Archive for July 2008

The former Younkers building downtown could soon be sold to a company based just outside Washington, D.C.

Kirk Blunck of Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck Architecture said his firm is working on conceptual drawings for New …

A $2 million loan to the trust of the late Michael Myers is in default, according to a lawsuit filed in Dallas County District Court.

American Trust & Savings Bank filed the suit against John …

General Motors Corp. today announced drastic changes in reaction to a collapse in U.S. vehicle sales and three years of losses.

The company will suspend its stock dividend, cut its salaried payroll by 20 percent …

A bear stock market is another sign that the U.S. economy could be in a recession, MSNBC reported.

After several weeks of stock prices hovering around bear-market levels, the Standard and Poor’s 500 index fell …

Ames has taken a spot on Money’s list of America’s best small cities, coming in at No. 53. It’s the only city in Iowa that made the list.

The “Best Places to Live” list is …

Teenagers are having a rough time finding summer jobs, CNN reports. This means your child might be asking you for money instead of bringing home a paycheck.

Although June is usually the peak month for …

Vision Fuels LLC, located in Urbandale, has cut its plans to build three Iowa fuel ethanol plants to build just one plant. The company had plans to build two identical 110 million-gallon-per-year plants in Boone …

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