Osco to Open Sixth Cedar Rapids Area Store This Year
Osco Drugs will open a sixth store late this year in the Cedar Rapids Marion area. The Chicago based chain will operate a 15000 square foot shopping center space at Vernon Village Shopping Center. The store will employ about 30 people and will offer a food mart with canned goods frozen foods dairy but no fresh meat or produce.
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Osco Drugs
Cedar Rapids-Marion
A and
Food Mart
Vernon Village
Mount Vernon Rd
Village Market
Diane Maffia
Osco
American Stores Inc
Chicago
Local farming urged to boost profits and diversify crops
University professor Bill Heffernan urged Iowa farmers at the Leopold Center conference to grow for local needs and diversify beyond corn, soy, and pork. He said food giants post high ROI while farmers get little, and promoted localized, energy efficient food systems with contracted produce and environmentally controlled poultry and pork production.
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Ly Marlene Lucas
Garette
Ames
Bill Heffernan
University of Missouri-Columbia
Leopold Centers
General Mills
ConAgra
Heffernan
Mexico
Thailand
Tower Pension Specialists Formed By SCI Pension BPA
SCI Pension Services and Benefit Plan Administration Inc. merge to form Tower Pension Specialists Inc. with headquarters in the SCI building Iowa and more than 270 clients. The new firm becomes a subsidiary of SCI Financial Group and blends seven pension administrators and 70 years of combined expertise.
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SCI Pension Services Inc
Benefit Plan Administration Inc
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Tower Pension Specialists Inc
SCI Financial Group
SCI Pension Services
SCI
Second Ave
Jay Petersen
Pension Services Administration
James Anderson
BPA
Jay
Tower Pension
New York New York Hotel Casino Coming to Las Vegas
Las Vegas reshapes the Strip with a $300 million 1,500-room hotel casino named New York New York by Primadonna Resorts and MGM Grand Inc. The 28-story complex will feature replicas of the Statue of Liberty and Big Apple skyscrapers and a 200-foot coaster. Completion is planned for 1996 amid a regional building boom.
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Las Vegas
Statue of Liberty
Coney Island
Empire State Building
New York
Gary Primm
Primadonna Resorts
MGM Grand Inc
MGM Grand
Luxor Resort
Insurance and finance firms post strong Q2 gains
United Fire & Casualty Co reports 73 percent rise in Q2 profits to 5.34 million as six month income climbs to 9.46 million. Quaker Oats and Perpetual Midwest Financial also show higher earnings, while Chicago and North Western Transportation Co records a 15 percent quarterly income rise to 21.5 million.
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United Fire & Casualty Co
Cedar Rapids
Conglomerate
Quaker
Quaker Oats Co
Food
Perpetual Midwest Financial Inc
Perpetual Savings Bank
Midwest Financial
Chicago and North Western Transportation Co
Chicago and North Western Railway
Norway Iowa Public Hearing Set On Zoning Change
The Norway City Council schedules a public hearing for August cides at 6 30 PM to consider zoning change for 101 South Street Norway Iowa. The notice lists Clerk Margaret Gorkow and Mayor Pro Tempore Dana Harvey with council members present.
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Augusto
South Street
Iowa
Margaret Gorkow
Rules for securing venture capital funding in simple terms
The article explains that venture capitalists finance people not products and outlines key questions to prove market size depth and payback. It emphasizes independent verification, expert input, and realistic market share, noting most startups capture about one percent in year one and a five year exit is desirable.
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SCI Pension
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First Ave. NE
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Allstate Insurance Company
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Charles T. Hurst
Newbury Drive
Oak Creek
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