Crackdown on pension plan fraud shows results
A nationwide effort against private pension plan fraud yielded 70 criminal cases against 109 people in eight months. The losses exceed 90 million dollars and affect over 150000 workers and retirees. Atty. Gen. Janet Reno said the crackdown targets pension abuses beyond large sums to protect small accounts and ensure restitution.
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Flint Hills ranchers face dwindling family cattle farms
In Kansas Flint Hills the Westring family and others contend with shrinking margins as feedlots and scale push traditional cattle ranching toward extinction. Despite deep roots since 1870, a century of change forces smaller operations to lease land and compete with larger concerns. Ranchers warn the way of life is fading and only smart, lucky decisions can keep it alive.
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Tex” Westring
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Commodity and livestock market roundup from Omaha and Midwest
Commodity prices show feedlot net weights with 4 percent shrink and quotes from Farmers Cooperative Assn across South, Midland, and North Elevators for wheat corn milo and soybeans. Livestock markets in Omaha and St Joseph report hogs and cattle trading with mixed declines and few sales, plus Kansas demand notes and nonferrous metals prices in New York and London markets.
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Columbia Corp to acquire America's Health Network assets
Columbia Health Care plans to acquire a controlling stake in America's Health Network a medical TV network based in Orlando. Joseph Maddox AHN president says operational and editorial independence will be preserved as Columbia expands AHN nationwide and adds Spanish language option later this fall.
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Berry Plastics expands with Virginia Design assets sale
Berry Plastics announces acquisition of substantially all assets of Virginia Design Packaging Corp based in Suffolk, Virginia. This marks Berry’s third yearly purchase after acquiring Packer-Ware of Lawrence Kansas and assets of Container Industries of Pacoima California. Berry, Evansville based, operates plants in Henderson Nevada Iowa Falls Iowa Charlotte North Carolina and York Pennsylvania. Koch Industries plans to expand its Houston operations, signaling growth for the Wichita-based firm.
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Wichita seeks direct Wichita Houston flights with Continental
A Wichita delegation from Koch and the Wichita Airport Authority met Continental Airlines in Houston to lobby for direct Wichita Houston service. No promises were made, but Wichita was identified as a potential origin for Continental Express once new regional jets are acquired.
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Inflation slows as April prices rise 0.1 percent
Consumer prices edged up 0.1 percent in April while factory production moderated. The Dow finished above 7,300 for the first time, rising 47.39 to 7,333.55 as strong bond buying pushed 30-year Treasury yields to 6.87 percent.
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