Archive for January 2008

Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. reported today that its first-quarter fiscal 2008 profits rose 8 percent as demand for its aviation products increased.

Net income for the three months ended Dec. 31 was $154 million, …

President George W. Bush yesterday appointed Tahira Hira, executive assistant to the president and professor of personal finance and consumer economics at Iowa State University, to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy.

An executive …

Dick Goodson, president of Iowa’s Community Bankers, has announced in a press release that the association is ceasing operations after 115 years. “Given the tremendous change which has occurred in banking over the past few …

U.S. stock prices declined for a sixth consecutive trading day this morning, the longest losing streak since April 2002, after forecasts at Apple Inc. and Motorola Inc. that fell short of earlier estimates spurred concern …

Applications for home mortgages climbed for a third consecutive week as sinking interest rates encouraged more homeowners to look for refinancings, according to the figures released by the Mortgage Bankers Association today, Reuters reported.

The …

A mixed-used building at Interstate Acres in Urbandale could get a significant expansion after approval at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting Monday.

Greg Judas of KC Holdings, owner of the building at 10827 Prairie …

A new business park could be in the works if plans are approved by the city of Des Moines.

A platting request for more than 40 acres of land at the northeast corner of Southwest …