Archive for September 2008

The majority of Iowa’s immigrant population (34.3 percent) works in the finance and professional services sector, followed by manufacturing (31.4 percent) and entertainment and hospitality (14 percent), according to a study by Iowa State University …

Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. is frantically searching for a buyer as confidence that the U.S. investment bank would emerge from the financial crisis as an independent franchise vanished, the Associated Press reported. According to bankers …

Retail sales fell for the second straight month as the rising unemployment rate and falling home prices caused consumers to cut back on spending, the Associated Press reported.

According to the Commerce Department, retail sales …

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A $1 million gift from the Kruidenier family will launch the leadership phase of the Wild About Animals fund-raising drive for the expansion and renovation of Blank Park Zoo.

The gift from Elizabeth Kruidenier and …

The U.S. trade deficit widened in July, the U.S. Commerce Department said today.

The Commerce Department said imports exceeded exports by $62.2 billion, up from an upwardly revised $58.8 billion in June.

Economists had expected …

The Vision Iowa board said it will provide $1 million toward a $7 million renovation of the Des Moines Art Center. Improvements include replacement of boilers and chillers, expanded vault storage, improved security for the …

U.S. investment bank Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. said today that it lost $3.9 billion during its fiscal third quarter, which ended Aug. 31, and announced that it plans to sell a majority stake in its …