Mighty KC Bat Co joins big leagues with hand crafted bats
Mighty KC Bat Co in Grandview Missouri makes 25 000 to 30 000 bats yearly hand crafted with 26 steps per bat. Nine employees and partners include Kansas City Royals coach Frank White. Major leaguers using their bats include Johnny Damon Terry Pendleton and Brian McRae with Sammy Sosa in spring training.
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Mighty KC Bat Co Sees Window After Aluminum Ban
The Mighty KC Bat Co. reacts to NCAA rules requiring colleges to replace high performance aluminum bats by August 1999. President Mike Holmes calls the change good news and a great business opportunity for producing wood bats amid rising amateur use.
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NCAA
Mike Holmes
Lawrence construction projects lag last year but boom year tone remains
A city hall report shows 1998 construction in Lawrence likely ends slightly below 1997's $127.42 million and well under the 1996 record of $167.5 million. Through November, permits total $117.56 million, with big retail, industrial and housing projects driving activity amid favorable weather and low mortgage rates.
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Lawrence
Asian crisis pressures U.S. economy amid rate cut expectations
The report notes the U.S. unemployment rate at 4.4 percent in November as services offset factory weakness, while trade deficits and Fed business surveys signal slower growth and potential rate cuts in early 1999. Analysts expect at least two more cuts as Asia turmoil dampens exports and travel. current account deficits reach a record $61 billion for the quarter.
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Lawrence Chimerine
Economic Strategy Institute
Latin America
Chimerine
Market quotes and commodity prices from several elevators
Local markets wrap with wheat at 2.67 to 2.72 dollars, soybeans 5.33, milo 1.65, corn 1.85 to 1.90, and USDA loan payments listed. Kansas feedlot sales show 700 head Wednesday with slow trade, 500 slaughter steers and 200 heifers sold, with steers around 60.00 per 1250 pounds and heifers near 60.00 per 1275 pounds. Omaha and New York spot prices for hogs, cattle, and metals noted, with mixed livestock quotations and nonferrous metal figures.
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Omaha, New
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London
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Southwestern Bell cracks down on slam ing scams in policy
Southwestern Bell announces a policy to remove slammed charges from bills and bar offending providers from using its billing service. Company founder Oxler notes some providers may still pursue payments but will not profit from the billing system. A new survey shows 45 percent of customers affected by slamming, with 18,000 Kansans and 36,000 Missourians reporting slam damage. The five state territory has 350,000 alleged victims contacted.
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