Archive for July 2008

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4 percent in June from 3.9 percent in May. The state’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent during the same month one year ago. The June unemployment rate …

Freddie Mac, the second-largest U.S. mortgage-finance company, said early indications of its second-quarter results show it probably has enough capital to remain above the 20 percent mandatory surplus demanded by the federal agency that regulates …

A statewide survey by the Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) found that Iowa’s 117 hospitals provided community benefits in fiscal 2007 valued at more than $952 million, a 20 percent increase from the $789 million in …

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Markets continued to rally this morning as companies announced better-than-expected quarterly results and the government announced some positive news, the Associated Press reported.

In the first hour of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average rose …

HNI Corp.’s net income from continuing operations for the second quarter plummeted 49 percent due to lower demand for products and higher freight costs.

Net income was $13.5 million, or 30 cents per share, for …

Great Ape Trust of Iowa will increase its orangutan population from three to nine, with a donation from Steve Martin’s Working Wildlife, and has begun looking into expanding its facility and initiating a capital campaign …