Week Ahead Economic Reports and Earnings Highlights
Investors confront a weak economy as readings on consumer confidence home prices and retailers shape sentiment this week. Markets eye Treasury bills Conference Board data S and P Case Shiller home index General Growth Properties Nordstrom Texas Roadhouse Heinz Home Depot Magna Target Dollar Tree ITC Mediacom Kohls PAETEC Royal Bank of Canada U S Cellular and others with quarterly results and rate forecasts.
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Conference Board
Standard & Poor’s/Case- Shiller
E General Growth Properties Inc
Coral Ridge Mall
Westdale Mall
Nordstrom
Cedar Rapids
Texas Roadhouse
Coralville
H.J. Heinz Co
Muscatine
Home Depot
Waterloo
Magna International Inc
Iowa
Target Corp
Dollar Tree
Iowa City
ITC Holdings Corp
ITC Midwest
Mediacom Communications Corp
Freddie Mac
Labor Department
Kohls Corp
E Paetec Holding Corp
Hiawatha
Royal Bank of Canada
U.S. Cellular
Marion
Airfare Highlights From Cedar Rapids to Major U S Cities
Off peak midweek fares from Cedar Rapids include $546 round trip to Atlanta on American $230 to Cincinnati on Delta $193 to Las Vegas on Allegiant $430 to San Diego on United. Taxes and fees may apply. Limited travel dates. Sources include allegiantair com orbitz com priceline com cheapfares com.
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Atlanta
American
Cincinnati
Delta Cedar Rapids
Las Vegas
Allegiant
San Diego
United
Renee Grummer-Miller First Job and Career Path
Interview profile of Renee Grummer-Miller executive director of Aging Services Inc Cedar Rapids. She started as a cashier at a True Value hardware store and credits the role with teaching public service. She outlines guiding principles honesty and 25 years delivering services to help frail seniors stay independent. She serves on multiple boards and plans to expand training for the aging field.
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Renee Grummer-Miller
Aging Services Inc
Cedar Rapids
Scott
Laura
Melanie
Jennifer
Andrew
Iowa Adult Day Services Association
Visiting Nurses Association
St. Luke's Hospice
LIFTS
Heritage Agency Case Management
Aging and Disability Resource Center Advisory
Reporter Pat Rasdal Keeps Writing Military History Through Loss
The Gazette correspondent since 1990 suffers the loss of a priceless reference library. Pat, 59, began collecting at 15 and owns 14 volumes on Germany's Knight's Cross valued at $125 each. He cannot insure the collection, plans to rebuild online, and will keep writing for lifelong passion.
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Iraq
Pat
Gazette
Elkader
Germany
Scout volunteer Cunningham joins youth programs since 1983
Cunningham began working with Scouts in 1983 when his wife Susan urged him to join her as a volunteer with their son's Cub Scout troop. She still serves as registrar, and Cunningham notes he waited to become a Boy Scout until his son reached the right age.
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Cunningham
Susan
Council
Letter From Family Of Lung Donor Ties Cedar Rapids Man
Harden, a Cedar Rapids man, received a letter from the family of a lung donor. The family's home near Ellis Boulevard NW escaped the June flood, and Harden plans to meet them someday. He visits US hospitals monthly for follow up. The note mentions hunting fishing and writing as shared interests.
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Cedar Rapids
Ellis Boulevard
Harden
Tipton
European leaders push broad reforms amid global financial crisis
Berlin hosted Britain France Germany Italy Luxembourg Spain the Netherlands and the Czech Republic as Angela Merkel led talks on tighter market rules including tax haven sanctions hedge fund oversight and stronger IMF funding ahead of the G20 summit in London. US China India Brazil may resist sweeping global regulation. Analysts note U.S. skepticism over ceding oversight powers persists despite Merkel's push for transparency.
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United States
China
Europe
Angela Merkel
London
Merkel
Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg
Spain
Netherlands
Czech Republic
International Monetary Fund
U.S
Japan
India
Brazil
Group of Eight
Washington
Robert Brusca
New York
Fact and Opinion Economics
Brusca
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