Week Ahead in Markets Signals Inflation Watch and Key Earnings
Investors seek clues on inflation as Fed Chair Greenspan and data on retail sales and credit shape outlook. This week highlights include Alcoa, Bed Bath & Beyond, Monsanto, Pier 1 Imports earnings. Fed and Labor data, Freddie Mac rates, and Treasury auctions. George Ford delivers the business report on KCRG TV9.
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David Ryan on work values and early career foundations
David Ryan recalls his first real job at The Brown Bottle in Cedar Falls while attending the University of Northern Iowa in the late 1980s. He credits preparation hustle and honesty as guiding principles shaping his career at Mount Vernon Bank and Trust Co and in community youth coaching.
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Hog Sorting Innovation Cuts Stress and Adds Profit
Pig farmer Slach installs center scale sorting to direct 272 pound hogs to trucking via Excel while lighter hogs enter a food court. He buys 50 pound feeder pigs from Cargill and, with about 16 dollars profit per pig, notes price fluctuations and rising costs.
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Bob Rasdal on pursuing truth beyond knowledge
Dave Rasdal argues in his column that there is little truly new in the universe and urges continual self education. He cites Kant and scientific progress, saying truth evolves with new facts and that humans must freely dream and search, despite doubts about finding ultimate answers.
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Chicago man guilty on gun drug counts
Leon Johnson of Chicago was convicted in Cedar Rapids U S District Court on possessing 5 grams or more of crack cocaine with intent to distribute within 1000 feet of McKinley Middle School. The jury also found that he was a felon and an illegal drug user in possession of firearms in Marion on April 30.
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