Archive for March 2008

The Urbandale City Council approved a zoning request Tuesday that will allow the development of 76 acres of north-side office and retail space near an existing SuperTarget and Home Depot.

Urbandale Marketplace II was rezoned …

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped for the second consecutive month to 3.5 percent in February. The jobless rate was 3.6 percent in the previous month and 3.7 percent in February 2007.

Meanwhile, the number of working …

Consumer confidence fell to a five-year low this month, a sign that consumers will likely cut back on spending, creating a drag on the economy, the Associated Press reported.

The Conference Board said today that …

JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to quadruple its bid for Bear Stearns Cos. today in an attempt to overcome opposition from the firm’s shareholders, Bloomberg reported. Bear Stearns’ stock price almost doubled in response.

Bear …

Wall Street firms affected by mortgage losses and writedowns have cut more than 34,000 jobs in the past nine months, the most since the dot-com boom fizzled in 2001, Bloomberg reported.

Citigroup Inc., Lehman Brothers …

Rankings for Principal Financial Group Inc. and ING Americas Holding Group remained unchanged from 2006, with Principal remaining the ninth-largest life insurance company and ING Americas the fourth largest in terms of total premiums. Principal …

Newly formed corporations in Greater Des Moines, March 10 – March 14

These new corporations filed papers with the Iowa secretary of state’s office. The address shown for each company is its home office.

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