Kansas City Manufacturing Network taps Mid-America Center
The Kansas City Manufacturing Network with 136 area companies selects Overland Park's Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center to run its programs. The center will coordinate roundtables tours a member directory and regional manufacturing knowledge as sponsors include AlliedSignal Silicon Prairie and the center. Lawrence members include Autobus FMC Kantronics Lacy Steel Lawrence Paper and Packer Plastics.
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Overland Park
Mid-America
Mike Neidenthal
John Sanem
Glenn Andregg
Technology Center
Robert Muir
Phone unions resume talks with regional carriers
Regional talks with Bell Atlantic Pacific Telesis Ameritech BellSouth and SBC focus on union access to new jobs wage guarantees subcontracting and health care costs. Millar said most carriers extended temporary agreements though Bell Atlantic did not, with midnight deadlines having passed.
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Communications Workers of America
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CWA
Comany
Bell Atlantic
Pacific Telesis
Ameritech
BellSouth
BC Corp
Southwestern Bell
Union
SBC
St. Louis
Oakland
Calif
Jeffrey Miller
Washington
Midland Elevator and Omaha Livestock Market Quotes Today
Market notes report Midland Elevator wheat at 4.51, corn 2.81, milo 4.60, soybeans 35.79. Omaha quotations show hogs rallying with barrows and gilts up 25 to 50, U.S. 135 230-261 lb at 48.75, near 90 head at 49.00, and U.S. 2-35 250-280 lb at 47.50-48.50. Cattle and calves vary with steers 62.50-64.00, feeder cattle around 62.00-64.00, and veal/other values listed. sheep and lambs steady. Nonferrous metals and precious metals prices provided. copper around 1.-1.44 per lb, gold near 383-384 per oz, silver around 5.15-5.22 per oz. rates from Commerce Bank of Kansas City.
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Merck
AlliedSig
Camco Intantl
JC Penney
Casey's
Pepsica
CommBancsh
Quaker
Dayton-Hud
Unc
Sallie Mae
First Bank
Sys Fleming
Wal-Mart
LabOne
Williams
Edward D. Jones & Co. Mercantile
Journal-World
Omaha
Nea
Usna
U.S
UtiliCorp backs stake in Australian United Energy deal
UtiliCorp units lead a $1.35 billion bid to buy United Energy in Victoria, forming Power Partnership with Australian Mutual Provident Society and NSW State Authorities Superannuation Board. UtiliCorp holds 49.9 percent. APRA 40.1 percent. NSW board 10 percent. United Energy serves about 520,000 customers with 6,074 GWh annual output.
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United Energy Electricity Distribution
Australia
Victoria
U.S
UtiliCorp
Kansas Public Service Co
Lawrence
Power Partnership Consortium
Australian Mutual Provident Society
Superannuation Board
Nsw
New South Wales
United Energy
South
Rick Shepherd
Standard & Poor's Corp
U.K
IBM to name James Firestone to lead global consumer unit
IBM plans to appoint James A. Firestone head of a new world wide consumer division. Firestone, 40, comes from Ameritech Home Services and previously American Express. The move, praised by G. Richard Thoman and Louis Gerstner, aims to expand on-line services and consumer products, with 10 products in 10 countries. Strong ties to IBM, including his father’s 30 years as IBM marketing executive in Japan, are noted as a factor.
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James A. Firestone
Ameritech Corp
Ameritech
Firestone
American Express
Louis V. Gerstner Jr
Gerstner
Japan
United States
Information Technol
Ogy
Personal Computers
Prodigy
Sears
G. Richard Thoman
Global Travelers Checks
Thoman
Westinghouse CBS deal allows alternate arrangements
Securities filings reveal Westinghouse can back out without the $150 million breakup fee if financing talks miss specific deadlines. CBS would receive $30 million if bank commitment letters are not set by early October, rising to $60 million by mid November, and $120 million if banks fail to finance at all.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
CBS Inc
CBS
Westinghouse
Securities and Exchange Commission
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