Archive for November 2008

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Wendy Carlson will succeed David Noble as president and CEO of American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (AEL) effective Jan. 1, apparently becoming the first woman to lead an Iowa-based insurance company.

“Dave has reached …

The Des Moines housing market continues to perform slightly better than markets nationwide, and for the third quarter, the average price of a Des Moines area home was actually up 1 percent. However, home prices …

Iowa’s unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent in October from 4.2 percent in September, Iowa Workforce Development said today. The statewide jobless rate was 3.8 percent one year ago. The total number of working Iowans …

Stocks retreated and then rebounded this morning after the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 400 points yesterday. But concerns over what will happen to the car industry and more negative economic news could …

The Senate is expected to vote as early as this evening on a bill that could extend unemployment insurance for people whose benefits have run out, the Associated Press reported. President George Bush announced today …

Principal Financial Group Inc.’s stock price fell to a record low yesterday, along with many other life insurers, as concerns grow over debt concerns related to commercial mortgage-backed securities, the Associated Press reported. Principal’s shares …