Archive for August 2007

Iowa Health Des Moines is planning a new 17,500-square-foot medical building at 6010 Mills Civic Parkway in West Des Moines. Jennifer Perry, director of media relations for Iowa Health, said the building will house two …

The Century I and II office buildings in West Des Moines increased occupancy by 15 percentage points in one year, bringing them to 80 percent, a solid gain considering the sluggish office market.

Debra Kastantin, …

The Hawkeye State’s median income dropped last year, while the number of Iowans living in poverty or without insurance coverage remained about the same, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. …

The Iowa Credit Union Foundation, in partnership with Coopera Consulting, has received more than $425,000 from an anonymous foundation to establish “The Credit Union Family Partnership.” This is the largest grant the ICUF has ever …

Consumer confidence fell in August by the largest one-month decline since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, as stock prices and home values fell, Bloomberg News reported. The Conference Board’s index of confidence declined …

Officials from Great Ape Trust of Iowa and Iowa State University today signed a memorandum of agreement to establish the world’s pre-eminent collaboration for primate studies.

Great Ape Trust founder Ted Townsend and ISU President …

Acer Inc. plans to acquire U.S. computer maker Gateway Inc. for $710 million, the Associated Press reported.

The deal will push the Taiwanese company past China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world’s third-largest vendor of …

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has resigned, ending his controversial tenure as chief law enforcement officer in the administration of President George W. Bush, Reuters reported.

Gonzales made a formal statement at the Justice Department in …

Sales of existing homes dropped for a fifth straight month in July, falling to the slowest pace in nearly five years, while home prices fell for a record 12th consecutive month, the Associated Press reported.…