Apple iMac expands to Best Buy nationwide
Apple expands iMac availability with Best Buy 300 outlets joining CompUSA. Analyst Tim Bajarin sees renewed innovation and progress under Steve Jobs, while Dan Lavin remains cautious about sustaining gains in a Windows-dominated market. Apple reports fiscal year profit of 309 million on 5.94 billion revenue and unveils Mac OS 8.5 with new Internet tools.
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San Mateo
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Ford posts $1 billion in quarterly earnings
Ford Motor Co earned $1 billion in the third quarter marking the automaker's tenth straight quarter of earnings gains. Cost cutting saved $600 million in Q3 and $1.9 billion in the first nine months, helping offset weaker Europe and South America sales and lifting revenue to $32.64 billion.
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Cincinnati
Poultry Plant Plans for Kansas Nebraska Missouri Iowa
MBA Poultry plans 120 farms within 75 miles of Tecumseh to grow chickens for a Nebraska plant, with 26 000 to 30 000 birds per barn and 4 cents per pound live weight. Expected annual per barn net income around 7 762 dollars after costs, tying into regional farmers in Brown Nemaha Marshall Washington Pottowattomie and Doniphan counties.
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Golden Star expands Atchison plant adds 70 jobs
Golden Star Inc expands its Atchison County plant with a $6 million project that will create 70 new factory jobs and consolidate operations from another Atchison plant and a Rome Georgia facility. The larger six hour facility will close the downtown site but not reduce local employment. Glenda Purkis praised the investment as major for the area.
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Kansas City
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Commerce Bancshares earnings rise 10 percent in Q3
Kansas City based Commerce Bancshares reports a 10 percent quarterly earnings gain ending Sept 30, the tenth straight double digit growth quarter. Nine month earnings reach a record 109.7 million, fueled by stronger top line revenue across core lines and fee income with ROA around 1.4 percent and ROE near 15 percent. The bank has branches in Lawrence.
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Commodities and livestock markets report fades in New York spot prices
Hog prices show barrows and gilts 25 cents lower with 47 to 50 ounce weights at 29 50. Sows 20 percent off. Cattle and calves 100. No enough steers or heifers to form a market. Sheep none. New York spot nonferrous metals: Aluminum 60.0 cents per lb. Copper around 77 cents delivered. Lead 48 cents. Zinc 0.4775 to 0.4825. Tin 3.6542. Gold 295.30 to 296.00 per troy oz. Silver 4.86 to 4.80. Mercury 175 per 76 lb flask. Platinum about 352 to 354 per troy oz.
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U.S
N.Y
Handy & Harman
Nu-Wa Industries Taps Local Firm for Redesign
Lawrence firm Alternative Web Designs completed a redesigned Nu-Wa Industries site highlighting the 1999 fifth wheel product line with specs pictures swatches and floor plans. The site guides dealers and has drawn over 230000 accesses monthly emails and rising traffic since 1996 launch.
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Nu-Wa Industries Inc
Scott Rideau
Nu-Wa
Kansas
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