Archive for April 2005

What does progress sound like? It will be heard when the wrecking ball hits the buildings along Locust Street and Grand Avenue between 13th and 15th streets in preparation for the Western Gateway Park. Fourteen …

Envision a world where technical skills, educational degrees, professional achievements and awards no longer matter. Assume everyone is blessed with equal brains, talent and connections. Everyone is highly skilled, well educated and ambitious. Imagine that …

Working at a pace to buy or build nearly 60 stores each year, Casey’s General Stores Inc. now plans a major expansion that will nearly double the size of the company’s Ankeny headquarters to support …

Analysts expect three of Central Iowa’s publicly traded insurance companies to report strong earnings for the first three months of 2005, but financial services powerhouse Principal Financial Group Inc. probably will post a decrease from …

Although the dairy industry is a “traditional” business, Miriam Erickson Brown, the president of Anderson Erickson Dairy, sees many opportunities for her company, especially with the vast amount of recent research establishing the value of …

Dear Mr. Berko:

You should know your newspapers. So please give me your opinion of the newspaper industry and of The New York Times, the Tribune Co. and Knight-Ridder. Also, there’s a small newspaper called …

Commuters see some value in long-distance drive

The drive to and from work can often be a harrowing one – dodging accidents, maneuvering through traffic and dodging construction on Interstate Highway 235.

Still, the average …

Here’s a note from a reader, asking for my help:

Jeffrey,

I need some advice on an “almost” customer. After the third presentation, the customer verbally committed to purchasing my product; however, he sent this …

Various interest groups battle furiously over the correct interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, but one thing we know for certain: The founding fathers made no plans for government acting as a business broker, savior or …

The guy had worked himself into a near frenzy. Words like “arrogant,” “corporate welfare” and “greed” sounded like profanity when he spat them from between gnashed teeth. He’s against the proposed Metro West Airport in …