Maytag hires former Amana chief as VP of administration
Charles Peters 44, ex Amana Refrigeration president 1988 1993, named Maytag vice president administration based in Newton. He will oversee Blodgett operation during the G S Blodgett acquisition and lead the transition team. Peters reports to Leonard Hadley and comes from Breakthrough Inc. prior roles.
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Maytag
Amana
Maytag Corp
Charles Peters
Amana Refrigeration
Peters
Blodgett Corp
G.S. Blodgett Corp
Newton
Leonard Hadley
Fairfax
Breakthrough Inc
Coralville
SCORE Kirkwood offer two business start up seminars 2024
SCORE and Kirkwood Community College sponsor a two session seminar for aspiring and new business owners. Sessions occur Thursday and September 11 from 6 30 to 9 30 PM at Kirkwood centers in Tipton Monticello Iowa City Washington Vinton Belle Plaine Williamsburg and the main campus via telecommunication. Fee is 30 dollars. Registration lines provide contact numbers 398 5412 and 1 800 332 8833.
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Service Corps of Retired Executives
SCORE
Kirkwood Community College
Tipton
Monticello
Iowa City
Washington
Vinton
Belle Plaine
Williamsburg
Kirkwood
Cost Cutters to Expand, Adding Iowa Stores
Evans Enterprises, owner of 15 Cost Cutters and City Looks salons, plans new outlets in Iowa City and Waterloo this October. Existing locations include Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Manchester, and multiple in Iowa City and Waterloo.
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Cost Cutters Family Hair Care
Iowa City
Waterloo
Evans Enterprises
Cost Cutters
Cedar Rapids
Coralville
Manchester
Rates Mixed on Three and Six Month Treasury Bills
Treasury selling three month bills at 5.07 percent discount, down from 5.12. Six month bills at 5.19 percent, up from 5.14. Actual yields are 5.21 and 5.40 percent respectively on $10,000 and $9,737.60 bills. Fed note shows one year bill yield rose to 5.59 percent from 5.54 percent.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve
NEW York Stock Exchange
Barnett Bks
American Stock Exchange
Spdr Tae Oe
TWA
Biotech
Computer
Standard & Poor’s
Telecom
Utilities
Transport
Wilshire Associates
Purce
Associated Press
Iowa corn and soybean crop conditions slip slightly
The Gazette reports a small deterioration in Iowa crop conditions for the week ending Sunday. Corn is 2 percent very poor and 11 percent excellent, with 86 percent in the dough stage and 43 percent in the dent stage. Soybeans are 3 percent very poor and 12 percent excellent, with good to excellent totaling 66 percent.
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Iowa Crops & Weather Report
Iowa
Sioux City
Oskaloosa
Gary Pilkington
North English
Iowa farmer predicts above average corn harvest
A Iowa grower reports an expected above average corn crop as rains boosted growth. Soybeans show vigorous top growth with new pods forming but frost timing will determine final bean yield.
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Gary Pilkington
North English
Dow Jones records largest one day point gain ever
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 257.36 points to 7,879.78 on Tuesday, the biggest one day point gain in history. The gain followed August volatility and eased fears of rate hikes as manufacturing data suggested weaker expansion. Major movers included Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Gillette, United Technologies, and Wal-Mart with mixed results across Eastern Iowa stocks.
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New York
Dow
New York Stock Exchange
National Association of Purchasing Management
Iowa
Procter & Gamble
General Electric
Gillette
AEGON
Mercantile
Norwest
Wal-Mart
Quaker Oats
United Technologies
Western Atlas
Eastman Kodak
Raytheon
International Paper
General Mills
Rockwell
McLeod
HON Industries
Lil' Napper infant swings recalled after three deaths
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Century Products recall 125000 Lil' Napper swings sold since 1991 due to neck entanglement risks. Three infants aged 6 to 9 months died and one narrowly escaped. owners are urged to stop use and install free repair kits with waist and crotch straps.
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Washington
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Century Products Co
Century
Macedonia
Ohio
Century Products Company
Valley View Road
Apple to buy Power Computing assets to curb cloning
Apple will acquire key assets of Power Computing for 100 million in stock. The deal includes Power Computing employees and 200,000 customers, plus the clone license, ending direct licensing to other clone makers and allowing continued direct marketing. Power will continue selling Macs through year end.
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San Jose
Calif
Apple Computer Inc
Apple
Power Computing Corp
Power Computing
Cupertino
Cupertino, Calif
Steve Jobs
Promus and Doubletree to merge creating large hotel group
Promus Hotel Corp would gain a controlling interest in Doubletree in a deal valued at 1.78 billion dollars. The merged company Promus Hotel Corp would oversee a 1136 hotel system with about 172000 rooms and over 40000 employees, ranking behind Holiday Inn and Marriott.
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Phoenix
Promus Hotel Corp
Doubletree Corp
Doubletree
Red Lion Lodging
Promus
Embassy Suites
Holiday Inn
Marriott
United States
Latin America
Asia
New York Stock Exchange
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Texas Company
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FelCor
Tom Corcoran
FelCor Suite Hotels Inc
Corcoran
Memphis, Tenn
Hampton Inn
Hampton Inn & Suites
Homewood Suites
Embassy Vacation Resort
Hampton Vacation Resort
U.S
Frontier Investment Services
Ffutures.com
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Mercy Education Department
Mercy Orthopaedic Services
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Arthritis Foundation
Mercy Medical Center
Cīdai Rapidi
Mercy Education
Steven Evanson
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, PC
Arthritis Foundation of
Eastern Iowa
Leann Cannon
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