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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 2003
Page
16
Dow gains 0.7 percent to 8588.36 and Nasdaq up 1.3 percent while volume surges. Gillette posts 18 percent quarterly profit rise to 263 million driven by Duracell sales to military and consumer stockpiling. Three year Treasuries yield 2.009 percent, near-record lows, amid deficit and borrowing pressures.
Principal Financial Group Inc reports first quarter earnings of 155.7 million dollars or 47 cents per share up from a loss of 34.9 million or 10 cents a year earlier. Pension sales hit a record 2.5 billion dollars, up 101 percent, while operating revenues per share rose 24 percent to 210.5 million dollars. The result falls short of the 55 cents forecast per Thomson First Call.
Health insurance premiums are cited as the major hurdle in Iowa labor agreements. Panelists from Rockwell Collins, SEIU Local 199, ISU, PMX Industries, and Teamsters Local 238 call for labor management cooperation, medical cost reviews, and potentially federal action to address rising costs.
Workers aim to pressure stockholders at Maytag annual meeting in Newton to reverse a closing of the Galesburg plant with 1,400 hourly workers facing loss of 1,600 local jobs. Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn is among officials attending the rally as IAM Local 2063 cites broader nine county job losses.
AEGON NV reports Q1 profit down 36 percent to 421 million dollars from 540 million a year earlier as weak stock markets bond defaults and a slipping dollar hit results. Revenue rises 11 percent to 8.4 billion amid U S and Dutch market pressures.
NFIB Iowa director Dave Brasher argues the legislature’s stance against new debt and taxes marks progress. He praises the pay-as-you-go approach and notes continued efforts on property tax reform income tax rewrite regulatory reform and major economic development while critics call the session a failure.
The Federal Reserve kept the federal funds rate at 1.25 percent citing an uncertain recovery and the risk of price instability. Chairman Greenspan and colleagues signaled possible rate cuts at the June 24-25 meeting if growth strengthens, with economists noting an upcoming rebound but high uncertainty.
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