Copyright battles move into cyberspace and lawmaking
Legislation aims to extend copyright protections to the Internet as publishers and industry groups press Congress to curb online piracy. Critics warn users could be criminalized by simple mouse clicks, while ISPs resist liability for customers. Industry losses are pegged at 10 to 20 billion dollars annually.
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Judiciary Committee
Andrew Giangola
Simon & Schuster
Two hotels plan summer openings in Lawrence area
Construction delays push Comfort Inn and nearby Hampton Inn to July 1 openings with potential June 20 for an earlier date. Both aim for corporate and traveler clientele, offering free breakfast, meeting space, and in room amenities while hiring 20 to 25 staff.
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Iowa
Tom Scott
Shreejs Investment Inc
Sixth
Rockledge
Randy Magers
Magers Lodging Inc
Alberto Bravo
Lawrence
Comfort Inn
Scott
Magers
Hampton Inn
Kansas University
Springfield
Branson
Shreets Investment Inc
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Topeka
Treasury weighing long term inflation indexed notes
The Treasury seeks investor input on a new long term note whose returns would be indexed to inflation to preserve buying power. Meetings will consider which inflation measure best attracts buyers, with four options CPI core CPI GDP deflator and ECI. The ECI stands out as a labor cost index not an inflation gauge, averaging 4.4 percent annual growth since 1982.
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Treasury
Britain
Canada
Sweden
United States
ECI
Commodity and livestock quotes from Midwest markets and metals
Friday market update lists Farmer's Cooperative Assny and Midland Elevators grain prices for wheat corn milo and soybeans, plus Omaha and St Joseph livestock bids for hogs cattle and sheep with declines, plus nonferrous metal and precious metal prices from New York and London exchanges. Also reports Kansas feedlot activity and weekly cattle sales totals with contracted cattle figures.
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South
Milo
Midland
North
New York
London
U.S
Wed
Handy & Harman
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Omaha
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St. Joseph, MO
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