Small Business Saturday events sweep Corridor communities
Retailers across Corridor towns gear up for Small Business Saturday with promotions and activities. Cedar Rapids features partnerships with NewBo and Art Share for nine of 32 shops. Mount Vernon Lisbon volunteers offer 175 in Community Cash with hourly $25 draws. events include live music, a free movie at Bijou Theatre, portraits, and merchant discounts. Iowa City offers free downtown parking and a Santa Clause screening at Englert Theatre along with entertainment. Tipton hosts readings and a book signing, plus local open houses and a bake sale at the Old Cedar County Jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Czech Village
New Bohemia
University of Iowa
Kristie Wetten
NewBo City Market
Mount Vernon- Lisbon
First Street
First St
Iowa City
Englert
Tipton
Norman
Cedar Rapds
Andy Allen
David
Family Foods
Cedar County
Cat Dancer Toy From Cat Rescue Becomes Global Business
Jim Boelke, a late 1970s Wisconsin student, invented the Cat Dancer from a scrap wire and cardboard ends after saving two cats Jake and Elwood. The simple toy grew into Cat Dancer Products, with 12 million sold and exports to Japan Hong Kong Europe South America and all US states. Boelke credits cats and a housing shelter job for his breakthrough and patent US No. D-295,798.
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Aes
Jim Boelke
Japan
Hong Kong
Europe
South America
United States
Boelke
Jake
Elwood
Bogota
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
U.S
Foreclosures and Delinquencies Decline in Cedar Rapids Iowa City
CoreLogic data show Cedar Rapids foreclosures at 0.96 percent in September down from 1.65 in 2013 and 2.61 percent of loans 90 days past due. Iowa City foreclosures sit at 0.59 percent, down from 0.86, with 1.26 percent delinquent. National rate was 1.6 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Core Logic
Irvine
Calif
Cedar Rapids Area
CoreLogic
FDIC Reports Banking Profits Rise in Q3 2023
The FDIC says profits across 6,589 insured banks reached 38.7 billion in Q3, up 2.6 billion from a year earlier but below Q2. Revenue rose 4.8 percent to 171.3 billion, loan losses climbed 24 percent, and loan balances grew 4.6 percent as lending expanded, signaling improving economic confidence.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Martin Gruenberg
Gruenberg
James Chessen
American Bankers Association
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