Archive for December 2009

Iowa was one of the top four states to increase nonfarm payroll employment last month, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released today. Of the 19 states that added jobs in November, Iowa …

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Kemin employees raised more than $30,000 during a lunchtime auction benefiting Youth Emergency Services and Shelter. The auction has been a Christmas tradition of Kemin employees in Des Moines since 2001.…

Federal regulators are looking into Wells Fargo & Co.’s securities lending business following allegations by several Twin Cities foundations that the bank defrauded them, according to a StarTribune.com report. The businesses felt that they were …

If you are looking to buy all the gifts mentioned in the holiday classic “12 Days of Christmas,” you might have to take out a small loan.

Christmas will be slightly more expensive in 2009, …

Companies are in a bit more of a giving mood this holiday season, a Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. survey of about 100 human resources executives found.

This year, 64 percent of surveyed employers are …

Casting Des Moines as the slow but steady tortoise that wins the race, Marketwatch named the city No. 1 on its list of best U.S. cities for business.

“This year’s victor is the subdued terrapin …

Building on its strengths in reaching parents, Meredith Corp. has revamped its Parents.com Web site and launched two new interactive products: Parents Community, a social network site for parents, and “iPlay and Learn,” an iPhone …

Gov. Chet Culver this morning released the Iowa Efficiency Review report, which outlines sweeping reforms and cost-saving measures to make state government leaner and more efficient. Culver said the 90 recommendations in the review, if …

A U.S. bankruptcy judge has consented to a plan by General Growth Properties Inc. to restructure nearly $10.25 billion in debt secured by some of its properties, Bloomberg reported.

General Growth, the second-largest U.S. mall …