Sears to open first full line store in Lawrence next fall
Sears, Roebuck & Co. will move into 2727 Iowa in Lawrence, occupying the former Half-Price Store building. The new 85,000-square-foot outlet could employ up to 200 workers and marks Sears first full-line store in the city, with plans announced by Sears and Richman Gordman/Half-Price Stores Inc. officials.
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Lawrence
Iowa
Sears
Jeff Gordman
Richman Gordman
Half-Price Stores Inc
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Kansas City
Richman Goldman
Wal- Mart
Wal-Mart
Mike Yoour
Journal-Word
Gen X outpacing boomers in retirement savings study
A Marketing Research Institute survey of 1,000 Americans shows Gen X saved $1,714 yearly in 1997, up 17.8 percent, while baby boomers averaged $2,242 and those 52 plus saved $4,243. Overall savings rose 2 percent to $203 a month. many doubt they save enough, with only 26 percent confident.
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Marketing Research Institute
John Penko
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co
Employers Council
Ken Feltman
Colonial Life
Market and commodity roundup from Midwestern elevators and markets
As of Monday close farmers receive Wheat 3.43 Soybeans 6.74 Milo 3.98 Corn 2.44 at Farmer's Co operative South Elev ator. Midland Elev ator quotes Wheat 3.46 Soybeans 6.79 Milo 4.04 Corn 2.49 North Elevator Wheat 3.46 Soybeans 6.79 Milo 4.04 Corn 2.49 Dodge City livestock receipts 800 quiet trade no slaughter sales confirmed inquiry moderate demand light last sale Friday 66 bids 64 65 asking 67 69 sales for week 6 900 head mostly contracted or formulated cattle. FOS feedtor net weights after 4 percent shrink. Nonferrous metals prices New York Copper 80.85 cents Zinc 54.58 55.33 cents Lead 48 cents Aluminum 70.3 cents Gold 287.50 Silver 5380 Handy Harman daily quotes.
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South
Milo
Midland
North
Dodge City Livestock Dopce Crry
New York
London
N.Y
Handy & Harman
Oread and Pfizer Strike Three-Year Drug Development Pact
Lawrence based Oread Inc will develop and manufacture new drugs for Pfizer Inc in a three-year collaboration. The firms will work from Oread campuses in Lawrence Connecticut and California with a new New Jersey site close to completion. Pfizer posted 1996 sales of 11.3 billion and has previously partnered with Oread. the deal may expand beyond three years.
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Connecticut
California
Kimbrell
New Jersey
Pfizer
Oread
Swiss banks merge to form UBS United Bank of Switzerland
Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank plan a joint merger valuing Swiss Bank at about 25 billion dollars. The new entity would hold about 644 billion in assets, aiming to expand business in the United States and Asia and rank as Europe’s largest bank after completion next May.
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Swiss Bank
Higgs Bank
Europe
United States
Asia
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Japan
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Deutsche Bank
Asia turmoil may slow Western growth, UN report says
A U.N. Economic Commission for Europe survey warns that Asia turmoil threatens next year’s growth in the United States and Western Europe. It projects 2.6 percent growth in Western Europe and 3.7 percent in the United States and Canada, but flags a large margin of uncertainty as Southeast Asian slowdown cuts demand for Western goods and investment.
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Europe
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Economic Commission For Europe
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