Archive for March 2004

In January, Employee and Family Resources, a private, not-for-profit Des Moines organization that has provided employee assistance programs to businesses for the past 30 years, broadened its program offerings to begin providing leadership and supervisory …

Dr. Alan R. Koslow has seen the effects of obesity from the inside. A cardiovascular surgeon who recently left the Iowa Heart Center, he’s performed more than 300 major operations, many of which could have …

Pictures of Coventry Healthcare of Iowa employees beam down at motorists from billboards strategically placed around the state as the company inches its way into Iowans’ minds.

Coventry bought the managed-care division of Principal Healthcare, …

With more than $144 billion in assets under management, Principal Financial Group Inc. has become the largest manager of 401(k) retirement plans in the U.S. by focusing on small and mid-sized customers.

Now, as the …

For the past eight years, the administration of Iowa’s $2 billion Medicaid program has been handled by the same Texas-based Fortune 500 company.   

Now, the Iowa Department of Human Services is moving forward with …

In the paradoxical twists fate sometimes takes, Brian Pingel saw his former law firm’s strength becoming its weakness.

When the Pingel & Templer law firm dissolved in January, it wasn’t for lack of business. As …

Downsizing by big business continues to grab headlines, but middle-market chief executives are quietly confident the economy is improving as the first quarter of 2004 draws to a close, according to a survey by the …

Did you hear the one about the corporate lawyer? Jokes about lawyers abound. Some are even funny. And most of us are willing to poke fun at ourselves. But the next time you’re laughing at …

The New Yorker had a bit in its March 22 issue about Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment students from Fairfield who spoke recently at a New York City press conference on how Transcendental …

Dear Mr. Berko:

What do you think of Water Pik Technologies? I might like to buy the stock. Please give me your thoughts.

J.S., Davenport

Dear J.S.:

Water Pik Technologies (PIK-$13.65), a November 1999 spinoff …