Stocks Slip Amid Dollar Weakness and Global C all for Flexible Rates
Markets fell as finance ministers urged flexible exchange rates and the dollar dropped, raising investor fear of reduced foreign capital into U S stocks and bonds. The Dow fell 109.41 to 9535.41 and the Nasdaq slid 31.08 to 1874.62. InterActiveCorp agreed to acquire Hotwire.com for 665 million dollars in cash plus about 20 million in options, keeping Hotwire as a separate unit.
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Mike Kayes
Eastover Capital
Charlotte
N.C
U.S
Dow
InterActiveCorp
Hotwire.com
Hotwire
USA _ Interactive
Barry Diller
Career Expo at Vinton Skate and Activity Center
A Career Expo runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Vinton Skate and Activity Center in Vinton. Benton County employers from agri science to engineering and health fields will showcase opportunities. Community colleges and area high schools will provide information on education and training options.
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Vinton
C Ave
Benton County
Benton Development Group
Workplace Learning Center
Vinton Unlimited
Kirkwood Community College
Treasury bill auction sees higher rates across short terms
The Treasury sold 15 billion in three month bills at a 0.935 percent discount rate up from 0.930. An additional 15 billion in six month bills carried a 1.010 percent rate, up from 0.995. The rates imply yields of 0.953 percent for the three month bill and 1.033 percent for the six month bill.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Gazette
News Service
U S Cellular adds data services to wireless lineup
U S Cellular introduces Easy Edge Wireless Modem and Easy Edge Phone data products using CDMA one networks. Services include news games weather and ring tones with two data plans and monthly voice charges. Demonstrations planned in stores to overcome user unfamiliarity with new features.
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the Gazette
U.S. Cellular
Easy Edge
Easy Edge Phone
Verizon
John Cregier
Wireless Data Services
U.S
Marion
Cregier
Knoxville
Tenn
Iowa
Chicago
Lily the Dalmatian parties hardy at Just Dogs Play Care
Coralville dog Lily celebrates third birthday with 15 canine friends at Just Dogs Play Care owned by Carol Besler Gray. Party features pink theme, doggy cake, and activities as Beth Shields sponsors. parties cost 30 dollars per hour with extra charges for supervision and catering.
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Marlene Lucas
Gazette
Coralville
Lily
Beth Shields
Iowa City
Just Dogs Play Care
Shields
Cash buyers push up Iowa cropland values
Farmland values in Iowa rose an average 3.5 percent over six months, totaling an 8.4 percent rise with prior gains. Realtors cite 1031 tax deferred exchanges, strong cash buyers, and low interest rates as key factors. All nine Iowa districts up. east central +2.5 percent, south central +? percent.
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Marlene Lucas
Iowa Farm and Land Chapter No. 2 Realtors Land Institute
Troy Louwagie
Hertz Farm Management
Mount Vernon
Iowa
South Central
Iowa farmland values rise in March to September 5.1 percent
In Iowa’s east central district including Benton to Muscatine counties cropland with 160+ bushels per acre gained from 3253 to 3318 dollars per acre while 120 to 159 bushels rose from 2549 to 2625 dollars. Less than 119 bushels per acre increased from 1868 to 1924 dollars per acre.
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Iowa
East
Benton, Linn
Jones, Jackson
Clinton
Johnson, Cedar
Scott
Muscatine
East Central District
Ikea cited in top 100 firms for working moms
Ikea earns a place among Working Mother's top 100 firms for working moms in its 18th annual survey. The company offers six months of leave for Cindy Clark, whose son has leukemia, and all top firms provide flextime to support family needs.
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New York
Cindy Clark
Clark
Ikea
Working Mother Magazine
Society For Human Resource Management
Top 10 mom friendly firms named by Working Mother
Working Mother magazine lists ten companies favored by working mothers in alphabetical order. The firms include Abbott Laboratories Booz Allen Hamilton Bristol-Myers Squibb Eli Lilly General Mills IBM Prudential Financial S C Johnson and Sons Wachovia Corp.
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Working Mother Magazine
Abbott Laboratories
Booz Allen Hamilton
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Eli Lilly and Co
Fannie Mae
General Mills
IBM
Prudential Financial
S.C. Johnson and Sons
Wachovia Corp
Corn harvest yields above average in Iowa early reports
Early harvest data show Iowa corn yields above the five year average with South Wellman fields producing 180 to 200 bushels per acre after July rains. Test weights range 53 to 56 pounds, while August dryness trimmed overall yields about ten percent and soybeans lag behind.
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Marlene Lucas
Gazette
Iowa
Steve Berger
Wellman
Washington County
Berger
Iowa Agricultural Statistics
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McLeod USA
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Pearson PLC
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Penford Corp
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PepsiCo
Come! Fed
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