Leucadia to Seek Antitrust Clearance for MCI Majority Buy
Leucadia National Corp intends to file with the FTC and DOJ to acquire a majority stake in MCI Inc, the No. 2 long distance carrier. The move could invite other bidders, with Sprint, SBC, and BellSouth previously noted as evaluating a purchase.
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Google plans $27 billion Nasdaq IPO in bid to list
Google Inc aims to list on Nasdaq for its upcoming IPO valued at $27 billion and at least $20 billion market value. Thirty brokerages will run the online public auction to set the offering price. No date or ticker symbol was provided in the SEC filing.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Mountain View
Calif
Google
SEC
Wall Street Tech Sector Hit By Analyst Downgrade
An analyst downgrade of the semiconductor sector dragged technology shares lower on Monday while the broader market closed mixed. Merrill Lynch cut the sector from overweight to underweight due to weaker demand for personal computers and corporate hardware and downgraded Intel ahead of its earnings release.
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Visa launches limousine offer to lure high spenders
Visa USA debuts a marketing blitz for its Signature card by sending 50 limousines to Chicago O’Hare to shuttle affluent customers into town. The campaign targets the “new affluent” with household income of at least 125000 dollars as it faces American Express in the luxury market.
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Visa
Chicago
O’hare
American Express Co
Morgan Stanley settles sex bias suit for 54 million
Morgan Stanley agreed to a 54 million settlement with the EEOC over a pattern of discrimination denying women promotions and paying men more. The agreement includes 12 million for lead plaintiff Allison Schief felin, a 40 million claims fund for women, and 2 million for gender diversity programs overseen by an outside monitor. Schiefelin described a hostile workplace with sexist comments and outings to topless bars.
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New York
Morgan Stanley
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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Wall Street
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U.S
Richard Berman
Ally
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Overbrook Livestock Barn Sold to Longtime Employee
John and Joyce Dillon sell the Overbrook Livestock Commission to Rob and Debbie Glass after 19 years of ownership. The sale keeps the small town barn local with no planned changes, and the Dillons cite high cattle prices and a stable market as key factors. The barn runs Mondays with 30 part time staff and draws buyers from Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Missouri.
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Overbrook Livestock Commission
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Debbie
John Dillon
Florida
Rob
Debbie Glass
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Lawrence Livestock Commission
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Cally
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Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Bill Rice
Baldwin
Rice
Rob Gloss
Gloss
Government predicts record U S corn crop this year
The Agriculture Department forecasts a U S corn harvest of 10.6 billion bushels, a new record up 521 million from last year, with good weather cited and exports expected to fall about 90 million bushels. Soybeans and wheat forecasts also revised downward with prices noted.
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Argentina
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South America
China
Commodity futures edge up on CBOT and CME trading
Soy futures moved mixed as wheat rose to 3.45 1/2 a bushel for September and corn climbed to 2.48 a bushel while oats advanced to 1.38. August soybeans fell 28 cents to 7.86. Live cattle traded 83.67 cents a pound and feeder cattle rose to 1.1355 per pound as pork futures advanced on the CME.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Agricultural and metal market roundup from Ottawa area elevators
Monday market snapshot shows hog and pork price shifts with hogs up 12 cents to 76.32 per hundredweight and pork around 1.77 dollars per pound. Local grain bids listed for Ottawa, Edgerton, Overbrook, Midland, Lawrence, Pauline elevators with wheat around 3.49, corn 2.18, milo 2.03 and soybeans near 8.91 to 8.96. Nonferrous metals quoted in New York include gold, silver, platinum with prices about spot levels and contract figures.
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Ottawa
Edgerton
Overbrook
Midland
Milo
Lawrence North
Lawrence South
Pauline Elevator
New York
N.Y
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