Archive for June 2011
Bicycles, recycling and rain barrels, oh my!
This weekend’s 80/35 Music Festival will be greener than ever, organizers say. Working with Urban Ambassadors, a Greater Des Moines sustainability group, the annual event has partnered with numerous organizations to make the festival more …
Read MoreSaab pays something for nothing
Saab has secured a tentative short-term financing deal that should allow the Swedish automaker to pay its factory workers. But they still won’t be building any cars, at least not until other financing deals are …
Read MoreThey have insurance, but not enough for some doctors, study says
U.S. doctors are turning away an increasing number of patients, including those with private insurance, according to a study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Bloomberg reported.
Physicians were willing to accept about 88 percent …
Read MoreGreater Des Moines foreclosures inched up, delinquencies down in April
Greater Des Moines foreclosure rates increased slightly in April, according to real estate research firm CoreLogic Inc. The rate of foreclosures among outstanding mortgage loans was 2.57 percent, compared with 2.27 percent in April 2010, …
Read MoreIowa Supreme Court awards grants for legal assistance
The Iowa Supreme Court has approved more than $321,000 in grants to nonprofit programs that provide legal assistance to low-income Iowans with civil legal problems. The grants were funded by the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust …
Read MoreDuPont company picks Nevada for cellulosic ethanol plant
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol LLC, a subsidiary of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., said Monday that it has agreed to buy a parcel of land in Nevada for construction of a refinery to …
Read MoreTax receipts climb for state and local governments
Revenues for state and local governments rose 4.7 percent in the first quarter of 2011, owing to higher taxes and a partially recovered private sector, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, MarketWatch reported. Tax receipts …
Read MoreHome prices moderated this spring
Home prices dipped in April from March, though the pace of decline moderated at the start of the spring buying season, according to a survey released today, Reuters reported.
Even so, economists cautioned that house …
Read More‘Cloud’ warriors
Microsoft Corp. is updating its online corporate software offerings to include a full Internet-based version of Office 2010 for the first time, in an effort to stave off competition from Google Inc. for business accounts, …
Read MoreU.S. stays old school in supporting IMF director
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today that the United States supports French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde’s bid to become head of the International Monetary Fund, breaking its silence on the controversial decision just as …
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