Archive for September 2010
Culver gets TV time
Gov. Chet Culver was scheduled to be interviewed live at 9:10 a.m. today on CNBC’s “Street Signs.” The show, which recently ran a series that ranked America’s top states for doing business, according to 40 …
Read MoreDiversity applications open
Applications for the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s 2011 Diversity Awards are being accepted. Winners of the awards, which are intended to recognize regional businesses and organizations that have taken significant steps to advance diversity and …
Read MoreReport: Industrial assets faring better than others
The industrial sector has a lower share of distressed assets compared with other commercial real estate property types, according to a third-quarter leading indicator report by CB Richard Ellis Inc.
Of about 9,960 properties valued …
Read MoreAffordable housing projects planned
Gov. Chet Culver this week announced awards of more than $181.6 million that will help fund the construction of 1,597 affordable housing units.
The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) allocated $160.7 million in low-income housing tax …
Read MoreRasmussen Center recognized
Grand View University’s Rasmussen Center for Community Advancement Professions was named a runner-up in the Smartest Building in America Challenge, in which judges consider criteria such as the use of Apogee or Talon building automation …
Read MoreMHEG finds investors for Cedar Rapids project.
Community Housing Initiatives Inc. and Affordable Housing Network Inc. have partnered to acquire Sugar Creek Bend LLLP, a new development that will include the construction of 20 single-family homes in Cedar Rapids. Midwest Housing Equity …
Read MoreIsraeli company calls off Albaugh acquisition
Israel’s Makhteshim Agan Industries Ltd. (MA Industries) ended talks to acquire Ankeny-based Albaugh Inc. for about $1 billion, blaming findings during due diligence, Reuters reported this morning.
MA Industries said it halted negotiations “due to …
Read MoreBernanke: Government must follow through
Tough government follow-through on a freshly minted U.S. financial law will be crucial to ensure no bank or firm grows so large that its collapse could jeopardize the entire economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke …
Read MoreIowa Business Council indicators flat
Activity in the three areas measured by large Iowa employers to gauge the strength of business for the coming six months – sales, capital spending and employment – did not vary significantly from results of …
Read MoreNew rules protect deployed soldiers from utility shut off
A new rule adopted by the Iowa Utilities Board will protect the households of deployed military personnel from gas and electric service disconnection. The new rules, effective Oct. 27, implement state legislation passed earlier this …
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