Terracon roots grow strong in Cedar Rapids and beyond
Terracon Corp started as Soil Testing Services of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. It now bills $19.25 million and employs about 280 people in 18 cities across eight Midwest states. Gerald Olson founded the firm, now led by president James Cunningham, with Cedar Rapids remaining a key hub for accounting and data processing.
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Euerute Financial Bonuwenty
Cedar Rapids
Terracon Corp
Engineering Record Magazine
Terracon
Gerald Olson
Lenexa
Kan
Kansas City
Terracon Environmental Inc
Eastman Kodak
ADM
Olson
Soil Testing Services of
Iowa
Chicago
Shive- Hattery Engineering Firm
Cunningham
Global investing viewed as diversification tool for American investors
Robert Wolf of G T Global Financial Services urged Americans to diversify 10 to 30 percent of assets abroad. He noted overseas markets outperformed recently and stressed that global investing reduces risk if the U S market falters while acknowledging Americans should keep most funds at home.
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George C. Ford
Europe
Robert Wolf
G.T. Global Financial Services
Wolf
Cedar Rapids
America
United States
Mystery hog disease hits Iowa farms pockets
Bob and Lou Greene seek help as a mysterious hog disease devastates pockets of Iowa. Estimates show about 85,000 hogs have died. The illness reduces litters and raises financial risk for farmers. researchers offer multiple theories but no conclusive cause yet.
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Greenes
Bob Greene
Iowa State University
McKean
Columbus Junction
Retirees Lose Out as Pension Funds Drive Profits
The era of booming pension assets in the United States benefits investment managers and brokers more than retirees. Since 1950 pension assets grew to about 2 trillion dollars with half invested in stocks, but ERISA safeguards are sidestepped via reversions and short term trading driven by performance fees.
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America
U.S
Wall Street
Karen Ferguson
Pension Rights Center
Robert Monks
Pension Consult
Ing
Institutional Shareholder Services
Pension Funds
ERISA
Texaco
Getty Oil Co
Occidental Petroleum
Cities Service
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James Cunningham
Larry Davidson
Weir
Roger Herting
Shire Hattery
Soil Testing Service
Davenport
Des Moines
Wichita
Illinois
Omaha
Gazette
Bo Bowen
Cedar Rapids Terracon Corp
ADM Corn Sweeteners
G.T. Global
Source
Morgan Stanley Capital International
Lowa
By Bert Kreitiow
Jim McKean
U.S. Department of Agriculture National Animal Disease Center
Ames
Bratislava
Bert Kreitlow
Bryna Brennan “and
Draeg
Au Rivet
Ashington
Pension Aetna, Seman A Hin Ahiuinkl
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