Archive for September 2010
Whirlpool Corp. to expand in Tennessee
Whirlpool Corp. announced plans to build an approximately 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility for built-in, premium cooking products in Cleveland, Tenn. The new operation in the LEED-certified facility will replace a 100-year-old manufacturing plant in that …
Read MoreJohn Deere Credit contributes equipment, books
John Deere Credit has partnered with Findley Elementary School in Des Moines to provide new digital video cameras, projectors and two books per student as part of its financial literacy outreach efforts. The school has …
Read MoreLeadership Institute continues Daybreak series
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute will offer a second installment of Daybreak Leadership, a new leadership breakfast and networking program designed to encourage community leaders to continue lifelong learning. The next session will be …
Read MoreCasey’s suitor willing to pay more
Canada-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. upped the ante today in its attempt to buy Casey’s General Stores Inc., telling shareholders it will pay $38.50 a share for all outstanding stock, up from its previous offer of …
Read MoreManufacturing, the recovery’s hero
Manufacturing expanded at a faster pace than forecast in August, signaling the industry that led the recovery will keep it from faltering, Bloomberg reported.
The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 56.3 from …
Read MorePlacement firm finds the positive in jobs numbers
The latest report on downsizing activity reveals that planned job cuts announced by employers in August fell to 34,768, the lowest monthly total in over a decade, job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. …
Read MoreColleges and clinics get federal dollars
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded three grants totaling $1,047,754 to Iowa colleges and clinics. Drake University will receive $396,000 for health professionals programs, Free Clinics of Iowa in Des Moines …
Read MoreJacobson adds more operations in Pacific Northwest
Jacobson Cos. will operate PepsiCo Inc.’s new 450,000-square-foot distribution center in Tacoma, Wash. With the contract, the Des Moines-based company operates five distribution centers and 2.5 million square feet nationally for PepsiCo, Jacobsen said in …
Read MorePrincipal and FBL present at New York conference
Dan Houston, president of Principal Financial Group Inc.’s Retirement, Insurance & Financial Services division, will present at the Keefe, Bruyette and Woods 2010 Insurance Conference in New York at 12:05 p.m. Iowa time Sept. 7. …
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