Accurate land surveys are an integral part of the property sales process, and land surveyors and real estate agents in the St. Louis metropolitan area say skimping on a land survey is not in the best interest of either the ...
Read More »Women entrepreneurs still face long-standing challenges
Times have changed – to a degree. Women-owned businesses are becoming more commonplace, accounting for more than one-third of all privately held firms in the St. Louis metropolitan area. “We’re seeing an increase in the number of women coming to ...
Read More »Driver prejudiced when trooper makes attempt to contact attorney
The Missouri Court of Appeals Western District dumped a man’s license revocation on the grounds that state troopers failed in properly allowing him the chance to contact an attorney. Also in Anton Joseph Kotar v. Director of Revenue, the Director ...
Read More »Gershman Mortgage finances renovations of Parade Park Homes
Gershman Mortgage, one of the largest mortgage lenders in St. Louis, provided more than $11 million for renovations on Parade Park Homes in Kansas City, Mo. For more than 50 years, Gershman has provided financing for residential real estate in ...
Read More »Barnes & Noble College Booksellers begins offering online shopping
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers runs campus bookstores for schools such as Hofstra University, Stony Brook University, Adelphi University, Dowling College, Nassau Community College and Suffolk County Community College. But its online service has long been limited to simply letting ...
Read More »Gender a factor in Web site design
Do you think you could tell the difference between a Web site designed by a man or a woman? Do you think you would respond better to one or the other? Believe it or not, there is new research that ...
Read More »Hours-of-service rules for long-haul trucks reinstated
The Bush administration has reinstated rules extending the allowable driving hours for commercial, long-haul truckers, despite a D.C. Circuit decision last July finding the rules “arbitrary and capricious” and a threat to drivers’ health. Public safety advocates decried the action ...
Read More »The anatomy of gas prices
Look in the rearview mirror. The year is 1959. The Texaco man fills your tank, checks your oil and washes your windows. Your total tab? Seven bucks, including tip. Fast forward 40 years to March 1999. The price per gallon ...
Read More »Federal study criticizes Department of Energy over small business goals
Small businesses haven’t been getting their fair share of subcontracts from contractors working with the federal Department of Energy, according to a study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. “Misleading data has created the false impression that DOE is meeting ...
Read More »Trade secrets revealed to government remain secrets
It may have been a trade secret case the Western District Court of Appeals decided, but the guts of this case really can’t be gleaned from the dictum in the decision. In American Family Mutual Insurance Co. et al v. ...
Read More »ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources readies for conference
Up-to-the-minute information on leading environmental issues, including the future of environmental law under a new Supreme Court, the impact of Congress’ controversial new energy bill, and the growing debate over efforts to find and exploit natural gas and oil on ...
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