Chances Of Recession Economy's Hottest Item
NY president says no recession next year while Congress agency predicts one. Market views mix as Carter Murphy and Miller weigh forecasts and incentives. Households should guard finances though caution and the politics of prediction loom large amid uncertain bets. The CBO warns of no stimulus from capital spending, risking a downturn.
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New York
Wall Street
Carter
Thomas Murphy
General Motors
G. William Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Miller
Murphy
U.S. Steel
David Roderick
Congressional Budget Office
U.S
Gas Service and KCC Clash Over Kansas Rate Request
Gas Service Co and Kansas Corporation Commission staff clash on key figures in a request for a 12.60 million annual rate increase. Disputed rate base values 108.88 million versus 102.62 million. current earnings cited at 5.42 million versus 8.93 million. projected residential bill impact of about 1.59 dollars monthly. Hearing extends through Friday with a Jan 15 recess. Gas Service delivers gas to 212 Kansas communities including Sedgwick Johnson Wyandotte Shawnee.
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Gulf
Corporation Commission On A Gas Service Co
Kansas
Gas Service
Corporation Commission
ECC
G. T. van Bebber
Sedgwick
Johnson, Wyandotte
Shawnee
New Trade School Regulations Coming
Washington AP report says the federal government will issue a broad FTC regulation covering about 7000 private vocational schools. Proposed rules require refunds after dropouts, a $25 enrollment cost retention, a cooling-off period, disclosure of dropout rates, and substantiation of employment claims.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Beef Packers Dominate Wholesale Beef Pricing Plan For Hearings
Washington AP report shows a few large meat packers and the Yellow Sheet guide price most wholesale cattle and beef sales. Bergland to chair public hearings and form a task force to study pricing and reporting while denying illegal activity.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Yellow Sheet
Congress
Bergland
Associated Press
United States
Neal Smith
Dtowa
House
Small Business Committee
Smith
Es Moines
Pension Worries Prompt Call For Incentives To Work Longer
Washington AP study from the Labor Department warns incentives may be needed to keep older workers in the labor force to avoid overburdening Social Security and private pensions. It notes men 60 to 64 in the workforce fell from 83 percent in 1957 to 63 percent in 1977, and 65 plus workers dropped from 38 to 20 percent in the same period.
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Washington
Labor Department
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Daily News
IGA Foods
FTC Consumer Protection
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