Health insurance subsidies extend COBRA coverage under stimulus plan
Congress approved a stimulus package offering 65 percent premium subsidies for COBRA health coverage for nine months to workers who lose jobs between September and year end. The plan aims to reduce costs for those with employer plans, while a Camanche plant announces layoff of 75 workers amid nationwide demand downturn, with hopes to recall staff when markets improve.
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Ray Rarey
Rarey
FCC opening digital TV centers in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo
FCC will run help centers in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo this week to assist the transition to digital TV. Five market stations KFXA KFXB KGAN KWKB and KWWL switch to digital only today. Cedar Rapids center open 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Lindale Mall food court. Waterloo center 2 to 8 p.m. Friday near JC Penney at Crossroads Mall. Census Bureau interview drive targets 100000 households with 2000 field reps. Honda reports brisk demand for the Insight hybrid in Japan with orders over 5000. base price 21000.
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KWWL
Lindale Mall
JC Penney
Crossroads Mall
Honda
Honda Motor Co
Japan
Public comment opens on Sutherland Unit 4 air permits
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources proposes about 40 air quality permits for Interstate Power & Light’s 649 megawatt Sutherland Unit 4 coal plant using super critical tech with up to 10 percent biomass. Critics urge PM2.5 and greenhouse gas review, seek longer comment period and state hearings. Meetings set for March 16 in Marshalltown and March 17 at the Meskwaki Tribal Center.
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Gazette
Marshalltown
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Interstate Power & Light Co
Sutherland Unit
DNA
Tim Fink
Interfaith Power & Light
Fink
Interfaith Group
Chris Roling
Environmental Protection Agency
Food makers trim offerings amid recession push
Kraft Foods drops Handi Snacks pudding for retail sales while pushing higher margin Jell O flavors as Sara Lee Heinz and others shrink SKUs. Analysts say shelves thin but shoppers may not notice as firms focus on best selling brands and profitability.
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Emily Fredrix
Associated Press
Ilwaukee
Kraft Foods Inc
Sara Lee
H.J. Heinz
Heinz
Mark Gottfredson
Bain & Company
Magid to Eliminate 78 Marion Jobs for Minneapolis Center
Magid Associates plans to cut 78 Marion positions by the end of June as it opens an international data control center in Minneapolis. The Marion plant employs about 250, with 61 part time and 17 full time roles affected. Outplacement aid will be offered to impacted workers.
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The
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Marion
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Minneapolis
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Magic Associates
Media Strategy Group
Ridge
Magid Associates
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New York
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Los Angeles
Public air permit hearings set for March across Iowa
Public comments on an air permit are welcome March 16 at Whitehill Chapel in Marshalltown and March 17 at the Meskwaki Tribal Center in Tama. Each session runs two blocks with five minute limit per speaker and a written record option. Written comments accepted until March 20 at 4:30 p.m. to Christopher A. Roling at the Iowa DNR in Urbandale.
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Iowa
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Marshalltown
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Meskwaki Road
Tama
Christopher A. Roling
Air Quality Bureau
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Hickman Rd
Urbandale
Downturn Could Persist, Says Rogoff Reinhart
Researchers warn the market may not recover for years with housing and stock declines deep and protracted. Rogoff and Reinhart project relief could be distant, noting crises struggle longer than typical recessions and require swift decisive action.
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Harvard
Rogoff
Carmen Reinhart
University of Maryland
Standard & Poor
Japan
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