Archive for August 2010
Bond run-up is the longest since mid-’80s
Individual investors, burned by two market crashes in a decade, have shunned stocks for the longest stretch in more than 23 years, upsetting the balance of power in the $10.5 trillion mutual-fund industry, Bloomberg reported.…
Read MoreFidelity: More people borrowing from savings
The number of people borrowing from their retirement savings plans reached a 10-year high in the second quarter, according to Fidelity Investments, as Americans grappled with slowing economic growth. The portion of 401(k) accounts with …
Read MoreRegulators take over ShoreBank
Regulators last Friday shut down a big Chicago-based community bank known for its social activism but racked by financial troubles in recent months. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over ShoreBank, with $2.16 billion in …
Read MoreAviva USA set for ‘Day of Action’
Volunteers from Aviva USA will exercise their artistic talents during a “Day of Action” today. As part of the company’s United Way Campaign activities, employee volunteers will paint educational-themed artwork on the sidewalk leading into …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Don Blum
What is construction bonding?
A construction bond is a risk management tool used to protect project owners from a contractor failing to perform to the contract’s terms and conditions (performance bond) or pay for the …
Read More‘Scuffling’ through the recession
Al Schroder has seen 40 years of booms and busts in the commercial construction business; the current recession tops them all.
His name is attached to a West Des Moines industrial park, and his Schroder …
Read MoreDowntown housing options swell
AP Lofts, a 70-unit market-rate apartment complex at 328 S.W. Fifth St., opened this month as an out-of-state developer hastens to complete a nearby affordable-housing project and a mixed-income development.
By Jan. 1, the three …
Read MoreMeals from the Heartland packs food for millions
Through Meals from the Heartland, Central Iowa volunteers have packaged millions of nutritious meals for people in some of the poorest countries on Earth. Early next month, the nonprofit organization will hold another mass-packaging event …
It’s time to change
Been in sales for more than five years? Notice any changes? Of course you have, but probably not the ones I’m going to talk about.
I’m NOT talking about the economy, customers in financial trouble, …
Read MoreLooking for renovation in all the Great Places
A vacant building in downtown Perry that once housed the Eagles lodge and later a bar is poised to begin a new chapter as a community resource center.
“The concept behind the resource center is …
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