Archive for March 2010

Shareholders of Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. voted Thursday to approve a merger agreement, which provides for the acquisition of Iowa Telecom by Windstream Corp. of Little Rock, Ark. Of the shares voted at yesterday’s meeting, …

RadioShack Corp. is considering some alternatives, including the possible sale of the company, The New York Post reported.

Citing unnamed sources, the Post said investment bankers have begun lining up to pitch their private-equity clients …

Broadlawns Medical Center’s use of electronic medical records (EMR) has been recognized as among the most advanced in the nation, according to a recent ranking by a nonprofit research group.

Broadlawns has achieved Stage 6 …

The Principal Financial Group Inc. announced that Tom Graf, senior vice president of investor relations, will retire at the end of May after more than 38 years with the company. He will be replaced by …

Google Inc. and China’s government may be quarreling, (read the story) but that is not stopping two Iowa groups from learning as much as they can about Chinese culture as its presence grows in the …

Sales of new single-family homes in February were 2.2 percent below the revised January rate and 13 percent below the February 2009 estimate, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the …

Anawim Housing has appointed Russ Frazier as its new president. He will succeed Sister Stella Neill, who helped found Anawim Housing in 1987. The leadership transition will be completed on April 1. “We are delighted …

Google Inc. looks to be standing in defiance of China, in a risky move it claims helps improve access to information to Chinese residents.

Google announced it will no longer censor its search services on …

Existing home sales declined slightly during February in the United States, but increased in the Midwest and Northeast, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Existing home sales slipped 0.6 percent nationally in February …