Archive for January 2011
Marketing by iPad
I suspect that many of you received iPads as holiday gifts last month. Now you’re trying to justify to family and friends exactly why you need this absolutely awesome toy.
Here’s the good news: You …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Shannon Baird
Your position is so new that you’re not even here right now.
I’m commuting right now. I’ve been told it’s the craziest time to pick up and move your family to Des Moines – in …
Read MoreUrbandale hotel rises along the interstate
A company that has built and managed hotels in Ankeny is constructing a Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Urbandale.
ABC Construction LLC started construction in August 2010 on the 90-room Holiday Inn Express …
Read MorePartnership builder
Well before her first day today as Iowa’s new economic development director, Debi Durham was working the phones and traveling the state.
“When I read about a company looking at Iowa, I’ve been picking up …
Read MoreWest Des Moines incubator links Asia with Iowa
Tim Ng knows pigskins, literally inside and out. Spending a couple of weeks observing the operations of one of the world’s largest pigskin processing plants in Taiwan last year was just part of the learning …
Local manufacturers show optimism
Maurice Taylor is optimistic about 2011, and he’s not alone.
Taylor, CEO of Illinois-based Titan International Inc., expects a record-breaking year for his company, which operates agriculture and off-road tire company Titan Tire Co. in …
Read MoreCorn and beans, the keys to healthy markets
When Don Roose looks to China, he sees the United States of the 1940s and 1950s. He likes what he sees.
Roose is president of U.S. Commodities Inc. in West Des Moines. He tracks the …
Read MoreCaleris poised for hiring spree as it adds clients
Caleris Inc. is gearing up for a hiring spree as more out-of-state clients sign up for the West Des Moines-based company’s call-center services.
A business-process outsourcing provider that handles 70 clients located in major metropolitan …
Read MoreWest Glen pays delinquent taxes
West Glen Town Center has cleared nearly $340,000 in unpaid property taxes off the books of the Polk County treasurer.
The West Des Moines commercial and residential center paid taxes on Dec. 15, 2010, that …
Read MoreUniversity researchers say climate change affecting state’s economy
Researchers at Iowa State University have concluded that changes in Iowa’s climate are affecting the state’s economy.
In 2009, the Iowa Legislature approved the formation of the Iowa Climate Change Impacts Committee, which includes researchers …
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