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EVANSVILLE
Vectren promotes
Sandi Wilson has been named manager of talent management in human resources for Vectren Corp.
She formerly was a performance assurance manager in Vectren's contact center.
CLEVELAND
Auto insurance up
For the first time in a year, car insurance rates are on the rise, reveals a study by Insurance.com, the largest online auto insurance agency in the United States.
The company expects auto insurance rates to continue to move up at least through 2008.
The lowest car insurance quotes, on average, increased 1.05 percent over the previous quarter, rising from $1,811 per year to $1,830 per year.
Rates varied by state. Florida and Ohio, for example, saw rates jump 6.6 percent and 4.8 percent, respectively.
States seeing the sharpest decline in auto rates include Kentucky (down 7.6 percent), Maine (down 5.5 percent) and North Dakota (down 4.3 percent).
LOCAL CRUDE
Per barrel price of Illinois Basin crude, $108, up $3.75, effective May 1.
LOCAL GRAIN
Cash corn, $5.92; cash soybeans, $12.90; cash wheat, $6.64. Futures: July corn, $6.13 ; July soybean, $13.04 : July wheat, $8.09.
LIVESTOCK
PEORIA, Ill. - Friday's market: Hogs 600, trading moderately active.
Barrows and gilts steady.
1-2 230-260 lbs. $44.50-$45; 2-3 260-280 lbs. $43-$44.50.
Sows: Light $3 higher, medium and big $2 higher; 1-2 300-400 lbs. $19; 400-500 lbs. $20; 500-700 lbs. $22.
Boars: Over 300 lbs. $5, under 300 lbs. $20.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices:
0.5 inch bf $72-$79.25; 0.6 inch bf $71-$77.99; 0.7 inch bf $70- $76.72; 0.8 inch bf $70-$75.46; 0.9 inch bf $67.50-$74.19.
Today's negotiated purchases: 13,148.
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