Compiled by Lauri Johnson The St. Louis region and its companies make the national news. FORTUNE PICKS FOUR ST. LOUIS-BASED COMPANIES FOR MOST ADMIRED LIST FORTUNE magazine has included Anheuser-Busch, Emerson Electric, Graybar and Peabody Energy on its 2007 America’s Most Admired Companies list. The magazine ranked companies within their respective industries as well as on the overall list. Anheuser-Busch claimed the No. 1 spot in the beverages category, and Emerson Electric ranked No. 2 in the electronics industry category. In its sixth consecutive appearance on the list, Graybar ranked No. 1 in the diversified wholesalers category. Peabody Energy ranked No. 4 in the mining and crude oil production industry. ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD SPOTLIGHT DIVERSITY TRAINING EFFORTS ON I-64 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT The Missouri Department of Transportation has selected PRIDE of St. Louis Inc. to oversee a landmark workforce diversity training and employment program for the Interstate 64 reconstruction project. Engineering News-Record has featured the collaborative effort in an article called “Missouri DOT Joins Labor and Management to Build Road Project’s Diverse Craft Force.” Writer E. Michael Powers details MoDOT’s efforts to recruit and train minority and female workers for the $535 million reconstruction project. Those efforts include offering financial incentives to contractors and crafting an eight-week pre-apprenticeship training program that targets a younger workforce. The program also taps into the power of local church groups to find potential trainees within the minority community, according to Powers. The I-64 program “involves $1.5 million to train about 240 women and minority pre-apprentices for heavy-highway work, and likely for other trades,” writes Powers. “MoDOT also has committed another $1 million in placement incentives for contractors. Workers will join the projected 500-person I-64 labor force, which will reconstruct 10.5 miles of the Interstate over the next four years.” GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S LEADING REAL ESTATE LAWYERS RECOGNIZES BLACKWELL SANDERS' PARTNER Craig S. Biesterfeld, a partner at Blackwell Sanders, has been named in the 2007 Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers, a listing of pre-eminent real estate law practitioners around the world. The international guide, published by London-based Legal Media Group, lists individuals nominated by in-house counsel and peer leaders in real estate law in 34 countries. Biesterfeld is the only Missouri practitioner listed. UMSL EARNS NATIONAL MARKETING AWARDS The University of Missouri-St. Louis captured six awards at the 22nd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, a nationwide competition sponsored by Admissions Marketing Report, a monthly magazine that covers higher education marketing. The awards recognize institutions of higher education for excellence in the competitive field of admissions marketing. Among its accolades, the university earned gold awards for its Student Support Services logo and UM St. Louis magazine and a silver award for an alumni ad placed in the St. Louis Business Journal’s Book of Lists, all of which were created by Sandy Morris of UMSL Creative Services. Admissions Marketing Report received more than 2,100 entries from 1,200 colleges, universities and secondary schools in all 50 states and several foreign countries. Submissions are evaluated on overall creativity, marketing execution and impact of the message.

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