Martha Stewart seeks new trial over alleged lies by key witness
Martha Stewart asked a judge for a new trial four weeks before sentencing in a case tied to a 2001 stock sale. Her lawyers argued that Secret Service ink expert Larry Stewart lied on the stand and tainted the trial, claiming the verdict rests on a corroded foundation.
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Secret Service
Stewart
Peter Bacanovic
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Larry Stewart
Secret Service Laboratory
Arrests dampen Mitsubishi turnaround hopes
International report on Mitsubishi Motors Corp shows major setback as former president Katsuhiko Kawasoe and five other officials are arrested on charges linked to a cover up of auto defects tied to a fatal accident. Police say they failed to report defects and ignored issues dating back to 1996 and 1998.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp
Katsuhiko Kawasoe
Mitsubishi
Daimler-Chrysler
Mitsubishi Motors
Kawasoe
Aquila to pay 37 million in stock dispute settlement
Aquila Inc will pay 37.95 million dollars to settle a lawsuit by holders of Aquila Merchant Services Inc. who objected to the stock value received after Aquila recombined with its energy trading and merchant subsidiary in early 2002. The Delaware Court of Chancery approved the deal. Aquila will record a 7.5 million charge in its second quarter. Most costs are covered by a special fund from the original filing.
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Aquila Merchant Services Inc
Delaware Court of Chancery
Aquila
Kansas City
Ford Credit settlement may pay $100 to Kansans
Ford Motor Credit and dealers face a settlement costing over $6 million for leasing practices. About 2,187 Kansans and 150,000 nationwide may receive restitution, with 25 local Ford and Mercury dealers involved in Kansas. The program targets customers who ended a lease early and bought the vehicle, finding inflated balances and profits kept by dealers.
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Mic
Ford Motor Credit
Missouri
Kansas
Ford
Daniel Jarvis
Cox
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Reagan boosts Jelly Belly growth from small firm to global brand
Jelly Belly Candy Co. credits Ronald Reagan with transforming the business. From 1967 start supplying jelly beans to the governor, the firm grew into a worldwide company, producing about 13 billion beans annually with 670 employees. Reagan’s White House ties deepened the brand, including a special seal jar for his 1981 inauguration. Mourners leave jelly beans at memorial sites.
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Calif
Ronald Reagan
Jelly Belly Candy Co
Reagan
Herman Rowland
San Francisco Bay-area
California
Rowland
White House
Washington
Markets Closed for Reagan Mourning and Jelly Belly Tour
U S markets and federal and state offices are closed for the national day of mourning for former President Ronald Reagan, with U S mail halted. About 500 000 visitors annually tour the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield California admiring portraits of Reagan and Nancy in candy form and flavors. Patricia Kriletich recalls learning of Jelly Bellys during Reagan's presidency and credits him with making the company famous.
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U.S
Ronald Reagan
Journal-World
Fairfield
Calif
Reagan
Nancy
Patricia Kriletich
Novato
Jelly Belly Candy Co
Jelly Bean Factory
State wheat forecast falls 5 percent to 351M bushels
Wichita ap The Kansas winter wheat crop forecast was revised to 351 million bushels for 2004. The forecast shows a 27 percent drop from last year and a 5 percent downgrade from last month. Temperature freezes, hail storms and dry spells contributed to lower yields. Average yield now 39 bushels per acre, down two from last month and nine from a year earlier.
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Argonia
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
Wichita
Kansas
Chicago grain and meat futures move lower on Thursday
Grain and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade declined with July wheat down to 3.50 1/2 a bushel, corn 2.85 3/4, oats 1.45 1/4, and soybeans 8.47. Beef futures retreated on the CME while pork and feeder cattle rose, with live cattle at 88.50 cents and lean hogs at 76.32 cents. Local elevator quotes show mixed prices for wheat, corn, milo, and soybeans across Ottawa Edgerton Overbrook Midland and Lawrence locations. Nonferrous metal prices in New York included gold at 385.90 and silver at 5.745 per troy ounce.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ottawa Cooperative Assn
Ottawa
Milo
Edgerton
Overbrook
Midland
Lawrence North
New York
N.Y
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