Archive for January 2011
Broadlawns adds two emergency department physicians
Broadlawns Medical Center has hired two additional physicians to help staff its recently expanded emergency department. Dr. Ryan Bakke and Dr. Martin VanZee both received their medical degrees from Des Moines University and completed their …
Read More2011 federal tax deadline will be April 18
Taxpayers will have until April 18 this year to file their federal returns, the Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday. The date was extended from the traditional April 15 deadline because Emancipation Day, a holiday observed …
Read MoreProfessors make recommendations on climate change issues
Iowans are seeing increases in precipitation and temperature along with a longer and warmer growing season and better survival and spread of agricultural pests, according to a report authored by 11 researchers at Iowa’s three …
Read MoreGood news for auto and retail
Things are looking up in the auto and retail industry, based on December numbers.
General Motors Co. (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC all reported U.S. sales gains in December. Chrysler sales rose …
Read MoreHill named head of homeland security in Iowa
Brigadier General J. Derek Hill of the Iowa Air National Guard will serve as the Homeland Security Advisor to Gov.-elect Terry Branstad, and will serve as head of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management in …
Read MoreDes Moines loses relatively few manufacturing jobs
Des Moines lost 3,800 manufacturing jobs from 2000 through 2010, according to numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled by Business First in Buffalo.
The numbers show that 99 of the top 100 …
Read MoreKCCI News highest-rated in nation
KCCI-TV has the highest-rated Monday through Friday and Monday through Sunday late newscast out of the top 100 television markets in the country, according to November 2010 Nielsen Media Research.
KCCI’s 10 p.m. newscast led …
Read MoreMetro Arts Alliance moves location
Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines has moved to the GE Wattier Architecture Inc. building at 305 E. Court Ave. The organization’s previous location was at 500 East Locust St.…
Read MoreWest Bank to release fourth-quarter info
West Des Moines-based West Bancorporation Inc. announced that it will release its fourth-quarter results on Jan. 28. West Bank has eight full-service offices in Greater Des Moines.…
Read MoreFacebook inching toward disclosing financial information
Facebook Inc. could be forced to disclose financial information, according to Bloomberg.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. invested $450 million in Facebook and is planning to allow clients to make additional investments worth as much as …
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