Archive for August 2003
Higher energy costs could take firms to the cleaners
When Joe Saluri looked at his business’s utility bill recently, the amount due was so large that he figured there must be a mistake. Unfortunately for him, the big number on the MidAmerican Energy Co. …
Read MoreBetts to expand after adding new auto models
Betts, the luxury automobile dealer, is planning a large expansion that will add a third more showroom space and nearly two dozen service bays, a year after it began adding more automobile nameplates to its …
Read MoreDalbey: Iowans play a key role in shaping national agenda
You can’t have missed the crush of presidential candidates trying to get your support in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses Jan. 19. Their commercials are already showing up on television, replete with images of time-honored Iowa …
Read MoreKeep the pressure on
Development stories have dominated this newspaper’s pages for months, and we’ve been heartened to see other media outlets finally beginning to catch on.
Stories about downtown development, from the Gateway West to Court Avenue and …
The reasons you can’t get appointments
The guy won’t give me an appointment. I can’t get through to the decision maker.
He won’t commit to an appointment. She won’t return my phone call. He has rescheduled me three times in two weeks.
He didn’t …
No bones about it, few reasons to own OrthoLogic
Dear Mr. Berko:
Last year my broker bought 1,000 shares of OrthoLogic at $6 a share and this year it fell to a low of $3.01. The shares are now back up to $5.03 and …
Pappaducas promotes Des Moines venues
Michelle Pappaducas sees major changes in her workplace every day as the sales and marketing coordinator for Polk County Regional Facilities. She was hired to do marketing for Veterans Memorial Auditorium and the Polk County …
Read MoreIowa’s exports
Exporting activity in Iowa rose 5 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to $1.25 billion from the $1.19 billion during the same quarter a year ago and is becoming a more important engine of …
Read More“Emerging Leader” training
Right Management Consultants, a worldwide consulting firm with an office in West Des Moines, will join the Greater Des Moines Partnership to present the first in a series of “Emerging Leader” management training courses this …
Read MoreIn IT, these issues have ‘it’
Dear Mr. Berko:
My broker has suggested I buy 100 shares each of Storage Technology Corp. and CheckFree Corp. as a conservative way to invest in the information technology industry. Please tell me what you …