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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 2009
Page
12
Stocks slipped as traders awaited the Fed statement with anxiety about the economy. Banks faced warnings and financial shares dropped while defensive sectors rose. Dow fell 96.50 to 9,241.45, S&P 500 lost 12.75 to 994.35, Nasdaq down 22.51 to 1,969.73.
Bermuda-based Three Twenty Holdings orders avionics from Rockwell Collins for 25 A320s. Deliveries start in September and run through 2015, including MultiScan Hazard Detection System, ADF-900 Direction Finder, and DME-900 equipment.
The Labor Department report shows weak consumer spending with energy prices slipping. Benchmark crude settled at 69.45 a barrel on the NYME while national gas averages dropped to 2.64 a gallon. In 2009, salary hikes fell below 8 percent for the first time since 1976, though employers boosted bonus shares to about 12 percent of payroll.
U S employers trimming jobs before recession recovery. Small business owners require months of rising sales and more orders, with hours cut and temporary staff used to fill gaps. Productivity up while employment remains slow, wages and unemployment linger high.
Marion firm Kwik-Way Products Inc. rapid bottling of sodium silicate for the Cash for Clunkers program marks a shift from sealants to a disabler of engines. With Irontite lines in Marion and El Monte, over 10 000 one gallon containers were prepared, at times 1000 bottles daily, as government funding supports the program.
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke and colleagues meet to assess data and anecdotes on how businesses and consumers fare. While signs point to the recession easing and growth resuming, the Fed warns recoveries after crises are slow and risks remain. Unemployment may top 10 percent. commercial real estate loan defaults rise, tightening banks. The Fed is expected to keep rates near zero with a pledge to hold them low, spurring spending while lending remains weak. Factory activity improves and home sales recover, helped by foreclosures, though job cuts persist and lending flow stays uneven.
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