CB Richard Ellis’ green ranking improves

CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. ranked No. 30 overall in Newsweek’s 2010 Green Rankings, a list that ranks the environmental performance of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in the United States. The rankings are …

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Principal’s Halter named at NAREIM chairman

Patrick Halter, CEO of Principal Real Estate Investors, has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). Principal Real Estate Investors, a subsidiary of Principal …

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Taylor to speak at ICREA breakfast

Robin Taylor of the Iowa State Blue Ribbon Foundation will be the featured speaker at the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association’s November meeting at Des Moines Golf and Country Club, 1600 Jordan Creek Parkway in …

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Saints Pub to open second location

Saints Pub + Patio will open its second Greater Des Moines location in a Beaverdale property that was recently acquired by Vista Real Estate and Investment Corp. Vista, which on June 15 paid $100,000 for …

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Economic data offers some surprises

U.S. companies added more workers than expected in October, slightly boosting optimism about the job market ahead of Friday’s government employment report, Reuters reported.

Private employers added 43,000 jobs in October compared with a revised …

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Casey’s, 7-Eleven courtship ends

Casey’s General Stores Inc. said today that merger talks have ended with 7-Eleven Inc. The convenience store giant had acted as a foil to the hostile takeover bid for Ankeny-based Casey’s by the Canadian company …

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Game changing

Scientific Games Corp. said today it has been awarded a 10-year, $50 million integrated gaming systems contract by the Iowa Lottery. The contract includes the installation of new sales terminals, a new terminal communications network …

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