Archive for April 2005

Steel prices started to skyrocket early last year, and although they seem to be stabilizing now, local companies expect to feel the impact of higher materials costs for some time to come.

Robert Cramer, the …

If Saylorville Reservoir’s shoreline were dotted with private development similar to that found at the Lake of the Ozarks, imagine the drawing power that would have, says Doug Gross.

“From Saylorville, you can see downtown …

If you ask a group of managers to write down the top two or three things that have been instrumental in their professional development, it’s not likely that training classes will appear on that list. …

Just the other day, the president of Weitz Iowa approved a construction project priced at $2,100.

That might have sounded like a good-sized contract to the company founder, Charles H. Weitz, but we’ve experienced a …

Leaders of a new non-profit organization are setting out on statewide mission to educate voters and city leaders about the risks associated with Opportunity Iowa, which they say would misuse taxpayer dollars, threaten cities financially …

Lawrence Den Hartog describes himself as a pretty conservative small business owner. But the idea of making plastic containers from corn has captured this Grinnell manufacturer’s imagination. His company, Sho-Me Container, is about six months …

Drake University officials don’t expect serious recruitment problems as a result, but a U.S. News & World Report analysis that put the university’s law school in the bottom tier of its rankings is causing reactions …

Government regulations, high-profile lawsuits and increasingly technology-driven offices have forced companies to take another look at their e-mail and Internet policies, and in many cases resort to software to help keep an eye on employees …

For Dr. Eugene Cherny, the Urbandale building housing his plastic surgery practice is more than his professional space. It’s a tangible investment that’s part of his three sons’ college fund and an important piece of …

Instead of memorizing a mission statement, new employees at GeoLearning Inc., a West Des Moines Web-based learning and training company, learn about the company’s customer service philosophy and overall goals by analyzing a 16th-century painting. …