Chalk Magazine debuts for KU students in Lawrence
Chalk a new full color magazine created by Kansas University students hits the streets in Lawrence distribution begins today on campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and at KU Bookstores sororities fraternity houses and residence halls. The 64 page issue by Sunflower Publishing features survival stories a tech free weekend chronicle and a look at a bird flu scenario. It aims to reach 18 to 25 year olds with edgy content and lasting appeal.
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Sara Miller
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Lawrence
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Bonner Springs
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Bonner
Lawrence Magazine
Lawrence Family Magazine
McDonald s rolls out premium roast coffee nationwide
McDonald s is replacing its 30 year standard coffee with a stronger premium roast to bolster breakfast sales and compete with Dunkin Donuts Starbucks and Burger King. The new brew is in Chicago area stores now with full nationwide rollout planned for Monday and uses a paper covered styrofoam cup with a black lid.
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Starbucks
Burger King
Enron trial: former accountant reveals reserves raid
An Enron fraud trial witness, Wesley H. Colwell, says he improperly raided reserves to boost earnings mid 2000 at direction of Jeffrey Skilling and others. He testifies that Enron manipulated income to beat analyst expectations by dipping into reserves, while fuel economy gains in car ads spark other market news.
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ENRON
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Jeffrey Skilling
Wall Street
Wesley H. Colwell
Skilling
Kenneth Lay
Contact details for Mark Fagan business editor
Contact as Mark Fagan business editor. Phone 832-7188. Email mfagan ljworld.com.
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Ljworld.com
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Ljworld
Home sales fall despite warm January
January data from the Commerce Department show a 5 percent drop in new home sales to 1.233 million annualized, the slowest since 2005, as unsold homes hit a record 528,000 despite milder weather and a 14.5 percent jump in starts. Douglas County reports 45 Lawrence-area closings, down 26 percent from a year ago.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Joel Naroff
Naroff Economic Advisors
Douglas County Appraiser’s
Lawrence
Commodity prices and market quotes from Ottawa and Midland elevators
Readable data shows elevator price quotes for wheat corn milo and soybeans across Ottawa Cooperative Ottawa Elevator Wheat Edgerton Overbrook Midland Lawrence Pauline and other elevators with prices such as wheat 4.26 corn 2.01 milo 1.98 or 5.38 for soybeans. Nonferrous metals quotes list Lead 1175.00 per metric ton Zinc 105.36 cents per lb Gold 553.25 Silver 9580 Handy Harman and Platinum 1035.0 on NY contract.
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Ottawa Cooperative Assn
Ottawa
Milo
Edgerton
Overbrook
Midland Elevator
Lawrence North Elevator
Mila
Lawrence South Elevator
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London
Handy & Harman
Debtors not deadbeats in bankruptcy reform era
The National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys finds that 97 percent of debtors could not pay, contradicting claims that bankruptcy filers are deadbeats. Data from six credit counseling firms covering 61,355 consumers show most filed due to job loss or medical costs, with only 1–5 percent likely to repay under a debt management plan.
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National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Bankruptcy Attorneys Association
U.S. Justice Department
U.S
Association
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