Archive for July 2008
TEAM Technologies close to announcing plans for data center
TEAM Des Moines Partners LLC, a subsidiary of TEAM Technologies, is moving closer to announcing its plans to build a Tier III data center on a five-acre plat at the Crossing at Alice’s Road in …
Read MorePremier climbing gym to open this fall
Construction of Climb Iowa, the state’s first commercial dedicated climbing gym, is under way, according to owner Diane Bridgewater.
Bridgewater and her mother, Carol Crane, both of Johnston, own the two-acre building site located on …
Paulson calls for quick action to aid mortgage giants
In a speech today, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Congress needs to quickly approve a support package for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which guarantee or own nearly half of the home mortgages in the …
Read MoreSeed sales drive DuPont’s earnings
Strong global demand for corn, soybean and crop protection products helped drive E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.’s second-quarter earnings up 11 percent to $1.078 billion, or $1.18 per share, compared with $972 million, …
Read MoreTickers: July 21
Bank of America Corp. said today that its profits fell 41 percent in the second quarter, hurt by a big increase in bad debts tied to falling home prices and a slowing economy. However, the …
Read MoreState-funded diversity program struggles
Iowa’s Targeted Small Business Program, which was created in 1988 to boost diversity among business owners, has hit some dead ends over the past 20 years, the Associated Press reported.
In total, 685 businesses were …
Dallas County ranks high in job growth
Dallas County has made CNN’s list of the 25 best places for job growth, and is the only county from Iowa to make the top 25. According to the list, Dallas County ranks No. 14, …
Read MoreHousing market remains a long way from recovery
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Read MoreFocus on the big picture, not the next sale
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Read MoreLet the online shopper ‘e-ware’
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