Archive for April 2011
Trash Bash postponed due to weather
Metro Waste Authority’s Earth Day Trash Bash has been postponed due to safety concerns related to the weather. In lieu of the event that was scheduled to take place today, volunteers will now meet at …
Read MoreWestgate to renovate 1408 Locust for Flynn Wright
Westgate Partnership LLC kicked off its redevelopment of the Kruidenier Cadillac Automobile Co. Building last week after signing a new tenant and securing funds to tackle the multimillion-dollar project.
Advertising agency Flynn Wright is slated …
Read MoreCasey’s sells fewer gallons of gasoline, more food
Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores Inc. reported that sales of prepared food and fountain drinks increased 11.6 percent in March compared with March 2010 in stores open for at least one year. In a report to …
Read MoreKnowledge is leaving
We are beginning to see the Baby Boomer generation of 76 million people leave the work force. Many Boomers have spent an entire career, or a large part of it, with one organization. Many have …
Make tax fix big enough to matter
Commercial property taxation is getting more attention as the Iowa Legislature heads toward the finish line, and once again we’re wondering whether any action will be taken. The conversation has gone on for years. And …
TRANSITIONS: One year or two?
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has compared the virtues of annual state budgets vs. two-year state budgets, and after long and careful consideration reached a conclusion that can be summed up this way:…
Know why it was ‘no’
Think about the last 25 sales you DIDN’T make.
Did you look for the cause, or just blame the symptoms?
Symptoms like: Couldn’t get an appointment, unreturned phone calls, deleted emails, lost to competition, and …
Read MoreThe ‘drip’ approach
In last week’s column, we explored the idea that before consumers are ready to buy from you, they must know, like and trust you. Moving along that continuum takes time and patience. Especially with today’s …
Investing and ethics
Dear Mr. Berko:
With the economy in recovery, what do you think of buying the big banks, especially JPMorgan, which expects to increase its earnings by 15 percent this year and sells for only 10 …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Spencer Snedecor III
Where are you from originally?
I’m an East Coast native, raised on Long Island, N.Y. I went to the University of Maryland, and upon graduation I was recruited into Xerox Corp. I spent 10 years …
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