Wall Street mostly lower as AT&T weakens market tone
Stocks slipped with the Dow down 0.3 percent to 11 637.45 and the S P 500 off 0.1 percent while the Nasdaq rose 0.2 percent led by Apple. AT T fell 1.8 percent as Verizon prepares iPhone sales. Chrysler aims to refinance loans and push toward an IPO to return to profit.
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Alliant to Replace Poles and Extend Lines in Central City
Alliant Energy plans a 60 pole replacement and 2 mile expansion on the east side of Central City in an 836,864 project. The work starts this month and runs through May, Interstate Power and Light says. Operations Manager David Mayo notes the upgrades will retire old gear and boost reliability for future storms.
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Partial approval for Black Hills Energy rate plan in Iowa
Iowa Utilities Board grants partial approval to a 3.4 million dollar rate increase for Black Hills Energy, rejecting the proposed automatic price tracker. Final impact on customer rates pending. Black Hills serves 759,000 customers across seven states including Iowa with Eastern Iowa presence in Dubuque Decorah Delhi Manchester and more.
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Task force flags widespread worker misclassification
The state task force identified 230 employers who misclassified 2,602 workers in 18 months. Construction led with 112 cases. Polk County had 1,222 misclassified workers, while Linn and Johnson counties reported 49 and 34 cases respectively.
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Iowa urges reports of worker misclassification in state
Iowa Workforce Development calls Iowans with misclassification concerns to contact (515) 281-3191 or misclassification ind iowa gov. Eighteen appeals have been decided, none for employers. Some rulings show employers misunderstand Iowa’s definition of employment while the task force educates and registers employers. Some cases involve off the books wages rather than misclassification. A spring session law lets the Department of Revenue and Iowa Workforce Development share information about misclassified workers. vurnments: (319) 398-8317. david.dewitte sourcemedia.net
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Evansville
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High tech winter gloves blend fashion and function
Chicago woman starts Telefingers gloves to let users operate touch screen devices without removing gloves. Other brands like North Face cTip Isotoner smarTouch and 180s offer conductive or convertible designs. Experts note moisture and salts enable conductivity and warn against nonconductive fabric blocking screens.
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Annie Hemmesch
Hemmesch
Chicago
Telefingers
North Face
Isotoner
Jennifer Spencer
Boulder
Colo
Coralville to welcome Shoe Carnival and T.J. Maxx stores
Shoe Carnival and T.J. Maxx plan spring openings at Coral North in Coralville near Gordmans at 2515 Corridor Way. Shoe Carnival will use 10 400 square feet and T.J. Maxx 25 000 square feet expanding space. grand opening dates unavailable.
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Gazette
Coralville — Shoe Carnival
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Cedar Development
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Shoe Carnival
Four Charged in Biggest Insider Trading Case to Date
The SEC charged Trivium Capital Management co founder Robert Feinblatt and analyst Jeffrey Yokuty with involvement in a multimillion dollar insider trading scheme. Also named were Sunil Bhalla a former Polycom executive and Sham m ara Hussain a former consultant tied to Google. Evidence shows Feinblatt and Yokuty earned about 15 million from tips.
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Sunil Bhalla
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