Archive for June 2011
Greater Des Moines foreclosures up through March
Foreclosure rates in Greater Des Moines increased in March from the same month last year, but have steadily declined since the first of the year, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic Inc.
The rate …
Read MoreBusiness Council survey shows guarded hopes for recovery
Members of the Iowa Business Council (IBC) main positive about the outlook for business conditions in the state for the next six months, according to the second-quarter Overall Economic Outlook Survey Index.
The overall index, …
Read MoreSome jobs are coming back to U.S.
The United States lost a modest number of manufacturing jobs in May, prompting the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) to rip the federal government for ignoring the problem. “We need sustained investments in infrastructure, innovation, …
Full Court Press founders consider real estate alternatives downtown
• Semi-developed spaces are most attractive to the ambitious Massoth brothers
Full Court Press Inc. and its affiliated companies have no desire to start from scratch when leasing and improving real estate in which to …
Read MoreLatest economic indicators largely comforting
Record exports and lower oil prices unexpectedly helped narrow the U.S. trade deficit, easing concern that the economy is faltering, Bloomberg reported.
The gap shrank 6.7 percent to $43.7 billion in April, its lowest level …
Read MorePressure growing on banks to improve security
Major U.S. banks came under growing pressure from banking regulators to improve the security of customer account information after Citigroup Inc. became the latest high-profile victim of a large-scale cyber attack, Reuters reported.
Though Citigroup …
Read MoreEconomist: Don’t expect quick recovery for construction
Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. (ABC) Chief Economist Anirban Basu said yesterday that construction industry recovery could be two years away.
Basu said that just because the country is in a period of recovery does …
Read MoreBranstad appoints Mullins to appeals court
Gov. Terry Branstad today appointed Michael Mullins to the Iowa Court of Appeals.
Mullins is currently serving as a district court judge in District 8A. Mullins, 59, of Washington, is a Drake University Law School …
Read MoreWater Works launches competition
Des Moines Water Works, in partnership with Iowa State University’s department of landscape architecture, today launched “Parkitecture,” an international design competition.
The competition will seek proposals from professional designers and will offer students the opportunity …
Read MoreDes Moines will use Google-based cloud system
Google Inc. announced today that the city of Des Moines will adopt Google Apps for Government, a cloud-based collaboration and productivity suite that includes email, calendar functions, instant messaging and documents.
Google said the move …
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