Archive for August 2010
Miami launches form-based zoning
The city of Miami has launched a new form-based zoning code guided by the tenets of new urbanism and smart growth, a national movement that involves the application of planning principles that support environmentally sensitive, …
Read MorePurchase Book of Lists
Video: The Business of Sports
Sandy Hatfield Clubb, athletic director at Drake University, dicusses the business of intercollegiate sports, her role as a woman in a male-dominated profession and her drive to “leverage the power of sport to serve humanity.”…
Read MoreHome sales take a dive
U.S. sales of previously owned homes sank 27.2 percent in July — the biggest one-month drop ever — largely because of the phase-out of a federal tax credit, the National Association of Realtors said today.…
Read MoreWells Fargo follows Wachovia into the CMBS forest
Wells Fargo & Co. is plunging back into the commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) market that helped fell Wachovia Corp., the bank it bought in 2008 for $12.7 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Wells Fargo added more than …
Read MoreLittle weather damage to Iowa economy
The floods and storms of 2008 had little impact on the state economy, two Iowa State University economists said in a report. A diverse economy, federal disaster relief and crop insurance played a role in …
Read MoreIPL is selling something for something, we think
Interstate Power & Light Co., a unit of Alliant Energy Corp., plans to sell $200 million of 10-year notes, a person familiar with the transaction told Bloomberg. The notes could pay 105 basis points to …
Read MoreDisaster office opens in Des Moines
The first Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Iowa opened today at The Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa, 1740 Garfield Ave., Des Moines. The center provides services to help people affected by the storms …
Read MoreSowing the seeds of competition
Bloomberg takes a look at the competition between E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Monsanto Co. for the hearts and minds of corn and soybean farmers.…
Read MoreCredit card rules go into effect
New rules designed to protect credit card users from “unreasonable late payment and other penalty fees” went into effect Sunday as a result of the Wall Street reform bill, CNNMoney reported.
The rules block credit …
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