Business update from LJWorld on April 1, 2009
Kansas City business desk reports April 1 2009 as LJ World coverage includes market trends company results and local enterprise updates. Key players and regional firms are highlighted with brief notes on financial movements and economic conditions impacting the area.
Walgreens offers free treatment at Take Care clinics for unemployed
Walgreens will provide free care at its Take Care clinics for unemployed and uninsured residents through 2009. Eligible patients after March 31 may receive respiratory, allergy, infection, and skin treatments from 11 am to 3 pm, Monday through Friday. Proof of unemployment required. new job or insurance ends eligibility. Hallmark and plant in Lawrence expanding 99 cent cards to broaden options for customers.
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Walgreens
Walgreen
Lawrence
Topeka
Hallmark Cards
Tressa Angell
Kansas City
Kolell
Hallmark
McDonald Drive
Wall Street whiplash as quarter ends with gains
Wall Street endured a volatile first quarter with a bear and bull market swing. From early year lows near 6,550 the Dow rose 21 percent in 13 trading days to almost 8,000 before finishing around 7,609. With persistent recession fears, investors await manufacturing data and March unemployment figures for clues on the economy’s turning point.
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New York
Wall Street
Hugh Johnson
Johnson Illington Advisors
Albany
N.Y
Multimedia trailblazer Jane Stevens to lead World Company Web unit
Jane Stevens, renowned multimedia journalist and Reynolds Fellow at the University of Missouri, will join The World Company in June as director of online strategies. She heads an internal Web and journalism operations team after the company split its Web work into Mediaphormedia and the internal division. Stevens has held roles at UC Berkeley and the Knight Digital Media Center and previously helped launch multimedia reporting and science news projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Stevens
Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
University of Missouri
Jane
Dan Simons
Stevens
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Reynolds Journalism Institute
Knight Digital Media
University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
New York Times TV
Uc-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Paul Grabowicz
Uc-Berkeley
Knight Digital Media Center
Overturning Health Rules How Advice Changes Over Time
Consumer Reports On Health flags long held medical myths from eight glasses a day to annual dental X-rays. It highlights updates on antivirals for flu resistance, vitamin D intake, preventive angioplasty risks, honey for coughs, and stretching to prevent soreness, urging reliance on evolving research and tailored guidance.
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Consumer Reports On Health
Grain, cattle and metal markets show mixed Tuesday gains
Chicago Board of Trade futures mostly rose with May wheat up 20.25 cents at 5.3275 and May corn up 18.5 cents to 4.0475. Oats were steady at 193, while soybeans jumped 47.5 cents to 9.52. Live cattle and feeder cattle posted small gains, hogs and pork bellies rose modestly. Regional elevator quotes showed wheat around 5.18 and corn near 3.85, with soybeans near 9.27. Nonferrous metals traded higher with zinc, gold around 923.80, silver 12.9750, and platinum about 1120 per ounce.
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ATT Inc
AlcatelLuc
Berkm
Boeing
Butinsf
BND
Capredf
CFFN
APA Caseys Ui
ASY
Cisco
Sco
Citigro
Bam
Cocacl
Gannett
Garmin
GenElec
Goodyear
Heinz Harleyd
Honwllintt
Intel
Keycorp
Kroger
Macerich
MAC
Merck
MRK
Microsoft
MSFT
Monsanto
IBA
Oreillya Drly
OfficeDpt
Oracle
ORCL
Penney
PepsiCo
Pfizer
UPS
US Banerp
Verizonem
Avil
WalMart
Walgrn
WellsFargo
WestarEn
TAS
WmsCos
Chicago Board of Trade Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
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LJ World.com
Sixth St
Liworld.com
Multimedia Trailblazer
World Company
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Istock Photo
DRS Ag
Laer
Farmore
Howant
Noga
Ottawa Cooperative Association
Ottawa
Milo
Edgerton
Overbrook
Midland
Lawrence North
Lawrence South
Pauline