We all know that Anheuser-Busch doesn’t qualify for Fortune 500 status any more, but it isn’t as if all the big headquarters have vanished. St. Louis officially has seven companies on the new list, and can claim eight if you…

A good year for the coal industry was also a good year for Peabody Energy Chief Executive Gregory Boyce. He made $11.95 million in total compensation last year, up from $8.58 million in 2007, according to a proxy statement filed…

I remarked Monday that only two St. Louis companies, out of roughly 50 that are publicly traded, saw their stock prices fall during that day’s remarkable rally. Today was the opposite: Just two local favorites managed to close higher during…

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…

Fortune magazine gives St. Louis credit for eight companies in the new Fortune 500 list. That’s the same number as last year, which isn’t bad in this era of corporate consolidation. The Regional Chamber and Growth Association, though, wants to boost our number…

The new Fortune 500 list is out, and it contains the same eight St. Louis companies as last year’s list. That’s down from a high of 11 local companies in 2000, before mergers took away such local names as May Department…