Archive for March 2009

Winnebago Industries Inc. reported an 80.6 percent decline in revenues for its fiscal second quarter, due to less demand for motor homes, increased incentives at dealerships and a greater demand for cheaper vehicles.

Revenues were …

The Federal Reserve launched a new $1.2 trillion plan yesterday to boost lending and revive the economy, the Associated Press reported.

The government will spend up to $300 billion to buy long-term government bonds and …

Yesterday, Moody’s Investors Service cut the ratings on Principal Financial Group Inc. and its subsidiaries under expectations that the volatility in the markets and weaker earnings due to the recession will place greater pressure on …

Central Wire & Iron will relocate its light industrial manufacturing business from 401 S.E. Fourth St. to make way for the Southeast Connector, which will link West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway to the U.S. …

A survey released today found that 60 percent of workers over the age of 60 are putting off retirement plans and are continuing to work to help offset the lowered value of their long-term savings …

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4 percent in February after climbing 0.3 percent in January, making it the largest monthly gain since July, the U.S. Labor Department announced today.

About two-thirds of the rise …

Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa and Planned Parenthood of Nebraska/Council Bluffs announced they would form a collaboration as a result of the Iowa affiliate entering into a management contract with the Nebraska organization. Greater Iowa …

Banks’ troubled assets rose 149 percent in 2008, according to an analysis of more than 8,000 U.S. banks’ financial reports to the federal government conducted by MSNBC.com and the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University …