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WHO
ATTENDS?
Employees,
Employers, Small Business Owners, Large Business
Leaders, Administrators, Civic Groups, Public
Officials, Clients, Accountants, Educators, Lawyers and
Manufacturers will be among the diverse audience.
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WHY ATTEND?
The economic forecast event is presented in an informal, “Sunday
Morning News” format that delivers not only substantive information
as each speaker presents an assessment of the economy and its prospects
for the coming year, but also genuine entertainment as the panel
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Signature Medical
Group is focused on providing compassionate quality
care to the community. Signature strives to reduce
cost and increase access through innovation. Physician
leadership is the key to improved quality, increased
access, and reduced costs.
Our physician-owned, multi-specialty physician group is the largest and
most comprehensive provider of orthopedic services in the region. We are
also now the largest OB-GYN group in the region. Signature Medical
Group is comprised of more than 60 physicians providing care from locations
covering the entire St. Louis area. Formed in 1998, Signature Health is
the result of several major groups of orthopedic physicians joining together
to better serve our patients and community. The group has continued to
grow steadily, branching out into other major practice areas including
obstetrics, gynecology and allergies. Visit www.signaturehealth.net |
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| Lee Enterprises
is a premier publisher of local news, information
and advertising in primarily midsize markets, with
51 daily newspapers and a joint interest in five
others, rapidly growing online sites and more than
300 weekly newspapers and specialty publications
in 23 states.
Lee's newspapers have circulation
of 1.7 million daily and 1.9 million Sunday,
reaching more than four million readers daily.
Lee's online sites reach more than two million
users, and Lee's weekly publications have distribution
of more than 4.5 million households.
With the acquisition of Pulitzer
Inc. in June 2005, Lee became the fourth largest
newspaper company in the country in terms of
dailies owned, and grew from 12th to seventh
largest in terms of total daily circulation.
Lee's newspaper markets include
Madison, Wis.; Lincoln, Neb.; Davenport, Iowa;
St. Louis, Mo.; Billings, Mont.; Bloomington,
Ill.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Napa, Calif.
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 The
World's Largest CEO Membership Organization |
Vistage helps
companies outperform the competition. Since 1957,
business leaders have been coming to
Vistage to accelerate the growth of their businesses — and of themselves.
That growth comes from
worldclass speakers, one-on-one executive coaching, membership in a local
group of trusted peers, and access to a worldwide network of more than
12,000 CEOs and business owners. Vistage works: member companies
grow, on average, 2.5 times faster than before joining Vistage. More
information about Vistage can be found at www.vistage.com or
contact group chairman Allen Hauge at (314) 993-3771. |
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| Commerce
Bank is the principal subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares
Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH), a $15.5 billion regional bank
holding company. For more than 140 years, Commerce
has been meeting the financial services needs of
individuals and businesses. Commerce provides a diversified
line of financial services, including business and
personal banking, wealth management and estate planning
and investments through its affiliated companies.
Commerce Bancshares operates across five states with
approximately 360 locations and also has operating
subsidiaries involved in mortgage banking, credit
related insurance, venture capital and real estate
activities. See www.commercebank.com. |
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| Emerson
is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering
together to provide innovative solutions to customers
through its network power, process management, industrial
automation, climate technologies, and appliance and
tools business units. Based in St. Louis, Emerson
has more than 128,000 employees and 270 manufacturing
locations worldwide. Recognized widely for its engineering
capabilities and outstanding management process,
Emerson is consistently a company at the forefront
of technology and one of the world's best-managed
companies. Sales in fiscal 2006 were a record $20.1
billion, and 2006 marked the 50th consecutive year
Emerson has increased dividends to its shareholders. |
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| Gallop, Johnson & Neuman,
L.C. is 80 attorneys strong, providing a full range
of legal services to companies large and small,
private organizations, and individuals.
We represent diverse clients
with a range of complex needs - publicly and
privately held businesses, large and small companies,
established organizations and start-ups, as well
as individuals. Our extensive experience and
entrepreneurial orientation has helped launch
emerging growth companies - and continues to
help them solve their legal challenges along
the way.
