Archive for June 2010

A new tax-increment financing (TIF) district in Polk City is paving the way for development.

Polk City Dental LLC, which is managed by Paul Koester of Koester Construction Co. Inc., is developing an approximately 8,000-square-foot …

Federal regulators on Monday adopted a plan to ensure that banks’ pay policies don’t encourage employees to take reckless gambles like those that contributed to the recent financial crisis, the Associated Press reported.

The plan, …

U.S. airlines may bump the most passengers in nine years, as business travelers resume flying following the deepest reductions in seats since World War II, Bloomberg reported.

Almost 220,000 passengers couldn’t get on flights in …

Principal Financial Group Inc. and the city of Des Moines will host a grand opening ceremony for the Center Street bridge on Monday, June 28, at 7:45 p.m. The ceremony will be followed by a …

A series of new federal investments worth $250 million will help communities to address the shortage of primary care physicians, Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said on Friday.

The new investments are part of the Affordable …

A dispute over how much power to give a new financial consumer watchdog will be the first issue dealt with by lawmakers when they enter the home stretch on Wall Street reforms, Reuters reported.

A …

Four events in the next 14 days will bring $12.8 million into Greater Des Moines, the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau said today. The events and the revenue they are expected to generate …