Archive for October 2010
Quality Automation to be first tenant for Prairie Trail
Quality Automation Graphics will become an anchor tenant for the first office building in Vintage Business Park at the Prairie Trail development in Ankeny, the property’s developer, DRA Properties LC, announced Tuesday. The Ankeny-based technology …
Read MoreAnkeny partners with Embria in wellness trial
In a move to boost employee wellness and decrease absenteeism, the city of Ankeny has reached an agreement with Ankeny-based Embria Health Sciences to provide city employees with supplies of the company’s immune health product …
Read MoreFree D-line extended to Ingersoll Avenue
The Ingersoll Business Association and the Des Moines West Side Chamber of Commerce have teamed up with the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority to offer free Friday night D-line downtown shuttle service to Ingersoll …
Read MoreMeredith reports first-quarter growth
Des Moines-based Meredith Corp. reported a 40 percent increase in earnings and a 4 percent increase in revenues.
Meredith reported earnings per share of 56 cents per share and revenues of $344 million.
The company …
Read MoreRenaud steps down at Palisade
Christian Renaud has announced he will step down as CEO of data loss prevention company Palisade Systems Inc.
In his personal blog, Renaud noted a difference in vision between himself and the company’s board of …
Read MoreMarketlink to open location in Indianola
Marketlink Inc. announced on Monday that it’s opening a call center in Indianola in December.
The new facility will be the teleservices company’s seventh call center, and will add 50 employees in the first year, …
Read MorePartnership to celebrate step toward rail service
The Greater Des Moines Partnership, along with the Environmental Law and Policy Center and Young Professionals Connection, will hold a victory celebration from 5 to 6 p.m. this evening for announced passenger rail service from …
Read More$230 million approved for Chicago-Iowa City passenger rail
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded the Iowa and Illinois departments of transportation $230 million to initiate intercity passenger rail service on a route from Chicago to Iowa City via the Quad Cities, Gov. …
Read MoreBusiness plans to step up capital spending
More companies in the United States plan to increase spending on new equipment during the next 12 months after sales and profits improved, according to a quarterly survey of economists reported by Bloomberg.
The percentage …
Read MoreFederal Reserve isn’t taking foreclosure irregularities lightly
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank and other regulators are “intensively” examining financial firms’ home-foreclosure practices and expect preliminary findings next month.
“We have been concerned about reported irregularities in foreclosure practices …
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