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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 2004
Page
9
Stocks dropped for a second straight day as crude oil rose toward 55 dollars a barrel. Lincoln Anderson of LPL Financial notes a sustained oil price drop would help, but expects little relief soon. Dow fell 107.88 to 9,894.45 and Nasdaq slid 17.51 to 1,903.02 amid more decliners than advancers on NYSE.
The nation’s top labor leader, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, will visit Penford Products Co. workers in Cedar Rapids to discuss health care and election issues with local leaders. About 150 production and maintenance staff have been on strike since Aug. 1 at Penford’s 1001 First St. SW plant.
Freddie Mac reports a fall in 30-year fixed mortgages to 5.74 percent this week from 5.82 percent last week. Fifteen-year fixed rates slid to 5.14 percent from 5.24 percent, while one-year adjustable rates declined to 4.01 percent from 4.08 percent.
The Gazette reports Sports Clips launches in Linn and Johnson counties with a Cedar Rapids area location at 1100 Blairs Ferry Rd NE. David Bader aims at least two more stores, promoting an ESPN like atmosphere, odor free environment and value driven pricing from 7.95 to 14.95.
Gov. Vilsack announced state tax incentives totaling over 500000 to aid E JECT Systems expansion in Elkader. The plan includes investment tax credits, construction materials sales tax exemption, property tax rebates, and employee training. The project grows from 25 to 35 jobs with a $2.2 million expansion and a possible 1.8 to 4 million capital investment, supported by an expanded enterprise zone.
Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug urged international cooperation to boost crop production in Africa, saying peace hinges on feeding people. Speaking at the World Food Prize International Symposium in Des Moines, he highlighted high-yield wheat and rice work by Yuan Longping and Monty Jones, and pressed for using fertilizers and GMOs to alleviate hunger.
The August trade deficit rose to 54 billion dollars, a 6.9 percent widening from July, as imports surged to a record 150.1 billion amid high oil prices. Exports gained slightly to 96 billion with aircraft and autos posting gains, while the China deficit also hit a new high. Unemployment claims rose, with 352,000 initial claims and a seven month high average of 352,000.
The Associated Press reports crude prices climbing toward 55 a barrel after a weekly Energy Department inventory drop of heating oil to 50 million barrels, 10 percent below a year ago. November crude settled at 54.76, heating oil futures hit a record high, and Brent topped 50.84 as traders cite tight world supply and weak spare capacity.
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