Archive for April 2006

Want to reduce your company’s healthcare costs, make your employees love you and possibly even encourage them to work harder? A recent survey by Principal Wellness Co. says that starting a company wellness program may …

They held up the development of Gateway West and dove into downtown housing when it still seemed like a shaky idea. Now the Gateway is blossoming, developers are building and rehabilitating apartments and condominium units …

After completing his tax return recently, Anthony Pontius says he felt pretty good about using the term “artist” to describe his occupation.

“I really feel like not only I am an educator, but for the …

Imagine never having to wait in a store checkout line again. Retailers are exploring the idea of using a technology that relies on radio waves to charge customers for products as they leave the store. …

With just days to go until the start of the 97th Drake Relays, Brian Brown’s days can only be described as hectic – phone calls, meetings and some jittery nerves as renovation winds down at …

Dear Mr. Berko:

Way back in 1992, I bought a Swiss annuity that you wrote about. It has done better than any stock or mutual fund I’ve owned since. Should I put more in this …

Everyone has heard the word “branding,” but no one really understands what it means in terms of its everyday power — not even the people who write books on it.

Let me give you an …

The majority of Iowa’s public officials, whether Democrats or Republicans or those elected in non-partisan elections, are honest and trustworthy individuals committed to serving the greater good. We believe this not through optimistic naïveté, but …

There’s a spacious second-floor room at the northeast corner of the new downtown library, with big windows on two sides that offer interesting urban views, but Des Moines Public Library Director Kay Runge said no, …

Instead of banning TouchPlay machines and exposing the state to the inevitable and substantial claims for damages, perhaps the Legislature should have simply required a prominent truth in gambling notice on each machine:

Truth in …