Senior Vice President Richard Mark, right, presents the Ameren Corporate Citizenship Award to Emerson
CEO David Farr.
Brian Wolf, Kirk Wrobley and Peter Clune
of Lockton Companies
David Hoffman, DHR International; Bob Reynolds, Graybar Electric and RCGA chairman; Dick Fleming, RCGA president & CEO
Julie Hardy, George Kriegshauser and Joe Ambrose
of First Bank
Faith Maddy, Dr. Neil George and Karen Luebbert
of Webster University
Bret Kimes, Edward Jones; David Garafola, Webster University
Elizabeth Keserauskis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville; Cathy Dunkin, Standing Partnership
Doug King, Saint Louis Science Center;
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay
Becky Kueker, Arcturis; Dr. Zelema Harris,
St. Louis Community College
Richard Mark, Ameren Corporation; Fontez Mark, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
Patrick Culleton, Chris Boedges, Vinny Ferrari
of Edward Jones
Jai Nagarkatti, Sigma-Aldrich; David Hoffman,
DHR International and wife Jerri Hoffman
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