For months, we’ve been posting information here about how much St. Louis companies pay their chief executives. Now, with the spring disclosure season nearly over, we thought it was time to tally up the numbers. Today’s column mentions some findings,…

Arch Coal, which doubled its net income last year, rewarded Chief Executive Steven Leer with a pay package worth $6.56 million.

According to Arch’s proxy statement, Leer took home a salary of $850,000 and cash incentive pay of $3.0 million, which…

The page that I use to monitor local stocks was nearly all green today, as the Dow Jones Industrials posted their biggest one-day point gain ever. Only two St. Louis companies bucked the trend: Huttig Building Products was down 7…

If you think we’re in an energy crisis now, coal executive Steve Leer told a business audience recently, just wait until the U.S. starts seeing electricity shortages. Leer, chief executive of Arch Coal, told the local Association for Corporate Growth…