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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 2004
Page
16
A drop in weekly unemployment claims and a rise in manufacturing lifted stocks Thursday as traders waited for the March jobs report. The Dow rose 15.63 to 10,373.33 and the Nasdaq gained 20.79 to 2,015.01, with advancers outpacing decliners about 2 to 1.
IRS Commissioner Mark Everson criticizes the alternative minimum tax as increasingly affecting middle earners. He calls for tax code simplification, higher IRS funding to 104000 staff, and tougher enforcement to close the 250 billion tax gap while detailing audit and verification plans.
Southern Living pulls its April issue after a recipe for icebox rolls caused burns to at least five readers. The incorrect method boiled water with shortening, risking an explosive burst. The correct method uses boiling water poured over shortening then melted with stirring.
Dow Jones & Co swaps its benchmark industrial average for the first time in over four years. AT T International Paper and Eastman Kodak are replaced by American International Group Verizon Communications and Pfizer Inc. The changes take effect at the start of trading April 8.
The 30-year fixed rate rose to 5.52 percent from 5.40 percent, the 15-year fixed climbed to 4.84 percent from 4.70 percent, and the 1-year adjustable increased to 3.46 percent from 3.36 percent, per Freddie Mac.
Iowa joins Missouri led suit with Texas Illinois Kansas Arkansas to block Arch Coal Inc. purchase of Triton Coal Co. in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Attorney General Miller says the sale would reduce competition, raise prices, and give the top three producers 86 percent of regional output.
Gateway Inc announced it will shutter all 188 retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 workers. The Poway based company recently posted its 12th loss in 13 quarters and will wind down operations as it explores other retail options.
The Mid-America Business Conditions Survey shows a March index of 69.7, the strongest since 1994, with prices paid at 87.5 signaling tight inflation. Iowa reports 76.5 overall, with high new orders 83.8 and exports rising. hiring steady as job gains in 2004 edge toward two more quarters. Creighton includes nine Midwest states in the survey.
Nu-World Amaranth Inc. of Chicago, with plants in Dyersville and Earlville, receives 30 percent equity investment from Corridor Management Co of Cedar Rapids on behalf of Iowa First Capital Fund LP. The deal funds marketing expansion, new carbohydrate conscious products, and broader retail penetration. Susan Walters-Flood, president, calls the partnership value added and expects rapid growth aided by IFCF.
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