Archive for February 2011
Schoen to talk SEO tactics
On Feb. 16, the Business Innovation Zone will present Justin Schoen, president of eComegy LLC, who will discuss tactics to increase companies’ online footprints and how recent changes to the Google, Yahoo and Bing search …
Read MoreICREA installs new board members
The Iowa Commercial Real Estate Association today installed its 2011 officers and directors. Kyle Gamble, managing director of CB Richard Ellis/Hubbell Commercial, will serve as the nonprofit trade association’s president. Matt Lundberg of NAI Ruhl …
Read MorePrincipal Trust funds exceeds $1B
The Principal Trust Target Date Collective Investment Funds, a target date investment series launched in July 2009 by Principal Trust Co. and developed exclusively for qualified retirement plans through a collective investment trust, recently exceeded …
Read MoreNAWBO award winners announced
The Central Iowa chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners announced the recipients of its 2011 chapter awards, which are scheduled to be presented March 3 during the organization’s Women Mean Business Summit …
Read MoreYPC to hold happy hour event
The Young Professionals Connection will hold its first happy hour meeting of 2011 tonight. The networking event, which is scheduled to take place beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Overtime Bar, 4810 86th St. in Urbandale, …
Read MoreBOMA to present Catchfire analyst
Jarad Bernstein, a senior analyst with Catchfire Media LLC, will speak at the Building Owners and Managers Association of Iowa’s Feb. 15 luncheon at the Des Moines Botanical and Environmental Center, 909 Robert D. Ray …
Read MoreClaims down for unemployment benefits
New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to a 2 1/2-year low, Reuters reported.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, initial claims for state jobless benefits were down to a seasonally adjusted 383,000, …
Read MoreForeclosures fall by 17 percent
Fewer foreclosure filings were made in January compared with the year-earlier period, MarketWatch.com reported.
According to a report released on Thursday by RealtyTrac Inc., the volume of foreclosure filings fell 17 percent last month from …
Read MoreCedarbrooke construction scheduled
Hubbell Realty Co. announced that the development of Cedarbrooke Place Apartments in Norwalk is scheduled to begin next month. The first two phases of the project, which will consist of a 24-unit building and a …
Read MoreIowa Power Fund awards $9M for biorefinery
The Iowa Power Fund board has awarded a $9 million grant to Itasca, Ill.-based DuPont-Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, which plans to construct a commercial-scale demonstration biorefinery in Iowa. The estimated $235 million project, which is expected …
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