Iowa Telecom Plans Public Offering of Hybrid Stock and Bonds
Iowa Telecommunications Services of Newton says it will offer Income Deposit Securities IDSs representing stock plus senior subordinated notes in an IPO up to 725 million. Some IDSs will be sold by current investors with no proceeds to the company. Funds will repay debt.
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Alliant Energy files shelf registration statements
Alliant Energy Corp filed a shelf registration with the SEC for up to 300 million in securities. IP&L and WP&L also filed for 210 million and 150 million respectively. Proceeds may fund capital contributions to domestic utilities.
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Gazette seeks farmer market details for April 25 list
Farmers market masters are invited to submit information for publication in the Gazette. Provide hours and days of operation opening and closing dates location and a contact name and phone number. Deadline is April 20. Email money gazettecommunications com or mail to Marlene Lucas The Gazette 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Iowans Shun Credit Card Tax Payments Due to Costs
Two years after Iowa allowed credit card tax payments, only 266 filers used plastic for 2003 taxes with an average of 276 dollars. The 2.5 percent processing fee and credit card interest drive the low uptake, while the state notes most use is for past-due taxes.
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Gateway closes 188 stores as workforce is cut
Gateway Inc. ends operations at 188 U.S. stores affecting about 2,500 employees. The move shrinks the payroll from 6,500 to roughly 4,000, part of cost cutting after years of losses. CEO Wayne Inouye says more actions follow to reduce costs and notes negotiations to place Gateway products in other retailers' stores by summer.
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Fareway plans supermarket in Hiawatha Iowa
Fareway Stores plans a 24 300 square foot grocery on Miller Road and Progress Drive in Hiawatha. The store could open by year end, employing 45 to 75 people, with construction slated for late spring or summer and a six to eight month build. The project required rezoning to C-3 highway commercial from C-2.
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Kalona cheese plant seeks light industrial zoning boost
Johnson County supervisors weigh a 0.64 acre rezoning from commercial to light industrial near the Kalona cheese factory to allow a $10 million upgrade of whey handling equipment. Twin County Dairy aims to install new equipment while reducing daily truck traffic from eight to three and address traffic concerns at Highway 1 and 540th Street.
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Consumer confidence sinks amid job security worries
The AP Ipsos index fell to 84.8 this week from 97.7, as Americans fear for jobs and local economy ahead. Despite March payroll gains, economists warn one month is not a trend and offshore job fears color sentiment. The index remains higher than last year’s 83.3 but marks the lowest reading since October.
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