H&R Block President Thomas Zimmerman to retire
Thomas Zimmerman, president of H&R Block Tax Services Inc., will retire at the end of April due to a serious health issue in his family. Based in Kansas City, the company notes Zimmerman has led its largest subsidiary since 1996, with over 9,000 U.S. tax offices, and has been with H&R Block since 1974. Mark A. Ernst states a strong management team is in place to consider replacement options.
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White wheat gains share among Kansas farmers in 2002
Kansas farmers planted about 1.1 percent of wheat acres to hard white winter varieties in 2002, up from 0.8 percent the previous year, mainly in the western third. The red variety Jagger remained the leading seed, comprising about 43 percent of Kansas wheat acreage, up 7 percent from the prior year.
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Western Resources debt plan under KCC hearing
The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold a May 31 hearing on Western Resources plan to finance up to 1 billion dollars of its nearly 3 billion debt. The inquiry probes whether utility assets are pledged to secure more debt and whether prior orders were violated. Western must explain within three days why asset pledges did not breach an earlier order and disclose any sales of SETS utility assets.
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Kansas Electric
Western Resources Inc
Kansas EDS secures Medicaid contract for Kansas program
A Texas company, Plano based EDS, won a $160 million six year state contract to transform Kansas Medicaid operations. The deal covers a web based interface for Medicare claims processing and managed care enrollment for Medicaid and the children's health insurance program.
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ImClone rejects Bristol plan on partnership restructuring
ImClone Systems Inc rejects Bristol-Myers Squibb’s bid to overhaul their $2 billion partnership saying the deal isn’t in shareholders’ best interests. Bristol sought to remove executives, cut payments, and gain a larger Erbitux revenue share amid Erbitux review delays and ImClone’s FDA setback.
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Historic Lawrence mansion grounds to host summer weddings
The Ludington-Thacher residence at 1613 Tenn. in Lawrence may become a summer event site for three to four weddings a year. Owners Terry and Elaine Riordan plan an all weather tent and dance floor in the yard, with a 250-person cap and no house access. Rental fees would support the home’s upkeep, not personal profit, and parking would be arranged at the nearby Sigma Phi Epsilon house.
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Wall Street Traders Lock in Profits on Tuesday
Investors booked profits on Wall Street amid uncertain economy and accounting concerns after two days of gains. The Dow fell 21.04 to 9863.74, the Nasdaq dropped 12.45 to 1834.21, and the S&P 500 slipped 4.44 to 1107.50. Earnings doubts and Enron fallout weighed on sentiment as Nortel and EMC moved lower amid leadership resignations and revenue concerns.
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Fahnestock & Co
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Senate Commerce Committee
Richard Dickson
Hilliard Lyons
Louisville
Nortel
Terry Hungle
EMC
Securities and Exchange Commission
Line-X of Lawrence Inc grows with truck bedliners
Lawrence couple Randy and Darla Blecha own Line-X of Lawrence at 2300 W 41st St Suite B. With two employees, they use a fast polyurethane spray process to coat truck beds and other materials. They aim to expand into city and county fleet work and park benches while planning future ownership of a building and a full line of auto accessories.
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Lawrence, Inc
Carla Elecha
Line-X Corp
Carla Blecha
Rat Sult
Grain price quotes from multiple elevators
As of Tuesday close, wheat prices ranged from 2.65 to 2.68 across Ottawa Ottawa Elevator and Edgerton Overbrook Midland Lawrence, with corn at 1.80 to 1.86 and milo 1.76 to 1.83. Soybeans at 4.09 to 4.14, Pauline milo 1.81.
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Misc Market Quotes and Prices Across Commodities
USDA loan deficiency payments for corn and soybeans are listed, with hog receipts and pork prices noted. Nonferrous metals in New York show spot prices for lead, aluminum, copper, zinc, gold, silver, mercury, and platinum with daily quotes from Handy & Harman and the London Metal Exchange.
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