Archive for March 2011
Council approves final subdivision for HP expansion
The Des Moines City Council approved the final subdivision plat for Airport Business Park Plat 3, which will allow developer Opus Development Corp. to move forward its proposed construction of a 300,000-square-foot expansion of Hewlett-Packard …
Read MoreIowa Health System may partner with Illinois hospital system
Des Moines-based Iowa Health System and Methodist Health Services Corp. of Peoria, Ill., have entered into a non-binding letter of intent to explore a strategic partnership between the two health systems, the companies announced today. …
Read MoreDodd-Frank could cost $1 billion to implement, agencies say
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act may require the federal government to spend almost $1 billion to hire or transfer more than 2,000 employees in the months ahead, Bloomberg reported.
The 11 …
Read MoreSocial business tools seek to connect workplace
A growing number of technology companies and software start-ups are trying to make business applications more “social,” as business-software vendors and customers look to take advantage of people’s increasing interest in social networking, The Wall …
Read MoreMPO announces meeting on passenger transportation
The Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) announced it will host a public meeting to receive comments on the Passenger Transportation Plan (PTP) – Fiscal Year 2012 Update. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. …
Read MoreAirport launches new website
Des Moines International Airport launched a new-look website Monday at the same address, www.dsmairport.com.
The new site features up-to-date information on arrivals and departures, a flight tracker that shows where the plane is in the …
Read MoreBranstad continues ‘Jobs for Iowa’ tour
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday they will continue with their “Jobs for Iowa” tour of town hall meetings.
On Friday, Branstad and Reynolds will travel to Marshalltown, Iowa Falls, Webster …
Read MoreLeadership institute to honor distinguished leaders
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute will honor six people at its Distinguished Leadership Awards ceremony on April 19 at the Polk County Convention Complex.
Honorees are: Steve Zumbach, receiving the Arthur Davis Distinguished Leadership …
Read MoreIndex: Consumer confidence at three-year low
Consumer confidence in the United States fell to a three-year low, Bloomberg reported.
The Conference Board’s confidence index fell to 63.4, from a revised 72 reading in February. The index averaged 98 during the expansion …
Read MoreDocuments will give glimpse into federal loans to banks
U.S. regulators closed Chicago-based Park National Bank in October 2009 when it owed $345 million to one of the lowest-cost lenders in town: the Federal Reserve’s discount window. Park National had been a constant customer …
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