Ipsco delays Muscatine steel plant opening and bids permit shift
Ipsco pushes back the Montpelier steel plant opening to the third quarter of 1996 due to weather and delays. The company seeks an air construction permit expansion, with a public hearing scheduled by the Department of Natural Resources. Rockwell reports higher earnings in Q1 as Sea Beach operations boost revenue. Met-Coil shows improved second quarter results but still a loss for six months. Tuesday Morning recalls over 1,100 toy cobbler sets for choking risk. refunds offered. Treasury yields ease as three and six month bills sell at lower discounts.
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Cedar Rapids
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Tax error fixed with interest payout on state electronic payments
State officials will repay interest at 5.42 percent to companies whose electronic tax payments were drawn twice due to a CashTax system switch on Jan 5. About 1,800 of 2,700 debit users were affected. payments totaling billions are collected annually with electronic methods.
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Mike Flaherty
CashTax Inc
Flaherty
State Department of Revenue and Finance
CashTax
First Data Corp
John Rodriguez
Firstar Bank
Robert Allison
University of Iowa
Peggy Robe
Eastern Iowa Payroll Association
Central Power
Goss presses born from 1885 ingenuity
Fred and Sam Goss created a two sided printing press in 1885, founding Goss Printing Press Co. Now Rockwell Graphic Systems, it became a world leader in newspaper presses with 1995 sales above $700 million. The unit serves about two thirds of U.S. dailies and markets presses in nearly 100 countries.
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Chicago
West Lake Street
Septic innovation among Cedar Rapids area beauty award winners
Indian Creek Nature Center earned a Project Beautiful Award for an algae and plant based septic system that cleans wastewater and provides wildlife habitat. Higley Manor received a separate award for renovating the 1908 mansion and adding a large addition. Other winners include Buffalo, Cody & Associates Building and two Marion residences.
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Housing starts rise in Cedar Rapids in November
Cedar Rapids Building Department records show 47 housing permits in November up from 44 a year earlier. Single family construction accounted for most permits while a four unit condo and a four unit apartment were approved, with total new construction at 4.1 million dollars, down from 33.3 million in November 1994.
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Stocks rise with high tech issues buoy markets
Stocks climbed as bonds steadied and tech shares led gains ahead of key earnings. The Dow Jones added 44.44 points to 5088.22 while blue chips swung intraday before finishing higher. Eastern Iowa stocks showed gains with Procter & Gamble up 3 percent, Gillette up 2, and Rockwell up 1.
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Wilshire
Wilshire Associates
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