Douglas County Retail Growth Despite May Tax Dip
Kansas Department of Revenue reports Douglas County retail sales rose 3.76 percent for the first 11 months of fiscal 1992, totaling $21,793,930 through May, while May receipts fell 13.67 percent to 1,993,720. Sedgwick Johnson Shawnee Wyandotte lead in statewide totals. Lawrence DeSoto Tonganoxie Perry Eudora Baldwin show varied local tax performance for fiscal year to date.
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Revenue Department
Sedgwick
Johnson
Shawnee
Wyandstte
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Lawrence
DeSoto
Tonganoxie
Perry
Eudora
Baldwin
Bank yield drops after Fed rate cuts and deposits fall
The Fed cut the discount rate and big banks trimmed the prime rate, sparking a sharp weekly decline in bank money market and six month CD yields. The Bank Rate Monitor calls it among the largest drops in years, with three month bills at 3.23 percent and six month bills at 3.32 percent. For 20 large banks outside New York, money market accounts fell to 3.11 percent and six month CDs to 3.42 percent.
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Federal Reserve
Bank Rate Monitor
Robert K. Heady
The
Monitor
Treasury
Fed
Sonny Hill expands lines with Oldsmobile and Saturn franchises
LeRoy Poague, Sonny Hill automobile dealer, announces expansion to add Oldsmobile from a local competitor and Saturn cars, joining existing Chevrolet and GEO lines. Toyota dealer John Smith seeks focus on Toyota as Saturn supply lags, with possible six months to a year until inventory arrives. The firm already operates multiple locations in Lawrence, Platte City, Midtown Kansas City, Olathe, and Lansing-Leavenworth.
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Iowa
LeRoy Poague
Oldsmobile
John Smith
Toyota
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Platte City
Kansas City
Smith
Poague
General Motors
Saturn
Tennessee
Lawrence
Midtown
Olathe
Lansing- Leavenworth
Finney Forms Workers' Comp Task Force Amid Legislative Split
Gov. Joan Finney created the Governor's Workers' Compensation Task Force as a second state commission to study workers' compensation laws. Legislative leaders remain divided on forming a committee, with Republicans skeptical and Democrats cautious, following 21.7 percent rate increases this year. The governor's panel includes Insurance Commissioner Ron Todd and other state officials, while Todd's committee already has four members.
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Topeka
Joan Finney
Ron Todd
Todd
Lawrence
John Wertzberger
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians Inc
Brad Smoot
The
American Insurance Assn
Dick Brock
Legislative Coordinating Council
Finney
Joe Dick
FDA warns Seldane risks hit Marion Merrell Dow stock
The FDA warned that Seldane can cause life threatening heart rhythms in liver disease patients or with other drugs. The notice prompted Marion Merrell Dow Inc to drop $6 a share to $27.50 on the NYSE after a wide alert to doctors and health workers.
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Kansas City, Mo
Marion Merrell Dow Inc
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Monica Revelle
Revelle
United States
Marion
New York Stock Exchange
Digital aims Alpha chip line to revive sales
Digital Equipment Corp reports a revamp to its computer lineup to attract hesitant buyers awaiting Alpha based machines. Analysts note customers hold off on VAX systems pending Alpha's rollout before year end 1992.
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Boston
Digital Equipment Corp
Digital
Alpha
Midland and Omaha Market Quotes and New York Stocks Drift Lower
Market data from Midland Elevator shows wheat 3.38, corn 2.49, soybeans 5.66 while Omaha Livestock reports hogs mostly steady to 50 lower and cattle prices down to 72.50 for select steers. In St Joseph quotes steady to 1 lower for feeders, hogs mixed, and New York markets drifted lower with the Dow at 3294.90 by noon. Industry earnings chatter and several Nasdaq names moved, including Nike up and L A Gear down.
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Neb
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Nike
L.A. Gear
Durr-Fillauer Medical
Bergen Brunswig Corp
Durr-Fillauer
Exabyte
Heinz
Hew
IBM
Ty Atipd
Kmart
KCPLI
Lilly
Asarco
SBS
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Morgan
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Ta Cooper
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Royld
Dilards
Ae Shawbit
Ekodak
Desty Stonec
StorTch
Emergy Strdets
Exxon
Texaco
Dela Usxmar
GaPac
WalMart
Goodyr
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Sanyo-Kokusaku Pulp Co
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Mobil Corp
London
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Hercules
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