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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2009
Page
10
Brief market update shows the Dow down 7.79 to 9,783.92 while the S P 500 and Nasdaq drop about 0.3 percent. Bond prices rise pushing yields lower with the 10 year Treasury at 3.39 percent. The White House weighs extending an $8,000 first time homebuyer tax credit affecting sales.
Freddie Mac reported 30 year fixed mortgage averages at 5.04 percent down from 5.07 percent, near spring lows though above the 4.78 percent record. The 15 year fixed fell to 4.47 percent from 4.50, a record low dating to 1991. Five year ARM at 4.51 percent unchanged, and one year ARM eased to 4.58 percent from 4.64.
Long Island oceanfront property seized from Bernard Madoff drew a buyer within days. The Corcoran Group said the Montauk house was under contract for more than its 8.75 million asking price with proceeds to fraud victims.
BHFO.com the largest apparel seller on eBay seeks a new headquarters and warehouse after outgrowing northeast Cedar Rapids facilities off Rockwell Drive NE. CEO Stacie Sefton says expansion is driven by eBay growth, higher ticket luxury brands, and plans to add 150000 items on eBay at a fixed price.
Waldinger Corp. of Des Moines reaches a preliminary agreement to buy A'Hearn Plumbing & Heating assets in Hiawatha. About 40 former A'Hearn managers join Waldinger. Sale covers equipment vehicles and inventory from Farmers State Bank of Marion pending bankruptcy dismissal.
Rockwell Collins cut its 2009 earnings outlook to 3.70 to 3.75 dollars per share after 12 million dollars in charges for restructuring. The plan closes San Jose facilities and shifts engineering and production elsewhere. Revenue guidance lowered to 4.5 billion dollars, with shares up 1.84 to 50.58 on the NYSE.
Hub City Brewing Co. of Stanely to receive a 105000 loan and 10000 technical aid grant to raise output from 150 to 1005 barrels monthly as it expands across Iowa and neighboring states. Accent Media Inc. gets a 5000 forgivable loan to restore 600 master tapes from 2008 flood. Custom Poultry Processing in West Union secures 350000 to convert Atwood Mobile Products into a poultry plant with 126 jobs and capacity to process over 14 million chickens yearly. Heinz Co. gains 952000 in tax credits for a Muscatine plant overhaul retaining 66 jobs.
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