Cookie sales slump hits Girl Scouts budget in region
The Kaw Valley Council reports about a 6.5 percent fall, roughly 30 000 fewer boxes, with Wichita area totals down 15 percent by year end. Officials cite a slow economy and rising prices, noting cookies remain $3 a box since 1997. Deliveries to customers are due by March 5.
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Girl Scouts of Kaw Valley Council
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Wichita
Ann Sanders
Wichita-area
Girl Scouts of the
Golden Plain Council
Lawrence
Girl Scouts
Wal-Mart
Kmart
Hobby Lobby
Checkers
Grocer Ahold overstates profits by 500 million dollars
Royal Ahold NV and its unit U S Foodservice disclosed significant accounting irregularities and overstated profits by 500 million dollars or more over the past two years. The Dutch retailer ousted its chief executive and chief financial officer after auditor findings. the Amster dam based U S Foodservice unit is under scrutiny in Columbia Maryland.
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Royal Ahold NV
Giant Food Inc
Ahold
U.S
Columbia
Amsterdam
Wall Street Drops as War Resolution Boosts Uncertainty
Wall Street posted its biggest one day decline in a month after the United States and Britain asked the U.N. Security Council to authorize war on Iraq. Retail stocks lagged on weak sales forecasts as the Dow fell 159.87 points or 2 percent to 7,858.24, its third drop in four sessions. The index had risen 1.4 percent last week for a second straight winning week, marking the steepest Dow decline since January 30.
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Britain
U.N. Security Council
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Dow
Kmart to slash 1000 corporate jobs in Troy Michigan
Bankruptcy retailer Kmart Corp plans to cut about 1,000 headquarters positions in Troy Michigan by mid April, reducing the site workforce to about 1,900 as part of a broader reorganization after filing for bankruptcy protection earlier in 2002.
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Kmart Corp
Troy
Mich
Detroit Free Press
Kmart
Lawrence
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NASA's slow build in private space research stalls growth
NASA's Space Product Development Program has yielded mixed wins like disease-free seed potatoes and a new perfume, yet private funding remains under 1 percent of human space flight spending. Industry partners include automakers and biotech firms. critics cite cost and risk as barriers while lawmakers push for tax incentives and cheaper, reliable space access to unlock broader commercial potential.
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NASA
Lance Bush
Bush
Shiseido Cosmetics
Bob Britt
Quantum Tubers Corp
Delavan
Wis
Britt
Dawn Sienicki
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Space Enterprise Council
Sienicki
Congress
Dana Rohrabacher
R-Calif
House Science Committee
Space Panel
Lawrence job outlook improves with 13 percent net gain
Manpower Inc survey shows 20 percent of Lawrence employers plan to hire in Q2 while 7 percent expect cuts, a net increase of 13 percent. Compared with three months ago, both hiring and cuts rose, and education sectors may see declines while construction, manufacturing, retail, and finance expect growth. Nancy Slabaugh of the local Manpower office says the outlook is improving.
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Lawrence
Manpower Inc
Nancy Slabaugh
Slabaugh
Educa
Tion
Kansas
Salina
Emporia
Coca-Cola leads U.S. soft drink market in 2002 gains
Coca-Cola Co outpaced rivals in the 2002 U.S. carbonated soft drink market with a 0.6 percentage point rise to 44.3 percent, aided by Vanilla Coke and Diet Coke. PepsiCo dropped 0.2 points to 31.4 percent as Mountain Dew Code Red boosted its volumes.
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U.S
Beverage Digest
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Coca-Cola
PepsiCo, Inc
PepsiCo
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