Archive for January 2011
Meeting to discuss relief for flooded homeowners
The city of Des Moines will hold a public meeting for the owners of 59 properties in the Four Mile Creek 100-year flood plain and other 100-year flood plain areas that sustained substantial damage from …
Read MoreMeredith to operate Turner-owned station
Meredith Corp. will take over day-to-day operations for Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting’s Peachtree TV, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Turner will retain ownership of Peachtree, but had looked to have another company take over the daily …
Read MoreVIDEO: A Closer Look – Rona Berinobis
Rona (pronounced rah-nah) Berinobis had worked for nearly 18 years in sales with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield before she was named the company’s director of workforce inclusion in 2008. On Jan. 1, she …
Read MoreObama announces government review of federal regulations
President Barack Obama announced today that he will launch a government-wide review of federal regulations to try to eliminate rules that slow economic growth.
Obama, who wrote about the move in a piece that was …
Read MoreMore businesses to buy tablet computers
Tablet computers aren’t just for consumers.
More than 10 million tablets, such as Apple Inc.’s iPad, will be purchased by companies in 2011, consulting firm Deloitte said today in its annual forecast.
The company expects …
Read MoreWomen business leaders to tell “surviving” stories
Emily Starr, Connie Wimer and Rowena Crosbie will tell their “surviving to thriving” stories in separate keynote presentations on March 3 at the Women Mean Business Summit of the National Association of Women Business Owners …
Read MoreDrake exhibit opens today
A Drake University exhibit titled “Young Adult Identity and Consumption in Urban China” opens today at the university’s Cowles Library, 2507 University Ave.
The exhibit is designed to teach about Chinese young adults as consumers …
Read MoreRockwell Collins declares dividend
Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 24 cents per share, payable March 7, to shareholders of record on Feb. 14. Rockwell Collins develops communication and aviation electronic solutions for commercial …
Read MoreAirlines in good shape, report says
The nation’s eight largest airlines are poised to report $3.95 billion in profits in fourth-quarter earnings reports, according to industry analyst website AirlineFinancials.com. That would be the largest profit in a decade.
United Continental Holdings …
Read MoreWikiLeaks plans to release info on cross-border banks
WikiLeaks plans to release data on about 2,000 cross-border bank accounts provided by a former Julius Baer Group Ltd. employee, who says they may have been set up to evade taxes, Bloomberg reported.
Rudolf Elmer, …
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