Archive for March 2005

Just after Zimmerman, Laurent & Richardson Inc. moved to a new location in 1998, the advertising agency lost two major clients. That’s when Louie Laurent brought in the guitar from his days as a Drake …

You’ve probably never thought of pairing a visit to the Great Ape Trust of Iowa with a glass of fine wine, or stepping out of your business suit and into the shoes of a zookeeper …

The recent failure to land a big-time retailer in the northeast part of the city was discouraging — but because the prospect was Wal-Mart Stores Inc., it’s hard to feel too bad about saying goodbye. …

A few weeks ago, a friend made the decision to turn off her adult son’s life-support equipment after he suffered two cerebral aneurysms. She said that as difficult as it was to say goodbye to …

The telecommunications industry has changed substantially over the last 20 years. When AT&T Corp.’s stranglehold on the U.S. marketplace was dismantled in the mid-1980s, I don’t think anyone thought that one of the new “Baby …

Numbers can be a compelling sales motivator. No matter what we’re buying, as consumers we like to see some data. It validates our choice and helps us feel we’re either part of the crowd — …

The reconstruction of Interstate Highway 235 is still years away from completion, forcing downtown commuters to plan alternate routes and deal with bumper-to-bumper traffic in some areas.

The city of Des Moines and the Greater …

Massage therapists, musicians and writers have home-based business in the Sherman Hill neighborhood, along with Sherry Jasnos, who employs a small team to manufacture sky-diving jump suits in her basement.

Jasnos and her staff of …

Though they might make great keepsakes of one’s international travels, paper passports need some serious updating to improve countries’ border security, says Steven Whitehead

As president of DNAtoday LLC, a West Des Moines-based maker of …

Architects know the quiet satisfaction of drawing future walls, but they rarely experience the sheer thrill of battering an existing wall with a sledgehammer. They’re toying with the idea at BCDM, as they prepare to …