Stocks slide as earnings fail to lift market mood
Dow Jones Industrial Average falls 6.16 points to 3735.68 amid weak quarterly results and rate worries. Kodak drops over a point. IES Utilities profits dip 7.5 percent. Union workers at IBP consider a strike. Soo Line talks collapse with wage demands up about 10 percent. Deflecta-Shield completes Trailmaster deal and secures financing. General Nutrition to buy Nature Food Centres for about 62 million. Mazda recalls 1994 RX-7s for radiator cap fault. Midway Airlines sale secures 90 percent stake for 25 million.
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Clinton hears Iowa small business concerns at White House conference
Des Moines Iowa Des Moines residents and 290 attendees joined the Iowa White House Conference on Small Business to press for tax policy reform access to capital and less government intrusion SBA administrator Erskine Bowles outlined accountability to small firms and noted prior conference reforms. Delegates from Eastern Iowa including Dawn Hartig Michael Donohue Richard Felter and others were elected to the national conference to be held in June 1995.
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National Business Council
Clinton
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Iowa
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Des Moines
Michael Donohue
Meyer & Bergman
Cedar Rapids
White House
Iowa home sales hit 3-year low in second quarter
The Iowa Association of Realtors reports home sales fell 7.3 percent from a year earlier to 5,759 in the April-June period, the lowest second quarter total since 1990. Median prices rose 1.1 percent to 66,167, while Des Moines area sales plunged 55 percent to 695. Listings declined to 6,781 as demand stays strong amid higher mortgage rates.
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Midwest
How to handle a daughter's bounced checks
A mother outlines consequences of bounced checks and practical steps to correct financial irresponsibility in a college student. Key points include bank charges of 150 dollars, impact on credit history, and strategies such as budgeting, writing apologies, repaying costs, and considering an overdraft line of credit with potential co signer's liability.
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