APAC adds 5 cent pay jobs at Hiawatha center
APAC TeleServices will add full time 5 cent wage jobs at its Hiawatha site this month with a full benefits package. Salaries range from 6.25 to 7 dollars an hour plus bonuses as the company expands nationwide to over 6,000 workers in 41 call centers. A Waverly center opening this month will employ about 150.
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Penford names Frank Rydzewski next president
Frank Rydzewski, 46, a 23 year veteran of the specialty chemical industry, will become president and general manager of Penford Products Co. in Cedar Rapids on April 1. He succeeds H Thomas Reed who will retire in spring 1997 and become a senior adviser to Penford and Penwest.
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Penford Products Co
Cedar Rapids
Frank Rydzewski
Penford Products
Rydzewski
H. Thomas Reed
Penwest
Bellevue
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Penford
Hamachek
Tom Reed
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Reed
Mead Corp
Mead
Paperboard Products
Priority One
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Factory orders rise again signaling modest revival
American factories posted a second straight monthly gain in January despite a severe winter blizzard. New orders for durable and non-durable goods rose 0.5 percent to 311.1 billion dollars, with December revised up to 309.5 billion and a 1.7 percent yearly rise. Durable goods climbed 0.2 percent and nondurable 0.8 percent.
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DNA rules for hog-lot law ready for use
DES MOINES AP Regulators prepare to implement Iowa 1995 hog farm law with rules effective March 20 after permits for large scale operations were sought. A special rules committee writes enforcement guidance as lawmakers debate changes.
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Grace rejects Hercules merger proposal amid board dispute
Grace & Co said it rejected a merger proposal from Hercules Inc chairman Thomas Gossage. Gossage resigned, saying Grace would benefit from combining with Hercules, while Grace cited no synergies and led the stock higher on merger talk.
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W.R. Grace & Co
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Grace
Cryovac Co
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Thomas Gossage
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Tax tip on deducting work related education costs
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Stock market ends higher after volatile session in New York
The Dow Jones rose 42.27 to 5642.42 after fluctuating through the day. Tech and consumer shares led gains while volume on the Big Board reached 435.28 million shares. W R Grace surged 9 to 77. Procter & Gamble gained 1 to 87 while Eastman Kodak rose 2. Thom Brown called the gains remarkable amid bond market weakness.
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Eni
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Ch. Ne
Standard & Poor’s
s_ Ch. Telecom
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