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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 2003
Page
20
Buyers returned to Wall Street on Friday as Microsoft issued an upbeat outlook and lower prices after three days of declines. The Dow rose 1837.33 to 9188.15 and the Nasdaq advanced 10.48 to 1708.50. For the week the Dow gained 0.8 percent while Nasdaq slipped 1.5 percent.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorized Interstate Power and Light Co a 3.1 percent interim rate increase of about 1.9 million dollars taking effect Friday. A typical Minnesota residential bill with 685 kilowatt hours monthly rises by 2 dollars 21 cents to 64 dollars 29 cents.
Beef producers expect immediate savings as the Tama packing plant opens. The facility will cut long shipments to distant processors, reducing per-load costs while expanding cattle demand locally. The plant aims to slaughter about 200 head daily in its first week, rising to 1 700 daily as capacity grows.
Boeing plans to trim 4 000 to 5 000 additional positions in its Commercial Airplanes unit by year end amid a deep airline downturn. CEO Alan Mulally cites attrition and layoffs as the method while keeping 2003 forecast at 280 planes and 2004 at 275 300.
Principal Financial Group saw pension business grow to 6 billion dollars last year and expects 10 billion this year as it shifts to an aggressive growth strategy after the 2001 stock offering. Executives say separating selling from service helps top sellers focus on acquiring clients while others handle post sale support.
Alliant Energy sells its affordable housing businesses Heartland Properties and Capital Square Financial Corp. to multiple buyers for about 105 million dollars as part of a debt reduction plan. The assets have sponsored more than 5 700 units worth over 350 million dollars in Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota. Buyers were not disclosed per their request. About 19 Madison employees will transfer to buyers take other Alliant roles or receive severance.
Iowa self serve regular rises from $1.43 to $1.53 with an average of $1.47 a gallon. Diesel at $1.44 and ethanol blends at $1.45, propane at 93 cents, No 2 heating oil steadies at $1.07. Analysts expect possible low 1.40s next month barring supply disruptions from hurricanes.
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