Archive for April 2008
Small business spirit moves in mysterious ways
.bodytext {float: left; } .floatimg-left-hort { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right: 10px; width:350px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 12px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { …
Read MoreFrontline ready to sell renewable energy product
.bodytext {float: left; } .floatimg-left-hort { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right: 10px; width:300px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 12px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { …
Read MoreWill green transform commercial development?
.bodytext {float: left; } .floatimg-left-hort { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right: 10px; width:300px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 12px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { …
Read MoreOn the hunt for moles
Employers shed 80,000 jobs in March
The U.S. Labor Department said today that payrolls shrank by 80,000 in March, marking the third consecutive month of job losses and boosting the unemployment rate to 5.1 percent, its highest level since September 2005, …
Read MoreStudent lenders stifled by auction-rate bond failures
The collapse of the $330 billion auction-rate securities market has brought debt sales by U.S. public student-loan agencies to a halt, Bloomberg reported.
No municipal bonds backed by student loans were sold in the first …
Economics is the subject, and we’re being tested
.bodytext {float: left; } .floatimg-left-hort { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right: 10px; width:300px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-caption-hort { float:left; margin-bottom:10px; width:300px; margin-right:10px; clear:left;} .floatimg-left-vert { float:left; margin-top:10px; margin-right:15px; width:200px;} .floatimg-left-caption-vert { float:left; margin-right:10px; margin-bottom:10px; font-size: 12px; width:200px;} .floatimg-right-hort { …
Read MoreGreen concept growing in commercial development
Though Iowa and the United States lag behind Europe in reduction of carbon emissions and other sustainable practices, there are some promising signs in the area of “green” commercial construction.
MidAmerican Energy Co. has completed …
U.S. initial jobless claims climb
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level since just after Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, Bloomberg reported.
Initial jobless claims increased by 38,000 in …
Iowa Events Center forecasts strong earnings
The Iowa Events Center expects to spend $24,000 less than its $1.036 million budget and generate $165,000 in revenues for Polk County during its current fiscal year, said General Manager Matt Homan during a presentation …
Read More