Understanding pro forma and dollar cost averaging basics
The piece explains pro forma statements showing yearly results as if merged, aiding health assessment after a merger. It also defines dollar cost averaging as investing fixed dollar amounts periodically, buying more shares on lows and fewer on highs to build a position gradually.
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Boris Inc
Natasha Co
Boris- Natasha
Boris-Natasha
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Amarillo
Texas
Cheese Sciences Inc
Misunderstood IRA myths and truths clarified
The outline separates common IRA myths from facts, noting any age limits for opening accounts, eligibility for stay at home spouses, contribution deadlines, penalties for early withdrawals, and MRD requirements. It emphasizes earned income as the basis for eligibility and explains how MRDs can be pooled across multiple IRAs after age 70½.
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IRS
Vote on Trade Promotion Act of 2001 Affects Illinois Farmers
Illinois Farm Bureau leaders led by Ron Warfield urge passage of Trade Promotion Authority to open foreign markets for U S agriculture. They cite export and job gains, noting Illinois exported about 3 billion in 1999 and national ag exports supported hundreds of thousands of jobs. Warfield toured Southern Illinois to promote the measure.
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Capitol Hill
Illinois Farm Bureau
Ron Warfield
Illinois
Congress
U.S
Warfield
Global
American Farm Bureau
Trade Promotion Authority
TPA
Illinois Ag
State Farm Bureau
Right touch honors Herrin therapist Kim Marshall
Kim Marshall of Herrin, an employee at Herrin Hospital since 1998, received the Illinois Occupational Therapy Association Public Awareness Award for 2001 at a state conference in South Holland. Marshall led outreach, spoke to students in Marion and Herrin, organized Occupational Therapy Month events, and promoted therapy benefits while serving on the Little Egypt IOTA board. Jim Osborn lauded her as a department asset and public advocate for occupational therapy.
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Herrin
Kim Marshall
Illinois Occupational Therapy Association
Marshall
Herrin Hospital
South Suburban College
South Holland
Marion
Little Egypt
IOTA
Kim
Osborn
Southern Illinoisan
Larry McKenzie
Carolyn Tanner
Grads face tough job market amid mixed signals
SIUC industrial technology student Keith Comer nears graduation and contemplates a 72 000 a year nuclear plant supervisor offer from AmerenCIPS in Missouri as national surveys foresee a 10 to 17 percent drop in engineering and computer science hiring this year. Despite the study, university officials report strong employer demand at a regional career fair.
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Carbondale
Keith Comer
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Illinois
Effingham
Comer
SIUC
Amerencips
Columbia
Michigan State University
Philip D. Gardner
Hasan Sevim
Sevim
Illinois corn grower chief pushes ethanol and river upgrades
Garry Niemeyer, new president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, seeks higher ethanol output via Hagel Johnson bill mandating 3 percent renewable fuel by 2011 and 5 percent by 2016, backed by 13 farmer co-ops and Agri-First grants. He also pushes river lock projects on Illinois and Mississippi rivers to boost global competition.
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Springfield
Illinois Corn Growers Association
Garry. Niemeyer
Glenarm
Sangamon County Farm Bureau
Hagel- Johnson
Niemeyer
Illinois
State Department of Agriculture
Mississippi
Army Corps of Engineers
LaGrange
Peoria
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