Archive for September 2010
American Equity announces notes
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. announced today the pricing of $170 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.5 percent convertible senior notes. The company has also granted the initial purchasers of the notes a …
Read MoreRoad work to close rest area
Asphalt resurfacing will close the northbound Interstate 35 rest area between exits 116 and 123 two miles south of Story City from Sept. 21 to Sept. 23. According to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Des …
Read MoreCulver announces $30 million in I-JOBS funds
Gov. Chet Culver announced today that the I-JOBS board has approved $30 million in funds to assist the construction of 23 disaster-prevention-related initiatives in 21 counties.
$2.1 million in I-JOBS funding was awarded to Polk …
Read MoreJobless claims unexpectedly fell last week
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in two months, a sign the labor market may be improving, Bloomberg reported.
Initial jobless claims dropped by 3,000 to 450,000 in …
Read MoreCasey’s receives good, mixed news from advisory organizations
Two proxy advisory organizations gave somewhat varying recommendations that Casey’s General Stores Inc. shareholders re-elect most of the company’s executive board during its Sept. 23 annual meeting, Casey’s said today in a news release. Nothing …
Read MoreGreater Des Moines CVB announces board of directors executive committee
The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau announced its 2010-11 executive committee yesterday. Chris Coleman, who has served on the board since 2001, will be the chairman of the bureau’s board of directors. He …
Read MoreFlu shots available at airport
Des Moines International Airport will again make flu shots and mist available to the traveling public. Nurses from WesleyLife Community Services will be at the airport from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m. and 1 to 4:30 …
Read MoreIowa Health System makes InformationWeek 500 list
Iowa Health System announced yesterday that it made this year’s InformationWeek 500. This is Iowa Health System’s first appearance on the list, which measures the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. The company recently …
Read MoreGeoLearning named to Top 20 Learning Portal Companies list
West Des Moines-based GeoLearning announced its inclusion on the TrainingIndustry.com “2010 Top 20 Learning Portal Companies” list. GeoLearning produces an Internet-hosted learning management platform used by more than 700 corporations, government agencies and nonprofit organizations, …
Read MoreCross-border CRE investments up
Out of $132 billion in global commercial real estate investment in the first half of 2010, 43 percent involved cross-border activity, International Business Times reported.
That’s up from 31 percent in the first half …