Archive for November 2004

The image of a winged hippo balancing on an electrical wire is one that Eric Groves and Ryan Parlee hope will stand out in people’s minds and encourage businesses to “get noticed online” through the …

Hottest retail part of town? Check. A plan to draw shoppers with plenty of money to spend? Check. Ready for the 2004 holiday season? Uh, no.

The timing hasn’t worked out as planned, but the …

The World Food Prize Foundation moved $1 million closer toward its fund-raising goal for a permanent Des Moines headquarters when Congress approved an omnibus spending bill last week.

“For us to get $1 million was …

Iowa lags slightly behind other states in the development of a creative economy, an often overlooked facet of economic development that got a huge boost with economist Richard Florida’s groundbreaking 2002 book, “The Rise of …

Every November, America climbs up to its attic and drags out Jose Feliciano.

What he does up there the rest of the year is anybody’s guess, but for the next four weeks, he’ll as much …

Relatively low key for most of its nearly two decades of existence, a group of Iowa’s most powerful CEOs is stepping up its public profile.

Perhaps the best example of the more aggressive posture of …

Two speakers at the recent Business Trends Meeting sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank N.A. discussed separate topics that just might be related.

Glen DeStigter, president of The Weitz Co., told an assembly of Central Iowa’s …

The number of Americans who are teleworking – working independent of location – is on the rise across the nation, but locally, companies are divided on how they rate the need for making such programs …

Whenever Sandie McVey wraps up an out-of-town trade show visit for Hirsh Industries Inc., the office products that were on display become charitable donations.

“We do a lot of trade shows, and when we go …

When Opportunity Iowa unveiled its proposal to move Iowa forward with fiber-optic connections to every home and business, one community at a time, it listed Indianola as one of about 20 cities that have a …