Stocks Rise as Oil Slumps and Earnings Beat Expectations
Wall Street edged higher as oil prices slipped from recent highs with light crude at 66.28 dollars a barrel. Lowe's reported quarterly net income of 838 million dollars and Winnebago announced plant layoffs amid soft RV demand.
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New York Mercantile Exchange
Hugh Johnson
Johnson Tillington Advisors
Dow Jones
New York Stock Exchange
Lowe’s Cos
Lowe’s
Thomson Financial
Energy surge lifts U.S. natural gas prices to new highs
Demand driven rally sends Nymex gas futures above $9.90 per MMBtu amid hotter than normal summer. Consumers face higher winter heating costs as supply tightens and electricity generation relies on gas. Industrial and residential users feel price pressures across fuels, plastics, and autos.
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Huntsman Chemical
New York Mercantile Exchange
Charlie Sanchez
Gelber & Associates
Houston
Nymex
United States
U.S
American Gas Association
Aflatoxin risk grows in dry southeastern Iowa corn
Dry cornfields in southeast Iowa raise aflatoxin danger as Aspergillus flavus mold appears in denting kernels. ISU Extension's Virgil Schmitt warns the toxin could ruin much of the crop. byproducts from ethanol production may concentrate the toxin in distillers grains fed to livestock. Rainfall offers some relief but weekly moisture remains below ideal. The article notes current dent-stage percentages and crop ratings statewide.
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Marlene Lucas
Gazette
Iowa
Virgil Schmitt
Iowa State University Extension
Muscatine
Schmitt
Roger Elmore
ISU
Ames
Davenport
Iowa City
Maquoketa
North Central District
Marlene.lucas
Gazettecor
Ex Genter Stage owner to lead Cedar Rapids retail incubator
Jim Miller will become executive director of The District a downtown Cedar Rapids retail incubator opening in November at 207 Second Ave SE He plans to help at least six small retailers get off the ground screen tenants raise funds and renovate the former Osco Drug space Miller who starts Aug 29 earned about 40000 and aims to create six to ten businesses while coordinating shared marketing and services with tenants
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Dave DeWitte
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jim Miller
Elaine Watkins-Miller
Miller
Second Ave
Osco Drug
Carl and Mary Koehler History Center
United States
Midwest
Dupaco to merge with Cedar Rapids Community Plus Credit Union
Community Plus Credit Union will merge with Dupaco Community Credit Union at year end, expanding from 4,273 members and 26.5 million dollars in assets to 39,011 members and 355 million. Cedar Rapids and Manchester offices reopen Jan 3 as Dupaco branches with enhanced savings, loan, and real estate services.
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Janice Johnson
Community Plus
Johnson
Dupaco
Bob Hoefer
Community First
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Evergreen Packaging
Wilson Ave
Cedar
Honor 3 named to business Hall of Fame
Three Eastern Iowa business leaders will join the Junior Achievement of East Central Iowa Business Hall of Fame. Arthur Christoffersen of Raining Rose and Corridor Management, Russell Gerdin of Heartland Express, and A James Tinker of Mercy Medical Center are honored for mentoring youth. They will be feted September 22 at Collins Plaza Hotel & Convention Center.
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the Gazette
Iowa
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Raining Rose Inc
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Cedar Rapids
Russell Gerdin
Heartland Express Inc
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A. James Tinker
Mercy Medical Center
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