Subject: Economic News (ECO)

August 17, 1999 Treasury bond prices soared Tuesday morning after the week's most closely watched economic indicator showed inflation remains in check.Just before 9:15 a.m. ET, the price of the benchmark 30-year bond rose 26/32 to 101-9/32. Its yield, which ...

August 16, 1999 By Lisa Singhania Associated Press WriterBATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) – Kellogg Co. said it is closing most of its historic hometown plant and cutting about 550 jobs in its latest effort to revive a sagging bottom line. ...

August 12, 1999WASHINGTON (AP) – Yields on 30-year Treasury bonds rose in today's auction to the highest level in nearly two years. The yield was 6.144 percent, up from 5.298 percent at the last auction on Feb. 11. It was ...

August 11, 1999Plan to build library branch at Balch Institute popularThe Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11 PHILADELPHIA – An historical neighborhood located between Old City and Society Hill is getting a new resident, much to the delight of the community. A ...

August 6, 1999 NEW YORK (AP) – Treasury bond prices were lower at midday. The price of the Treasury's main 30-year bond was down 1 7/32 point, or $12.18 3/4 per $1,000 in face value, around midday, while its yield ...

August 6, 1999 JEANNINE AVERSA Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's unemployment rate remained frozen in July at 4.3 percent, near a three-decade low, as manufacturing gained jobs for only the second time since early last year. And, ...

August 4, 1999Delaware, Ohio(AP)- With Columbus City Council wavering on its commitment to a tax-increment plan for the Polaris area, Delaware County Auditor David Yost has stopped sending the city real estate taxes generated by the plan. He's sitting on ...

July 29, 1999NEW YORK (AP)– Bond prices fell sharply this morning as a government report signaled that wages are rising faster than expected, heightening inflation jitters and setting the stage for a possible increase in interest rates. Yields on 30-year ...

July 28, 1999 By Alice Ann LoveAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that Congress "probably would be better off" delaying a tax cut. He noted the uncertainty of projecting future government surpluses, which ...

July 27, 1999 GRAMERCY, La. (AP) – About 80 permanent workers will be laid off as a result of a series of explosions July 5 at the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. plant here. Kaiser said on Monday that it ...