Archive for January 2004

Earlier this month in Washington, D.C., Mary Kramer was sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to the Nations of the Eastern Caribbean. On Jan. 20, the ceremony was repeated at the Iowa Statehouse. She …

If the Dale Carnegie people wanted to design a crash course to groom the next chairman of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, they’d do well to consult with J. Barry Griswell.

Griswell, the Partnership’s incoming …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I’m one of those many small investors. I’ve called four stock firms, and when they found out I only have $1,000 to invest, they didn’t want to talk to me. But I …

Whenever something goes wrong, people (you included) tend to look for a scapegoat. And blame has several cousins: justification, politics, self-protection. The worst of them all is defending your position, also known as “It wasn’t …

Earlier this month, Robb Report Worth magazine hit the newsstands, its cover proclaiming, “The Nation’s 100 Most Exclusive Wealth Advisors.” Chad Tramp, director of wealth management services for RSM McGladrey in Des Moines, was the …

TEC, an organization of chief executives and other business leaders once known as The Executive Committee, is expanding in Central Iowa. The group, whose Greater Des Moines branch was founded by former Lutheran minister Terry …

About halfway through a 90-minute presentation on why Iowa Health-Des Moines ought to be given permission by state regulators to build a new hospital in West Des Moines, an interesting footnote cropped up.

When this …

It’s Tuesday evening, and Ome Dafalla and her three children sit down to dinner in the basement of Capitol Hill Lutheran Church. It’s her youngest son’s sixth birthday, and one of the volunteers has baked …

Shooting a game of pool while puzzling over a client’s network problem is now just a memory for engineers at Networks Inc. The billiard table at the West Des Moines network engineering firm was removed …

West Bancorporation Inc., the parent company of West Des Moines State Bank, said its fourth-quarter profits rose by 1 percent and its total assets topped $1 billion for the first time in its history at …