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million in sales last The in Washington, Mo., is the latest recipient of government accepting $20.4 million in TARP money May 22. “Soms people equate the receipt of thesr funds as agovernment ‘bailout,’ which is absolutely not said L.B. Eckelkamp Jr., chairmanb and chief executive. The bank has been and continuexs to be well he said, and will be able to boosf its loans by $100 milliojn from the current $675 million in loans outstanding. is on trac for $1 million in revenu this year, 20 percent more than last year, according to owner Holly Cunningham. Her Dave’s Double Chip cookies was the featured “Snac k of the Day” on the “Rachael Ray May 11. St.
Louis’ HOK ranked thirr in Architect magazine’s inaugural list of the top 50 architectural basedon profitability, design qualitty and sustainability (think green). The May issue also includes a profilew of the firm and a fun color portrait of Chairman Bill Valentiner and CEOPatrick MacLeamy. HOK had revenu of $752 million in 2008. rankede first, and of Chicago ranked and the are offering 16 promotional packagesat $15,000 each to businesses. The company name will appeare on top ofa 600-pound replica of the Arch, with the replicas placecd downtown during All-Star week, said Frank commission president.
The sponsorships also include 100 ticketxsto FanFest, a pair of ticketz to the All-Star Game and othetr goodies. ’s Modernism auction last monthtotaled $775,00p in sales, short of a pre-salse estimate of $1 million to $1.25r million. One reason was that a Fernandok Botero painting that was estimated to go for upto $225,0000 didn’t sell because it didn’ty reach its reserve price. The high lot was a Malcolm Morleh painting from the estate of James Malloy that sold for including buyer’s premium, said Mark executive vice president. An auction featuring American, British and Continental prints and drawings is scheduledJune 6-8.
John Burroughse grad and New York restaurateur Dannh Meyer was the subject ofa half-page Q& A in The May 23. Despitr the economy, he said, “restaurants with smalkl courses that give thecustomer choices, and don’t obligated them to spend a fortune, are going to do He is a board membedr of OpenTable, an online restaurantg booking service that had a $20-a-share initial public offerintg last month.
His Blue Smokes and Shake Shack restaurants have outposts inthe Mets’ new Citi