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Ventria funded by Kansas
Ventria Bioscience has received $3.75 million in financing from the state of Kansas to expand the company's processing capacity and prepare its anti-diarrheal rice products for market.
Read more News Source - The Sacramento Bee
Publish date - 07:12:23 07/18/08

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In default
The phone will stop ringing soon in an east Lawrence home. For the past few months, it has rung four, maybe five times a day. It’s collectors who are calling, always with the same question: When will the homeowner catch up on missed mortgage payments? Her answer is always the same. She doesn’t have thousands of dollars to make good on the loan. But in recent weeks, something has changed.
Read more News Source - Lawrence Journal-World
Publish date - 05:12:05 07/20/08

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First State Bank welcomes senior VP
Donald “Woody” Duncan has joined First State Bank & Trust in Lawrence as a senior vice president and commercial loan officer.
Read more News Source - Lawrence Journal-World
Publish date - 05:07:13 07/20/08

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Today in History - July 20
Today is Sunday, July 20, the 202nd day of 2008. There are 164 days left in the year.
Read more News Source - AP via Yahoo! News
Publish date - 04:03:38 07/20/08

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Grant may boost plan for Cowley
A grant of $25,000 to Vision 20/20 may give Cowley County's strategic planning process a shot in the arm. The grant comes via CornerBank from the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.
Read more News Source - The Arkansas City Traveler
Publish date - 15:10:30 07/19/08

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FARM BRIEF
Two more counties qualify for USDA loans LINCOLN — Franklin and Harlan counties in Hub Territory are among nine Nebraska counties that now qualify for U.S. Department of Agriculture low-interest loans as a result of a Presidential Major Disaster declaration July 9 that includes neighboring counties in Kansas.
Read more News Source - Kearney Hub
Publish date - 14:10:02 07/19/08

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Today in History - July 20
By The Associated Press (AP) -- Today is Sunday, July 20, the 202nd day of 2008. There are 164 days left in the year. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon as they stepped out of their lunar module.
Read more News Source - Bay News 9 Tampa Bay
Publish date - 04:12:02 07/20/08

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july 21 revue past
Today is Monday, July 21, the 203rd day of 2008. There are 163 days left in the year. On July 21, 1861, the first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., resulting in a Confederate victory.
Read more News Source - Tyler Morning Telegraph
Publish date - 00:41:45 07/20/08

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Premier Junior Series to occupy eight fields
For the fourth consecutive year, Premier Baseball is bringing one of its World Series to Joplin.“It seems the community wants us there,” said Don Patty, the tournament director and events director of the organization. “Between that and the work that Mike Greninger does, it’s so enjoyable to be there.“It’s a great location and the perfect size town to do the tournament. We’re in Cincinnati with ...
Read more News Source - The Joplin Globe
Publish date - 04:05:59 07/20/08

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30-year teacher retires at Bacone
Out of sight, behind the maintenance building, resides one of the least know classrooms on the Bacone College campus — the bronze casting foundry. For more than 30 years, Rose King Mayer has taught the class as an adjunct professor and has retired.
Read more News Source - Muskogee Phoenix
Publish date - 03:04:06 07/20/08

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Funkhouser's lawyer says lawsuit by ex-worker is vague, prejudicial
A lawsuit filed against Mayor Mark Funkhouser of Kansas City lacks specifics and contains irrelevant incidents, legal documents filed Thursday argue on behalf of the mayor.
Read more News Source - The Kansas City Star
Publish date - 11:12:33 07/18/08

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Why No Outrage?
Through history, outrageous financial behavior has been met with outrage. But today Wall Street's damaging recklessness has been met with near-silence, from a too-tolerant populace, argues James Grant.
Read more News Source - WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 01:24:00 07/19/08

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Betting Against Wall Street's Bears
Short sellers sometimes elicit strong opinions among investors. The practice, in a nutshell, involves selling borrowed shares, which the short seller hopes to replace later at a lower price. Because short sellers profit when stocks fall, critics often demonize them as nothing more than nattering nabobs of negativism, in the immortal epithet of Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon's first vice-president. ...
Read more News Source - Washington Post
Publish date - 06:12:09 07/20/08

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Enterprise Financial Reports Second Quarter Earnings, Continuing Record Loan Growth
ST. LOUIS, July 17, 2008 -- Enterprise Financial Services Corp reported second quarter 2008 net income of $3.5 million, a decrease of 22% compared to the same period last year. Earnings per fully diluted share were $0.27, down 25% from the comparable 2007 period.
Read more News Source - PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 11:31:45 07/17/08

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Local bank officials say mortgage crisis won't be disaster for Hays
Kansas banks, for the most part, will be able to stand on the sidelines and watch as the housing and mortgage crisis sails by. Kansas won't slip by totally unscathed, but the problems will not be to the degree being witnessed elsewhere in the country.
Read more News Source - Hays Daily News
Publish date - 18:04:54 07/17/08

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