Dow closes under 10000 as euro drop rattles markets
Wall Street slips with the Dow at 9974.45 after a euro drop, marking its first close below 10000 in four months and an eighth decline in ten days. The S&P 500 falls to 1067.95 and the Nasdaq sinks to 2195.88 as investors reassess equities.
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Healthy Happenings opens nutrition club in Cedar Rapids
New business Healthy Happenings opens at 3200 16th Ave SW Suite J Cedar Rapids. The nutrition club offers smoothies classes and weight loss challenges with a charity donation for each participant. Grand opening set 8 am to 6 pm June 5.
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Auto safety bill clears House committee amid GOP protests
A House Energy and Commerce panel approved a sweeping auto safety bill 31-21 after Toyota recalls. The measure would require new safety standards to prevent unintended acceleration, stricter brake override and black box rules, and tougher recall penalties as it moves to the full House.
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Meth-Wick Town Centre expansion tours impress residents
Meth-Wick residents toured the first phase of the Town Centre expansion in Cedar Rapids. The $5 million project adds the Manor Brew coffee shop a fitness center a library a doctor’s office and a new gift shop with plans for a second phase opening in 2011 to mark Meth-Wick’s 50th anniversary.
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Local food buying boosts butchers across the country
In Des Moines a family run shop reports business has doubled in five years as locals seek locally grown beef. National butcher group says many shops draw on a fading trade as fewer young people enter the craft while demand for local meat grows.
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Iowa adopts streamlined rules for small wind interconnection
The Iowa Utilities Board issued new interconnection rules to simplify connecting small customer owned wind turbines to regulated utilities while preserving safety standards. The rules allow insurance from typical home policies for small generators and charge minimal permits, with four review levels and standardized forms affecting utilities including Alliant Energy and MidAmerican.
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Iowa Renewable Energy Association
Mike Carberry
Gary Carleton
FreeWind
Cedar Rapids
Alliant Energy
Ryan Stensland
Stensland
Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act
MidAmerican Energy Co
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