Archive for November 2010
Hearts & wallets
Sales are made emotionally and justified logically.
Some people are heartstrong. Some people are headstrong. And most people, especially salespeople, don’t understand that the heart is a filter to a decision. They think most sales …
Read MoreBecome an author
More than 80 percent of the population wants to write a book. If you’re among them, ask yourself if becoming a published author would serve your business or career.
Here are four smart marketing reasons …
Read MoreFresh money drives stocks
Dear Mr. Berko:
I have a $207,000 individual retirement account (IRA) with good utility, drug, consumer staple and food stocks, but it hasn’t done much as the market has gone higher. Please tell me why …
Read MoreStrong October performance by Casey’s General Stores
Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores Inc. reported strong sales increases in October compared with a year earlier. In a Nov. 15 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the convenience store chain reported that same-store sales …
Disaster recovery task force makes recommendations
How can state government better assist businesses following a natural disaster? Last week a task force addressing that topic issued its recommendations to the Rebuild Iowa Coordinating Council.
Among the recommendations of the Business Disaster …
Read MoreGoodwill impairment hurts income but not capital
A decade of bank acquisitions resulted in a $34.4 million lossfor First American Bank in the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
First American Bank, with headquarters in Fort Dodge and branches in Greater Des Moines, …
Read MoreYour input is being requested
Have you filled out the survey yet? If you haven’t been notified about the Capital Crossroads Public Input Survey, or just haven’t gotten around to taking it, we encourage you to visit www.capitalcrossroadsvision.com. Under the …
A Closer Look: Fred Van Liew
The Business Record takes a closer look at Fred Van Liew, who joined Employee & Family Resources in October as director of mediation services.…
Read MoreMercer: U.S. health benefit costs increased by 6.9 percent
Growth in the average U.S. health benefit cost per employee, which had slowed last year to 5.5 percent, increased by 6.9 percent to more than $9,500 this year, according to the National Survey of Employer-Sponsored …
Read MoreGoogle hurries to hiring mode
Google Inc. plans to hire more than 2,000 people as it expands into new markets, Reuters reported.
On Thursday, the Web search engine provider’s website listed job openings for 2,076 positions, which is up nearly …
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