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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 2009
Page
9
Stocks closed at their highest in more than two months as earnings and economic reports signaled a slower pace of economic decline. Investors bought technology, industrial and consumer goods shares, lifting the Dow to 8,125.43, the S&P 500 to 865.30, and the Nasdaq to 1,670.44.
Freddie Mac reports 30-year fixed mortgage rates at 4.82 percent this week, after a dip from 4.87 percent. The all-time low stood at 4.78 percent in early April, while 15-year fixed rates fell to 4.48 percent from 4.54. Five-year ARMs slid to 4.88 percent from 4.93, and one-year ARMs rose to 4.91 percent from 4.83.
A Saturday deadline governs COBRA health coverage extensions for laid off workers. Federal aid under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act pays 65 percent of COBRA costs for up to nine months, but applies only to employers with 20 or more workers unless states guarantee coverage for smaller firms. Iowa has no such law. Gannett’s first quarter profit fell 60 percent to $77.4 million as ad revenue eroded, with revenue down 18 percent to $1.38 billion. the company owns USA Today and the Des Moines Register among others.
Investors boosted crude in light volume on the NYMEX with May delivery up 73 cents to 49.98 a barrel. Gas prices rose less than a penny to a national average of 2.052 dollars per gallon, per AAA and OPIS.
The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids reacts to General Growth Properties huge Chapter 11 filing, the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy. The Cedar Rapids originators Bucksbaum brothers built Town & Country Shopping Centers in 1956, with assets listed at 29.5 billion and debts of 27.3 billion. Coral Ridge Mall excluded. many related filings span 158 regional centers. Experts call the move shocking and historic, with bankruptcy court protection allowing lease renegotiations and reorganization.
John Schwartzkopf and Thorland Co move to retrofit a Cherry Building loft with removable panels and high efficiency design. Franklin Hanson guides the plan as they pace toward mid project, aiming to prove energy use can drop without harming historic look.
The Iowa Department of Economic Development board approved High Quality Jobs Creation tax benefits for Acciona North America's West Branch wind turbine plant expansion adding 30 000 square feet for final nacelle assembly in West Branch The move follows prior production cuts and staffing reductions at the site and highlights state support for wind energy projects Other incentives were approved for Mobile Track Solutions Submittal Exchange BoDeans of Le Mars and other ventures in Adel and Elkader to create dozens of jobs and invest millions in new facilities
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