Lawrence figures show leadership moves and awards in Kansas firms
Lawrence residents Carl Rickett s named first vice president and chief strategic planning officer at Capitol Federal Savings with a 25 year utilities background and ESU degrees. Charlton Manley earns Acuity Insurance top producing agency in Kansas for 2006 as Gary Sellars accepts the award. Mark Andersen named to Kansas Electronic Recording Commission as Lawrence attorney and Kansas Bar Association member.
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Carl Ricketts
Capitol Federal Savings
John B. Dicus
Ricketts
Gas and Electric
Charlton Manley
Acuity Insurance Co
Kansas
Gary Sellars
Acuity
Territorial Agency
Topeka
Overland Park
Mark Andersen
Kansas Bar Association
Electronic Recording Commission
Andersen
Commission
Anderson
Barber Emerson Law Firm
American College of Real Estate Attorneys
American Land Title Association
Kansas Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Missouri
Journal-World Briefs contacts for business items
Contact Mark Fagan, business editor, with promotions, awards, and other business items for the Brief case. Include color photos in .jpg or .tif at 200 dpi or higher and send via email to mfagan at ljworld.com.
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Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Ljworld.com
Journal-World
PPE and PE ratios explained for stock outlooks
A brief guide defines price-earnings ratio PPE as closing price divided by projected earnings per share for the next 12 months. It notes PPE versus PE relations, with PPE below signaling higher next year earnings and PPE above suggesting lower next year earnings. Earnings estimates come from I B E S.
Edenspace to move to Junction City Kansas for biotech center
Edenspace announces relocation from Dulles Virginia to Junction City Kansas to establish a 20 000 square foot energy crop center at Tom Neal Technology Park. The move creates about 30 biotechnology and renewable energy jobs and aims to advance Energy Corn to double per acre ethanol crop yield.
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Kansas
Edenspace
Junction City
Dulles
Tom Neal Technology Park
Bruce Ferguson
Junction
Ferguson
Ventria Bioscience
Adrian Polansky
Curious 30 Year Auto Loans Rise For Home Equity Buyers
The article notes a trend of financing cars with home equity, through loans or lines of credit, enabled by lower rates and higher property values. It explains why buyers choose home equity routes, including tax-deductible interest, and cites the share of such activity around 2006.
Using home equity to buy or pay off a car debated
Synergistics Research notes 8 percent of homeowners use a home equity loan or line to finance a vehicle. Bankrate analysis shows auto loans often cheaper unless borrowers make extra payments and itemize taxes. 30-year cash out refinancing adds closing costs. Caution urged by Don Taylor and Michelle Singletary.
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Synergistics Research Corp
William H. McCracken
Synergistics
Don Taylor
Bankrate.com
The
American Col
Bryn Mawr
Taylor
Commodities mixed as markets close across major exchanges
Wheat and corn fell on the Chicago Board of Trade while oats and soybeans rose. Live cattle and feeder cattle futures gained on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, hogs declined slightly and pork bellies rose. Local grain quotes from Ottawa, Edgerton, Overbrook, Midland, Lawrence and Pauline elevators show wheat around 4.59 to 4.69 a bushel and soybeans near 7.05 to 7.10. Nonferrous metals traded lower with gold near 653.10 and silver around 13.147 per ounce.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Ottawa Cooperative Association
Ottawa
Edgerton
Overbrook
Midland
Milo
Lawrence North
Lawrence South
London
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