Archive for December 2009

A 19 million-square-foot complex, including a resort and casino, hotels, condos and a shopping mall, is slated to open today in Las Vegas, National Public Radio reported.

CityCenter, one of the largest projects to date …

Des Moines-based Aviva USA announced that Jeff Frazee has joined the company as senior vice president and chief information officer of the life insurance and annuity business. Frazee will be located in Des Moines and …

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) gave conditional approval of a settlement agreement filed by MidAmerican Energy Co. (MEC) and the Office of Consumer Advocate to establish advance ratemaking principles for the company’s proposed Wind VII …

United Way of Central Iowa yesterday announced that it is extending its annual campaign one month to mid-January 2010 in an effort to battle what it called a “one-two punch” to local nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofits …

A U.S. House and Senate conference committee has approved funding for Greater Des Moines transportation projects that are considered key triggers of economic development.

Among the awards is $1.05 million that would expand Grand Avenue …

President Barack Obama’s $1 trillion health-care overhaul won’t buy corporate America relief from medical costs that more than doubled in the last decade, chief executive officers of more than a dozen U.S. companies told Bloomberg.…

The Chicago Tribune reported today that General Growth Properties Inc. could sell some or all of its properties as it emerges from bankruptcy. General Growth, the owners of Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des …