USA Today had a good summary yesterday of attempts to rein in 401k fees, a subject I’ve followed for a long time. New to me, though, was mention of BrightScope, a website that rates employers’ 401k plans.  It gives each plan a numeric…

Panera Bread Chief Executive Ron Shaich saw his compensation jump 58 percent last year to $1.9 million as the company exceeded the earnings targets in its executive bonus plan. The pay disclosures are in a proxy statement that Panera filed Monday…

A year-end rally meant that six St. Louis companies saw their stock prices rise in 2008, up from the four I highlighted in a previous post. Commerce Bancshares and Esco Technologies eked out gains to join the four solid performers…

With five trading days left in 2008, it looks like only a handful of St. Louis companies will make money for their investors. At the moment, only four have share prices that are up for the year: Panera Bread, up 40%;…

Shamrock Activist Value Fund has reduced its stake in Panera Bread Co., and there’s an interesting omission in the fund’s latest SEC filing.  Shamrock revealed this week that it now holds a 3.25 percent stake in Panera, down from 4.67 percent…