Archive for January 2008

Healthways Inc. has opened a new 19,000-square-foot medical office in the Capital Square office building in downtown Des Moines.

The Nashville-based healthcare company will bring 65 new jobs to downtown, 45 of which are positions …

The national commercial real estate market felt a slowdown in the long-term trend of declining vacancy rates during the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a report released by CB Richard Ellis and Torto Wheaton …

A legislative commission that has examined the state’s health-care system for the past seven months released a report this morning it says provides a plan for achieving “universal, or near universal” coverage for all Iowans. …

Mortgage lenders cut 86,071 jobs last year and more layoffs could be ahead as rates on hundreds of thousands of adjustable-rate mortgages reset higher this year, Reuters reported. The industry has been hit hard by …

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Iowa’s hospitals are helping keep the state’s economy healthy, according to the latest figures from the Iowa Hospital Association. Iowa’s 117 community hospitals generate 154,528 jobs that add more than $5.7 billion to the state’s …

SLM Corp., also known as Sallie Mae and the biggest U.S. education lender, named former First Union Corp. President Anthony Terracciano as chairman, Bloomberg reported. Terracciano succeeds Albert Lord, who remains as CEO. The change …