Hawkeye Bank rate shifts and Firstar deal dominate brief
Hawkeye Bank of Cedar Rapids posted a new 13.9 percent Visa MasterCard rate with no annual fee after July 1, countering a 19.8 percent rate and $18 fee listed by the Gazette. Firstar Corp agreed to acquire DSB Corp in a deal valuing the holding company at $112 million, with terms undisclosed.
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Hawkeye Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Stephen Allison
Hawkeye
Firstar Corp
Milwaukee
Firstar Bank
DSB Corp
Deerfield
Ill
Deerfield State Bank
Riverwoods
Firstar
Lake County
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Arizona
Chicago
Midwest
Communications Workers of America
Ameritech Corp
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Bob Johnson
Washington
Treasury
Treasury Department
Linn Photo division sold to Qualex Inc in North Carolina
Qualex Inc of Durham purchases Linn Photo processing laboratory in Hiawatha Iowa for an undisclosed price. Linn Photo Ltd retains Cedar Rapids and Des Moines retail stores. Robert and Vina Priborsky will lead the new lab as production expands from about 100 workers.
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George C. Ford
North Carolina
Linn Photo
Cedar Rapids
Qualex Inc. of
Durham, N.C
Linn Photo Processing Laboratory
Boyson Rd
Hia
Hiawatha
C St
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Robert Priborsky
Vina Priborsky
Ej’s Photo Service
Southeast
Heat Helps Iowa Corn and Soybean Crops
DES MOINES AP Recent steamy weather aids Iowa corn and soybeans as they mature. The state Agriculture Department notes warm sunny days boost development and would be very helpful for the crops.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Agriculture Department
Iowa Crop Report Shows Mixed Progress Across Corn and Soybeans
The weekly report notes temperatures from 44 to 93 degrees in Iowa with corn 28 percent excellent, 64 percent good, 8 percent fair and 0 percent poor. Silk at 96 percent, milk stage 44 percent, dough 14 percent. soybeans 16 percent excellent, 65 percent good, 18 percent fair, 1 percent poor. Lady butterfly larvae damage reported in east central Iowa. Soybeans blooming 95 percent, pods set 68 percent.
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Iowa
Agriculture Department
Iowa business failures jump in June 1992 amid recession
Dun & Bradstreet data show 52 Iowa business closures with losses to creditors in June 1992, up from 18 in June 1991. Through six months, Iowa failures rose 233 percent to 407, with liabilities up 315.1 percent to 73.5 million. Nationally, failures rose 16.8 percent to 50,582.
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Iowa
Dun & Bradstreet Corp
New York
Dun & Bradstreet
North Central
Minnesota
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
West North Central
United States
Joseph Duncan
D&b
Mixed trading keeps bond market in focus on light session
Stock prices were mixed as traders in a slow session watched the bond market. The Dow edged up 5.40 to 3337.58 while volume on the NYSE ran at 142.45 million shares. News on Navistar and McDonnell Douglas moved some stocks, but no major economic reports shaped the day.
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Associated Press and Gazette
NYSE
Penwest
United Fire
General Mills
Quaker Oats
Steven van Brant
Nikko Securities Co. International Inc
U.S
Tokyo
Navistar International
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Texas Utilities
NationsBank
Telephone repair service offered in 140 languages
New York Telephone will provide repair information in Sioux, Twi and 138 other languages with 24 hour interpreters. Repairs can be arranged in Spanish, Yiddish, French, Polish and Russian, Pidgin English, Swahili, Fiji, Sioux and Twi reflecting New York’s diverse population.
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Albany
N.Y
New York Telephone
Fiji
Ghana
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Food and Drug Administration
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Northwest
United
Trans World Airlines
Delta
American
Tribune Media 4
Linn Photo Division
N.C
Qualex
Fuqua Industries Inc
Atlanta
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
Fuqua
Eastman Kodak
Genencor International
41St Ave. Dr
Fujitsu
Leee See
Surce
Dun & Bradstr
Dow
Eastern
Mark Marchand
NEW York Stock Exchange
Stem Exchange
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S Jones
Standard & Poor’s Bak
Wilshire
Associated Press
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