Market braces for Santa Claus rally this week
Market watchers say a Santa Claus rally may form in the final week as tax selling could reduce year end losses. The week features Treasury bill auctions, consumer confidence and home price data, weekly jobless claims, and mortgage rates.Markets will be open only part of Wednesday and Thursday for New Year’s Eve and Day closures.
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Airline fare note with caveats and booking sites
Fares listed exclude taxes and fees unless stated. Prices assume off peak midweek travel with limited dates. Booking options include allegiantair com orbitz com priceline com and ares com.
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Kevin Hamers Profile Snapshot and Career Guiding Principles
Kevin Hamers of the Surgery Center Cedar Rapids discusses his first job at a Midwest medical device firm, the value of relationship building, and applying guiding principles across roles. He highlights family, hobbies, and professional affiliations with ACHE and HFMA, plus future plans in healthcare.
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Weak Dungeness crab season hits West Coast fishers hard
Pacific fishermen face twin blows from a poor Dungeness crab harvest and sagging demand. In Half Moon Bay California and across California Oregon and Washington crews struggle financially as prices stay low and the chinook salmon season was canceled last spring. Fishermen fear more losses could force some from the industry.
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Reunited sisters highlight 2008 Cedar Rapids flood year
Dave Rasdal reflects on Eastern Iowa flood memories and personal stories from 2008. He notes Brad Pitt projects after Katrina, the pink house in Central City, and themes of loss, recovery, and reunions including Christine Newman and Brittany Thompson.
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Iowa warns of scam targeting grandparents
Iowa officials alert residents to a telephone scam posing as grandchildren in distress. The caller claims an accident or medical emergency and asks for money wired to Canada, with one case of a $2900 loss to a southwest grandmother after a fake bond request.
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