Market gains lift investors as February opens
Stocks rise as February starts amid Fed rate cut hopes and a $44.6 billion Yahoo bid by Microsoft. For the week the Dow up 536.02 points, S&P 500 up 4.9 percent, Nasdaq up 3.8 percent, with analysts eyeing fourth quarter earnings from Archer Daniels Midland, Principal Financial Group, Wendy's, Yum Brands, and others plus ISM nonmanufacturing data and key factory orders.
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Yahoo
Microsoft
Standard & Poor
Treasury Department
Archer Daniels Midland Co
Cedar Rapids
Principal Financial Group
Des Moines
Wendy’s International
Iowa
Yum! Br
Chicken
Pizza Bell
Arby’s
Ethanol Debate Grows Over Coal to Produce Fuel
Iowa officials and residents weigh coal powered ethanol projects costing about 1 billion dollars each. Critics warn it contradicts renewables goals while proponents cite energy and greenhouse gas concerns. Nathaniel Baer of the Iowa Environmental Council calls the plan bizarre. Governor Culver ties Iowa’s econ omy to ethanol and wind energy with efforts to cut emissions.
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Robert C. Brown
Bioeconomy Institute
Iowa State University
Brown
Iowa
Nathaniel Baer
Iowa Environmental Council
Chet Culver
Airfare Details and Source Listings
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Sheree Ramm Career Path And Aims
Sheree Ramm, 28, self employed esthetician at Sheree's Skin Care Studio, began working at 14 cleaning and operating paddle boats at Ellis Park. She emphasizes discipline and ethics, plans to expand her business, buy a second house, and start a family in five years. She enjoys swimming, family time, movies, and reading.
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Eheld
Ellis Park
Sheree Ramm
Sheree
New York indie filmmakers reach interim WGA deal
Writers strike ends for four New York independent producers Greene Street Films Killer Films Open City Films This is that corporation allowing an immediate restart. The agreements, described as similar to prior deals with 13 other firms, mark a step toward ending the national writers walkout and restoring production.
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New York
Writers Guild of America
WGA
Writers Guild
Greene Street Films
Killer Films
Open City Films
WGA East
Michael Winship
New York City
Said
Jason Eliot
Joana Vicente
Greene Street
Open City
Ted Hope
Anne Carey
Los Angeles
Hollywood Studios
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Office of Energy Independence
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