Wall Street Brief as Markets Slip on China Steps
Industrial stocks fell after China signaled more steps to curb growth. The Dow dropped 45.05 to 10099.14 while the S&P 500 slid 2.96 to 1075.51 and the Nasdaq rose 6.12 to 2183.53. Week results show Dow and S&P up 0.9 percent, Nasdaq up 2 percent. U.S. markets closed Monday for President's Day. Airlines posted better on time records in 2009 with Southwest at 83 percent on time and United at 81 percent. Organic regulators set pasture grazing rules requiring four months of grazing and 30 percent of feed from grazing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
U.S
Transportation Department
Southwest Airlines
United
Hawaiian Airlines
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Oil Prices Fall On China Lending Tightening News
A four day rally in oil prices ended Friday as China announced steps to cool its credit boom raising worries that demand from a top energy consumer will weaken. Benchmark crude for March delivery settled at 74.13 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York Mercantile Exchange
Associated Press
Brewed Awakenings teeters as Cedar Rapids coffeehouse faces downturn
Longtime Cedar Rapids venue Brewed Awakenings warns customers of financial struggle with a 30 percent revenue drop over the past year. Owner Heather Younker plans to close hours and chairs a local support push, citing crime concerns and economic strain while noting its 2001 opening, hospital kiosk success, and staff of about 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave DeWitte
de Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
First Ave
Heather Younker
Younker
Save
Bruce Nesmith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bochner Chocolates opens Cedar Rapids store within Hy-Vee
Iowa City based Bochner Chocolates tests a compact store inside Hy-Vee at Edgewood Road NE Cedar Rapids to sell fresh products and offer candy making information. CEO Eric Bochner says expansion is a selective test case and additional outlets may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Ford
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Bochner Chocolates
Edgewood Rd
Eric Bochner
Coralville
Bochner
Los Angeles
Edgewood Road
Home Depot
Lowe’s
All Star Chocolates
Fareway
Megan Calvert
Kim Killian
Yeoman & Co. Benefits From East Coast Snow Surge
Monticello based Yeoman & Company reports a rare windfall as East Coast stores rush to stock Snowmageddon shovels. President Tom Yeoman says the firm is the only shovel supplier still in heavy production, shipping to Pennsylvania Virginia North Carolina and Kentucky, with 20 employees redirected from other lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Yeoman & Co
Tom Yeoman
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Yeoman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wall Street
Airlines
Food Industry
USDA
Coffeehouse
Uptown College
Coe
Tara Richards
David
Dewitte
Gazcomm.com
C.R
Jamie Franck
Bochner Confectioners
George
Ford
Eric Bochner Bochner
Nnhotos
the Gazette
Snowmageddon
Lowa Snow Shovel Company
Yeoman & Company President
Hillsbkhillsbank.com
FDIC
CollegeSaver
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!