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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 2000
Page
15
Stocks rallied as investors bet rates will stay steady after data signaled slower growth. The Dow rose to 10 867.01 and the Nasdaq to 3 862.99 while Eastern Iowa stocks showed 27 gains, 18 declines and two flat.
Short term bills ended mixed as three month notes edged up to 6.095 percent on $9.5 billion and six month bills at 6.060 percent on $8.5 billion. Discount yields imply 6.278 percent and 6.339 percent real returns for $10 000 and $9 693.60 bills respectively. The Fed reported one year bill yields rose to 6.09 percent from 6.06 percent.
United Airlines faces a continuing pilot shortage with 238 cancellations as pilots refuse overtime post contract expiry. Travel agents report passenger delays and pushes to later flights while United trims schedules and increases spare aircraft to curb delays.
Iowa farmers see soybeans filling pods with rain in central regions while northwest areas face drought harming corn yields. Subsoil moisture is 12 percent adequate there, versus 81 percent in East Central. Market futures slip on rain hopes as corn, soybeans and wheat values fall.
Des Moines Iowa State Fair launches 11 days of judging with about 50 breeds of cattle sheep swine goats rabbits llamas and poultry. Dairy cattle entries rise with a record 1100 head while swine entries dip to about 1000 amid a pseudorabies concern.
AP report says a nationwide strike against Verizon continues into a second day with about 14 000 workers walking the picket lines from Maine to Virginia and DC. Iowa and Midwest wireless staff are not involved. Talks resume after a 16 hour Sunday session.
US employers announced 63,967 job cuts in July, highest in 17 months and above July last year. The Challenger firm says the figure rose 270 percent from June and marks the first time since March 1999 that July totals exceeded the prior year.
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