Archive for February 2011
Survey: Small businesses shy away from mobile marketing
Small businesses don’t have money and time to spend on marketing, so they tend to stick to what is cheap and proven to work, shying away from mobile marketing schemes or “daily deals” by Groupon …
Read MoreEquitable Building contractor pleads guilty
Russell Coco pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges resulting from the illegal removal of asbestos during a renovation of the Equitable Building, 604 Locust St. Coco worked on the project with real estate developer Bob Knapp, …
Read MoreVerizon Wireless: Iowa investments topped $35 million
Verizon Wireless announced today that it invested more than $35 million in 2010 to enhance its network in Iowa. The investments included 14 new cell sites, upgrading equipment on more than 240 existing cell sites …
Read MoreInsurance brokerage fees by banks up 7 percent
U.S. bank holding companies reported a record $9.73 billion in insurance brokerage fee income in the first three quarters of 2010, up 7 percent from earnings of $9.10 billion during the same period in 2009, …
Read MoreWellmark Foundation funds 13 health-improvement grants
The Wellmark Foundation announced that it has funded 13 health improvement grants in Iowa totaling nearly $1.15 million. Among the projects receiving the two-year grants were the Iowa Food Bank Association, which was awarded $150,000 …
Read MoreABI supports personal income tax cut
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) said that cutting Iowans’ personal income taxes by 20 percent would “help jump-start economic activity by job creators.” The association, whose corporate members employ more than 300,000 …
Read MoreCB Richard Ellis to acquire ING assets
CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. has a purchase agreement with ING Groep NV to buy the majority of the Dutch financial group’s real estate investment management business, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Los Angeles-based …
Read MoreGrubb & Ellis reports revenue, announces Daymark launch
Grubb & Ellis Co. reported fourth-quarter revenues of $163.5 million, an increase of about 10 percent compared with revenues of $148.7 million in the last three months of 2009. For the full year of 2010, …
Read MoreMidwest farmland attracting higher bids
Farmers and investors in the Midwest are bidding up farmland at auctions as commodity prices surge, Bloomberg reported.
Cropland values in the region were up more in the fourth quarter of 2010 than they …
Read MoreNeumann receives 2011 Masters Award
Neumann Bros. Inc. has won the 2011 Masters Award from the Master Builders of Iowa for its work on the Charles Benson Bear ’39 Recreation and Athletic Center at Grinnell College. The Masters Award is …
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