Archive for June 2009
Supervisors reject offer from Chops
The Polk County Board of Supervisors this morning unanimously rejected an offer from Des Moines Hockey Holdings LLC (DMHH) that would have paid the county about $700,000 upon the planned sale of the Iowa Chops …
Read MoreIowa Judicial Branch announces workforce reductions
The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday announced another round of cost cutting for the state’s court system, the second since January. The latest spending reductions, which total $5.4 million, are necessary to balance the Iowa …
Read MoreTicker: June 26, 2009
President Barack Obama prodded lawmakers to approve a “historic” bill to limit greenhouse-gas emissions as part of intensifying lobbying efforts for a vote in the U.S. House that could come today, Bloomberg reported. Obama yesterday …
Read MoreFed sees recession easing, inflation subdued
The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that the weak economy likely will keep prices in check despite growing concern that the trillions it’s pumping into the financial system will ignite inflation, according to an Associated Press …
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The state of Iowa will receive just over $28,500 as part of a 41-state settlement reached with TJX Cos. Inc. over a massive data breach that compromised millions of credit and debit card accounts between …
Read MoreDrake, Leopold Center launch land tenure study
Sustainable agriculture and land tenure are the focus of a new research and outreach collaboration between Drake University and Iowa State University.
The two-year jointly funded program — the Iowa Landowner and Sustainable Agricultural Land …
Culver hosts western Iowa train trip to promote passenger rail
About 60 invited guests boarded “Gov. Chet Culver’s Iowa Unlimited” this morning at The Depot at Fourth, 100 Fourth St. The daylong train trip across western Iowa will promote the state’s efforts to extend rail …
Read MoreAirplanes and machinery lift durable goods orders
A boost in orders for airplanes and machinery translated into a better-than-expected 1.8 percent increase in durable goods orders in May, the U.S. Commerce Department said today.
A narrower gauge of business investment marked its …
Tickers: June 24
Purchases of new homes in the United States unexpectedly fell in May as builder discounts failed to keep pace with the foreclosure-driven slump in prices for existing homes, the U.S. Commerce Department said today. Sales …
Read MoreTitle company finds opportunity downtown
Title Services Corp. has leased nearly 4,000 square feet of office space on the ninth floor of the Midland Building, 206 Sixth Ave., in a move the company’s president, David Dunakey, said was a logical …
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