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Local interns call St. Ambrose home
St. Ambrose University is providing housing this summer for a very temporary group of students — and they’re not even enrolled in classes.
Gordmans raises $5,000 for flood relief
Gordmans Inc. is contributing a total of $5,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to assist with flood relief efforts in Iowa and Illinois.
St. Ambrose dean reaches out to Q-C community
John Byrne, the new dean of the college of business at St. Ambrose University, tackles his responsibilities with the same vigor he applies to his hobby of competing in extreme sports.
Royal Neighbors brigade delivers aid to Iowans
Employees and members of Rock Island-based Royal Neighbors of America will be in Palo, Iowa, on Wednesday, to clean up homes and businesses damaged by June flooding.
McCarthy-Bush creates company
Bush Construction Company, Inc., based in Davenport, a wholly owned subsidiary of the McCarthy-Bush Corp., has been formed.
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Small-cap stock run could herald broader recovery
NEW YORK - Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market,…
- Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
- NJ party town relaxes rules on kegs, rude gestures
- Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
- FBI probe latest setback for beleaguered Detroit
- Companies begin quest for oil, gas off Florida
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FOCUS ON THE 15: Storm of economic woes stirs up investors
Three days of calm, and then the storm. Stock markets turned stormy Thursday. And a downpour of sell orders pressured stock prices lower on one of the worst selloffs in a year. Oil continued to precipitate problems, with prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbing above $140 per barrel that day on unconfirmed reports that Libya may reduce oil output.
YOUR FUNDS: Market slump feeds scams
Summertime, and the scamming is easy. The North American Securities Administrators Association has issued a warning about summer scams, suggesting that investors protect themselves against “hot energy-related tips, speculative real estate promotions, unsolicited invitations from new online ‘friends,’ and complex, opaque investment products that fail to offer clear disclosures of their risks and costs.”
Swiss Valley Farms celebrates 50 years in dairy business
Elmer Paper of Stockton, Iowa, remembers his early years as a dairy farmer.
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