Archive for November 2010
Iowa receives workforce data funds
The state of Iowa will receive $1 million through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Data Quality Initiative to improve the quality and availability of Iowa’s workforce data, Sen. Tom Harkin announced today.
According to …
Read MoreMercy adds helicopter in Knoxville
Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines announced yesterday that it will begin operating a second air ambulance out of the Knoxville airport starting Nov. 15.
A Bell 407 helicopter will be stationed in Knoxville to …
Read MoreBodyViz expands software globally
Ames-based BodyViz yesterday sold one of its machines to Teikyo University in Japan, less than 30 days after signing a distribution agreement with Japanese-based OPT Technologies.
BodyViz machines create three-dimensional MRI/CT scan visualizations out of …
Read MoreAmerican Equity reports slight third quarter decrease
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. reported third-quarter operating income of $27.6 million, or 45 cents per share, a 2 percent decrease from the third quarter of 2009.
Net income for the third quarter was …
Read MorePalisade partners with Accellion
Des Moines-based Palisade Systems Inc. announced a partnership today with California-based Accellion Inc., a provider of secure file transfer systems.
Palisade specializes in data loss prevention, and the partnership will better enable it to help …
Read MoreAbout Connie Wimer
Connie Wimer was born in Merrill, Iowa, a small town in northwest Iowa and attended Morningside College. She moved to Des Moines in 1950 and it is here in Des Moines she earned her reputation …
Read MoreBusiness execs appear bullish
More U.S. executives than ever are increasing earnings forecasts compared with those lowering them, helped by almost $2 trillion of Federal Reserve spending and a recovery in the global economy, Bloomberg reported.
EBay Inc., …
Deficit reduction
American households continued to pay off debt in the second quarter, although at a slower pace than before, CNNMoney.com said today after the release of a regional Federal Reserve report.
The Federal Reserve Bank of …
Read MoreDes Moines asked to help Green on rehab project
The Des Moines City Council will be asked to approve $2 million in federal funds and $400,000 in city funds for the redevelopment of 322 S.W. Third St. for commercial and residential uses. Seven development …
Read MoreBank of America asks to delay Albaugh lawsuit
Bank of America Corp. has asked a federal judge in Des Moines to put a hold on a lawsuit it filed in connection with a Florida development operated by Ankeny businessman Dennis Albaugh. The lender …
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