The collegial atmosphere that
characterizes GJN has enabled us to attract only
the most highly qualified attorneys - with a
track record of excellence and innovation - for
each of our practice areas, and outstanding staff
to support the work we do for clients. For more
information visit www.gjn.com.
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| Gundaker Commercial
Group, Inc. (GCG) is a full-service commercial
real estate company providing Brokerage, Asset
Management, Development, and Construction services
in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. Noted as one
of St. Louis' largest commercial real estate and
commercial development firms, GCG offers clients
a wide array of services.
GCG’s Brokerage division,
Grubb & Ellis¦Gundaker Commercial,
provides all traditional brokerage services,
including sales, leasing and tenant representation
with the support of a global organization providing
outstanding resources to compliment our services.
The Asset Management division is responsible
for managing both our commercial property and
multi-family property portfolios. GCG currently
manages more than 1,000,000 square feet of commercial
space and has more than 2,000 “workforce
housing” multi-family units under management
or in various stages of development. GCG’s
Development division provides all facets of development
services, including business development, research
and due diligence through the initial phases.
Our Construction division provides general contracting
services, land development, tenant finish services
and more.
For more information
on Gundaker Commercial Group, please visit
the website at www.gundakercommercial.com
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| Founded in 1910, the
John Cook School of Business at Saint Louis University
is the 15th oldest business school in the nation
and one of only a handful of schools in the country
to provide comprehensive international business education.
Home to seven centers of distinction, the school
offers a nationally ranked undergraduate business
degree with concentrations in nine different areas.
Well connected to and respected by the business community,
the school also offers five graduate programs that
give students a competitive edge. |
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Montgomery
Bank is a Missouri-headquartered community bank that
provides a more personal approach to banking. Montgomery
Bank has 7 branches in Southeast Missouri and 7 in
the St. Louis metro area. The bank’s newest
facility recently opened in Des Peres. Montgomery
Bank also has a loan production office in Southwest
Florida. With assets nearing $1 billion, Montgomery
Bank has the resources to provide you with the latest
financial technology while providing personalized
banking services.
Visit their website at www.montgomerybank.com for
more information on Montgomery Bank and to experience a more personal approach
to banking.
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The
Olin Partners' Program, at the Olin Business School
at Washington University in St. Louis, provides
a series of one-day and two-day management seminars
for senior-level and mid-level executives from
local and regional organizations of all sizes.
The program is a value-priced
source of top-flight management education in
support of organizations' executive development
and performance management needs. For
a set subscription fee, organizations can reserve "seats" for
their employees at discounted prices. Seminars
are held all through the year. See more
information at 314-935-9494 or www.olin.wustl.edu/opp.
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Stern Brothers & Co.
has provided investment banking services to Middle
America continuously since 1917. The company is
headquartered in St. Louis and maintains offices
in Kansas City, Chicago and Tampa.
The firm’s energy is
divided between satisfying the capital requirements
of state and local government and providing asset
management assistance to individuals and institutional
investors.
If you would like to learn
more about us, visit www.sternbrothers.com.
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| The University
of Missouri-Columbia was founded in 1839 as the
first public university west of the Mississippi
River. Today with 28,000 students from every state
and 100 countries, 12,000 full-time employees and
240,000 alumni worldwide, Missouri's flagship university
offers more than 265 degrees programs through 20
colleges and schools. Although many states fund
both a research university and a land-grant university,
Missouri combines those roles on Mizzou's 1,358-acre
campus. The state's only public member of the Association
of American Universities, MU is a major economic
engine for Missouri and is one of six public universities
nationwide with medicine, veterinary medicine and
law all on one campus.
With more than 43,000
alumni living and working in the St. Louis
area and nearly one-third of students coming
from the region, the University has an enormous
impact on the St. Louis economy. Mizzou also
has the largest research operation of any public
university in Missouri and receives more life
sciences funding from the National Science
Foundation than any other higher education
institution - public or private - in the state.
Visit www.missouri.edu
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