Archive for February 2009

Over the past 12 months, the Iowa Mortgage Help Hotline has handled thousands of calls from Iowans in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure and has assisted hundreds of residents in modifying their loans, …

General Growth Properties Inc. reported today that funds from operations rose in the fourth quarter despite lower occupancy rates.

General Growth, which owns Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, has faced possible bankruptcy …

W.R. Berkley Corp. has formed Berkley Agribusiness Risk Specialists under Continental Western Group LLC. Based in Des Moines, the new division will offer property and casualty insurance products to mid-sized and larger commercial agribusiness and …

Economists anticipate that the U.S. economy will contract sharply in the first quarter, with the current cyclical downturn on track to rival the 1973-75 slump as soaring unemployment depresses demand, a survey showed.

However, the …

Citigroup Inc is in talks to give the U.S. government a larger stake in its business, providing Washington with a far greater say in the affairs of the ailing banking giant, Reuters reported.

Taxpayers could …

Moody’s Investors Service has given Iowa Health System a high credit rating with a stable outlook. Moody’s affirmed Aa3 underlying ratings to Iowa Health’s variable rate demand health facilities revenue bonds, citing its geographic diversity …