Week Ahead Markets Eye Data Amid Expected Volatility
Markets stay volatile after last week's rally as investors digest economy and banking sector news. This week features data on existing and new home sales, consumer spending, jobless claims, and GDP, plus earnings from Sonic Corp and Walgreen Co.
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Candy shop founder shares life lessons and big family ties
Melanie Primasing, 51, owner of Simply Divine Premiere Chocolatier at 129 Third Ave. SE, describes her first job at Sandy's Drive-In, her guiding rule to treat people kindly, and her plans to promote small businesses while balancing a large blended family. She envisions five years of family time, nostalgia for the 1970s, and continued community service.
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Melanie Primasing
Simply Divine Premiere Chocolatier
Third Ave
State Board
Dennis
Joseph
Tiffany
Ashtin
Rafe
Samantha
Kaitlyn
Mason City ethanol plant eyes biodiesel expansion
Golden Grain Energy in Mason City may extend operations to biodiesel by year end through Corn Oil Bio-Solutions LLC a joint venture with BEST Biodiesel of Madison Wisconsin The plan uses corn oil from Golden Grain to produce biodiesel and would create 11 jobs with average pay around 18 an hour and leverage shared resources at the current site.
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Mason City
Wendland
Golden Grain Energy
Best Biodiesel Inc
Madison
Wis
BEST
Golden Grain
Corn Oil Bio-Solutions LLC
Tony Janowiec
Best Biodiesel
Poet seeks farmer support for cellulosic ethanol project
Poet plans a 2011 start for its Emmetsburg Iowa plant to produce cellulosic ethanol using corncobs and other plant cellulose. It aims to harvest about 270000 acres of corn and pay farmers 40 to 60 dollars per ton for cobs, with up to 30 million gallons of cob based ethanol once expanded.
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Poet
Iowa
First Poet
Craig Brownlee
Brownlee
Congress
Deere & Co
Case IH
Clans of America Inc
Sioux Falls
S.C
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