Wall Street Closes Mildly Lower After Mixed Day
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 13.37 points to finish at 4767.04 as gains in General Mills Raytheon and United Fire offset declines in Deere Eastman Kodak and Heartland Express. American Airlines announced up to 40 percent fare cuts amid seven day advance purchase rules. AT&T unveiled a new online business network for small firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Iowa
General Mills
Raytheon
United Fire & Casualty
Deere & Co
Eastman Kodak
Heartland Express
American Airlines Inc
United States
Canada
American
NEW York Stock Exchange
Sve Ve Industrial
Royal Dutch
Ransport
MicronTech
Caterpillar
EMC Corp
American Stock Exchange
Viacom
Viacomb
Forest Labs
Cisco
Oracles
AMEX
DOW Jones
Biotech
Finance
Standard & Poor's Indust
Indust
Insurance
Transpt
Telecom
Utilities
Wilshire Associates
Associated Press
Farmland values rise 2.4 percent in six months in Iowa
Iowa farmland values continue a healthy 5 percent annual rise per state figures from the Realtors Land Institute chapter. Six month gains at 2.4 percent, with top-quality cropland priced between 1363 and 2196 dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Realtors Land Institute
Iowa Farm & Land Institute
Congress
Swedish-owned firm buys Cedar Rapids Universal Engineering
Svedala Industries Inc of Wisconsin purchased Universal Engineering from Pettibone Inc. The deal, not disclosed, keeps all 125 Universal employees. Universal, founded 1906 in Cedar Rapids, makes crushers shredders and conveyors for construction mining and processing. Svedala AB of Malmo owns the buyer. John Platner predicts broad product and distribution fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wate Renancial
Cedar Rapids
Universal Engineering
First Ave
Pettibone Inc
Chicago
Svedala Industries Inc
Waukesha
Wis
Svedala Industries
Svedala Industri AB
Malmo
Sweden
Platner
Midamar and Evergreen Win C R Export Awards
Midamar Corp and Evergreen Packaging Equipment won International Trade Achievement awards from the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce for excellence in exporting. The honors were presented at Elmcrest Country Club during a dinner of the International Trade Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
International Trade Bureau
Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa
Midwest
Midamar
U.S
Singapore
Malaysia
Indonesia
Hong Kong
China
Tunisia
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Iowa Drives Record Exports Outlook For 1995
Iowa export activity surged in the first half of 1995 with factory exports up 28.9 percent from 1994 and totaling about 2 billion for the period. Top destinations include Canada and Japan as industrial machinery and processed foods lead shipments. Evergreen Packaging and Midamar highlighted as major exporters with global expansion and ISO 9001 certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owa
Iowa
Canada
Japan
Siegelman
Evergreen Packaging
Brazil
China
Russia
Argentina
Venezuela
Hong Kong
Farm leader warns late farm bill will disrupt 1996 plans
Dean Kleckner president of the American Farm Bureau Federation spoke in Cedar Rapids predicting Congress will delay a farm bill until year end, leaving farmers unsure what seed to buy fertilizer plans to make and soil work. He noted committee drafts will be written this week and votes follow, amid budget cuts and contested supports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Lucas
Congress
Dean Kleckner
American Farm Bureau Federation
AFBF
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Farm Bureau
Rudd
House
Senate
Kleckner
Cedar Rapids housing starts rebound in August
Cedar Rapids building department data show 41 housing starts in August up from 34 in July 1994 figures include 36 single family homes two apartments two condominiums and a group home. National housing starts rose to 1.398 million annual rate in August the fifth straight monthly gain but slower than July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Building Department
Commerce Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
At&t
At&t Business Network
Ziff Communications Co
USA Today
Fisher-Price
Kolcraft
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Netscape Communications Corp
Agriculture Department
McDonald's
Ernest & Julio Gallo
Pillsbury
Ervices, Inc
Inbune Media Si
Ennison
le E
Ahad Velmee
C.R
S Universal
George C. Ford
Evergreen
C.R. Export Awards
Wait
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Korea
The
Czech Republic
Hungary
Ivory Coast
Cameroon
Nigeria
Mauritania
Farm Bureau
Washington
Dean Kieckner
UTNE
NCAA
Collin Credit Unio
Nerd
Paulson Electric Company
Fifth Avenue
Kelly
PinPoint
Loyer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!