Wall Street slips as investors take cautious profits
Markets cooled after a rally with the Dow dropping 8.75 to 8,328.90 and the Nasdaq down 1.13 to 1,424.37 despite strong earnings from 3M and Merck. Lee Enterprises posted Q2 earnings of 14.6 million and 33 cents per share as ad sales rose. The Hawkeye Labor Council will hold its 22nd annual awards banquet in Cedar Rapids with over 100 activists attending.
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Lee Enterprises Inc
Mary Junck
Lee
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Greenspan to Undergo Surgery for Enlarged Prostate
Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan will have surgery for an enlarged prostate, with tests showing no cancer. The operation, not under general anesthesia, is set for Tuesday at an unidentified local hospital. Greenspan, 77, expected to return to work later this week and attend the May 6 policy meeting.
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Thornton Hardware Ties With Dugan's for Friday Groceries
Thornton Hardware and Gift Store owner Julie Carlson announced a Friday grocery delivery arrangement with Dugan's Super Market of Rockwell. residents of Thornton Iowa 422 will receive groceries at the hardware store, with home delivery available if needed.
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Mason City
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Development chief ready to push growth fund plan
Iowa economic development chief Mike Blouin says a new 810 million growth fund could trigger swift recruitment of high tech firms and good paying jobs. He plans national and regional marketing and fast track rules for a state board to oversee the bonding pool, with operations starting after enactment and in July.
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Gazette
Ankeny
Iowa
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State Department of Economic Development
Blouin
Iowa Values Fund
Iowa Values Board
Iowa farmers plant corn as 2003 season begins
Iowa City farmer David Schmidt started a seed plot with 20 hybrids and 75 acres as soil moisture remains ideal for planting. Only 3 percent of corn acres were planted by Sunday, below last year and normal pace, with rainfall across the state ranging from 0.37 to 2.19 inches and a statewide weekly average of 1.09 inches.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Crops & Weather Report
Iowa Agricultural Statistics
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Sioux City
Jewell
Hamilton County
Popejoy
Franklin County
New Farm Intern Program Offered by Practical Farmers of Iowa
Practical Farmers of Iowa launches Learning the Farm Way to match adults with farmers needing labor for hands on experience. Kamyar Enshayan notes the program can alter lives and renew rural farming culture. Applicants 18 plus, no prior farm experience required, contact Kamyar Enshayan at 319-273-7575 or kamyar.enshayan uni.edu for details.
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Kamyar Enshayan
Center For Energy and Environmental Education
University of Northern Iowa
Practical Farmers of Iowa
Enshayan
Robert Karp
PFI
Susan Zacharakis-Jutz
Solon
Kamyar
Uni.edu
WorldCom creditors seek trustee to protect interests
An ad hoc group owed about 350 million by WorldCom's MCI unit asks U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York to appoint a trustee for better representation in the emerging plan. They argue the plan unfairly furthers bondholders over trade debt and consolidates MCI and WorldCom debt.
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