Archive for August 2008

Personal income fell and consumer spending slowed in July as the impact of the tax rebates faded and a pickup in inflation eroded buying power, Bloomberg reported.

Incomes dropped 0.7 percent, the first decrease since …

Gasoline prices rose for the first time in more than a month, according to a nationwide survey of gasoline station credit card swipes Friday, CNNMoney reported

The average price of regular unleaded gasoline rose nine-tenths …

The U.S. Small Business Administration is accepting nominations for its 2009 Small Business Week Awards. The SBA gives awards in several categories, including small business person/team, small business exporter and young entrepreneur. The deadline for …

West Des Moines businessman Gary Kirke has sold the Coach’s Corner restaurant to a group of investors that includes Robert Myers, a principal in the Regency Homes building and land development company that collapsed this …

A surge in exports and smaller decline in inventories helped boost the economy more than previously estimated in the second quarter, Bloomberg reported.

The gross domestic product from April through June increased at an annualized …

Broadlawns Medical Center has hired Jill MacNaughton as director of patient and guest relations. Certified by the state of Nebraska as a mediator, MacNaughton will serve as a liaison between patients and their families, physicians, …

Pitney Bowes PSI, a division of Pitney Bowes Inc., is poised to lease a 78,000-square-foot space at Warehouse IV in Meredith Business Park, announcing today that it is expanding its operations in Urbandale.

The facility …