Archive for September 2008

The Iowa Capitol complex has become a guinea pig for a new biofuel that is derived from sawdust. Today and tomorrow, state officials and researchers will attempt to run BioOil through the Capitol complex’s heating …

Dubuque-based Flexsteel Industries Inc. ceased operations at its New Paris, Ind., recreational vehicle seating factory and its manufacturing operations in Lancaster, Pa., yesterday. The company intends to continue its warehousing and shipping operations in Lancaster. …

MetaBank has filed a petition to foreclose on land owned by Boesen Hickman LLC at 9943 Hickman Road in Urbandale. According to documents filed in Polk County District Court, the late Edward Boesen owes nearly …

Wells Fargo & Co. exceeded Citigroup Inc. in market value yesterday to become the third-most-valuable U.S. bank, Bloomberg reported.

Though Citigroup remains the biggest bank in terms of assets, shares of Wells Fargo rose $2.36 …

Maybe you missed it while under the influence of Y2K hysteria, but at the dawn of the 21st century, the world flattened out.

That is the premise of Thomas Friedman’s book “The World Is Flat,” …

Iowa State University will break ground on the first phase of its $90 million Biorenewables Complex today at 5 p.m., and ISU President Gregory Geoffroy will be atop a John Deere backhoe to help move …

Health Care for America Now, led by the Iowa Citizen Action Network, will hold a listening post for area legislators and congressional representatives to hear people’s struggles with the health insurance market Sept. 9 at …

After suffering for months, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have handed the reins over to the U.S. government in a historic takeover of the two mortgage companies, CNN reported, and as a result, U.S. stocks …

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