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CHICAGO, April 5- Early corn plantings will be delayed in the drought-stricken U.S.
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LAS VEGAS-- An Iowa couple has become the first to get married at the Denny's wedding chapel in Las Vegas. Nancy Levandowski and Steve Keller tied the knot Wednesday evening, while some well-wishers sat in booths and restaurant patrons ate dinner nearby.
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CHICAGO, April 4- Cold and wet weather in the U.S. "Temperatures will remain cold and it definitely will keep soil temperatures low, so plantings will remain behind normal," said Don Keeney, a meteorologist for MDA Weather Services. Texas and southwest Oklahoma will remain dry, "Keeney said.
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WASHINGTON, April 3- Yes, stocks have been on a real tear lately, but guess who hasn't been along for the ride: The millions of 401 investors who "moved to safety" after the 2008-2009 market and never felt comfortable enough to move back to stocks.
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DES MOINES, Iowa-- An Iowa Senate panel approved a bill Tuesday that would give a new income tax break to small businesses if they cover part of their employees' health insurance. Matt McCoy, of Des Moines, estimates more than 73,000 businesses could benefit.
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CHICAGO, April 2- U.S. farmers who tasted record-high prices for corn during last summer's historic drought are abandoning long-held selling strategies in hopes that the market serves up another rally.
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*Corn retreats after early short-covering rally fizzles. CHICAGO, April 2- Corn prices fell on Tuesday for a third straight session, touching a nine-month low, as funds kept liquidating positions after the U.S. government reported last week that stockpiles were much larger than expected.
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DES MOINES, Iowa-- An Iowa Senate committee has approved tax breaks that reward green energy, charitable food donations and preserving historical sites. These now move before the full Senate. The Senate approved a similar bill with bipartisan support two years ago but it failed in the House.
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CHICAGO, April 2- Rainfall over the next two weeks in the U.S. "It will be good for the Plains but not so good for the Midwest," said Andy Karst, meteorologist for World Weather Inc.. Showers were expected to begin Tuesday and Wednesday in southern Kansas and Oklahoma, with additional rainfall anticipated in the Plains Saturday through early next week, he said.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa-- Federal regulators have issued a permit to allow construction of a $1.3 billion fertilizer plant in Iowa after a deal was reached to require workers to monitor the site to ensure it is not an Indian burial ground, an official told The Associated Press on Monday.
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Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said the increase is encouraging because any score above 50 suggests growth. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
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SANTA FE, N.M.-- New Mexico can move ahead with establishing a state-run health insurance exchange under legislation signed into law Thursday by Republican Gov. Martinez is one of a small number of GOP governors to opt for a state-run exchange under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
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March 28- Winnebago Industries Inc reported surprisingly strong profit on Thursday, suggesting the growing confidence among U.S. consumers is shared by the 50 and older crowd, the prime demographic for the No. 1 U.S. maker of motorhomes.
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*Coming up: USDA crop report at 11 a.m. CDT ( 1600 GMT. Corn for May delivery eased 8 cents to $7.27- 1/ 4 per bushel as of 10:13 a.m. CDT at the Chicago Board of Trade.
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FOREST CITY, Iowa-- Winnebago Industries Inc. said Thursday that it returned to a profit in its fiscal second quarter and said its backlog nearly tripled on increasing demand for its recreational vehicles. The company earned $6.3 million, or 22 cents per share, during its second quarter that ended March 2.
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*Another cold snap expected in the Plains wheat next week. CHICAGO, March 28- A cold snap early on Thursday may have harmed some of the soft red winter wheat crop in the Carolinas and Virginia while another round of cold air is posing a threat to the Plains hard red winter wheat crop next week, an agricultural meteorologist said.
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CHICAGO, March 27- Scattered showers are likely late Thursday into the weekend in the central and southeastern U.S. This will continue to add moisture for about two-thirds of the Plains, but the southwest third will remain under drought stress, "said Commodity Weather Group meteorologist Joel Widenor.
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FRANKFURT/ VIENNA, March 26- When Wolfgang Eder and his team started looking around for a site for a new plant for Voestalpine, the Austrian steelmaker he heads, they had 17 sites in eight countries on their list.
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By Maria Sheahan and Georgina Prodhan. FRANKFURT/ VIENNA, March 26- When Wolfgang Eder and his team started looking around for a site for a new plant for Voestalpine, the Austrian steelmaker he heads, they had 17 sites in eight countries on their list.
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Michele Bachmann and her short-lived campaign last year for the GOP presidential nomination are being investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics. "There are no allegations that the congresswoman engaged in any wrongdoing," lawyer William McGinley, of Patton Boggs said. "