Archive for May 2011
Go online to listen, not just talk
As you navigate the ever-changing landscape of social media, make sure to work on your “social listening” skills. Economic development specialists heard that suggestion last week at the Smart Economic Development Conference, held at the …
Broadlawns, U of I Health Care begin sharing electronic records
Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines and University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) in Iowa City recently became among the first hospitals in the nation to begin exchanging electronic medical records, one of the cost-saving …
Drive Time Des Moines seeks information to alleviate freeway traffic
Drive Time Des Moines is seeking input to help it determine how many people drive alone to work versus other modes of transportation on their daily commute.
A survey, available at the organization’s website, www.drivetimedesmoines.org, …
Read MoreHeartland Express finding ways to save on fuel costs
Several strategies enabled Heartland Express Inc. to keep fuel costs under control in the first quarter of 2011, the North Liberty-based trucking company said in a quarterly report filed May 6 with the Securities and …
Sales trending upward at HNI, but losses continue
Office furniture maker HNI Corp. saw net sales increase 9 percent, or $32.6 million, in the quarter that ended April 2, compared with the same quarter a year earlier. The Muscatine-based company improved its office …
A bubble in the air?
With another Pella Tulip Time festival just past, giving some attention to the notion of “bubbles” seems timely, for it was the Dutch tulip mania of the early 1600s that is generally considered the first …
Transitions: Corporate taxes are flexible
Baseball umpires all learn the same rules about calling strikes. Then a game starts, and the home plate ump calls them according to whether he feels like crouching all the way down or only bending …
Make a sale, then what?
The average sale takes a matter of hours. And that’s where 95 percent of sales training is focused. Not good.
After customers purchase, that’s when USE of the product or service begins, and that’s where …
Read MoreIs your business ready for the mobile revolution?
Weve been hearing about the mobile revolution for a decade as cellphones became more commonplace, but it’s finally here. This decade is going to bring remarkable change in how we use our phones to navigate …
Selling electricity in Detroit is a challenge
Dear Mr. Berko,
I’ve been thinking of buying 300 shares of Detroit Edison. But when I try to look up the stock under Morningstar or Standard & Poor’s, I can’t find it. Did it change …
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