Savvis Chief Executive Phil Koen started his PowerPoint presentation this morning with a picture not of a server farm or a network operations center, but an electric dynamo, circa 1900. His point: Back then, every factory had its own electricity…

Richard Fleming, president of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association, takes note of the area’s Fortune 500 companies in his Monday Memo this week. As we noted, there is some good news for the region: We still have seven…

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 year ago, high-ranking Chinese official Li Zhaoxing came to St. Louis to talk about plans for an air cargo connection between his nation and the Gateway City. Next month, according to St. Louis RCGA President Dick Fleming, another Chinese delegation will be…

Bill DeWitt III, president of the St. Louis Cardinals, was talking return on investment during a speech this morning at the Regional Chamber and Growth Association. The investors are the taxpayers of Missouri and St. Louis, and the investment is…

Some winners of the RCGA’s Right Arm of St. Louis award use their acceptance speeches to propose bold new initiatives. John Bachmann, who accepted the award Thursday night, presented a wish list of ongoing projects that he wants to see…

Officials of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association were scheduled to be in Jefferson City today, presenting a wish list to Missouri legislative leaders. According to RCGA President Dick Fleming’s Monday Memo, the group’s “Grow-Me State” initiative is…

Philadelphia is losing a major corporate headquarters as Glaxo SmithKline decamps for North Carolina. So who’s the first person quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer story about the impact of the loss? Why, Dick Fleming of the St. Louis RCGA, of course. Reporter Linda Lloyd…