Archive for July 2011
Gyms on Demand working out in Des Moines
An investment by an Iowa businessman is helping partners Aaron Grove and Jake Soll firm up plans to create a comprehensive website featuring local fitness centers.
Gery Haag recently handed over a third five-figure installment …
Read MoreSammons building new retirement products line
Launching a new financial services business is familiar, fertile ground for Bill Lowe.
Earlier this year, he returned to Greater Des Moines to launch Sammons Retirement Solutions, the newest division of Sammons Financial Group. Lowe …
Read MoreBusiness Record: July 15, 2011
OUR VIEW: Business can help education
A strong panel of business people got together last week as part of the preparations for the upcoming Iowa Education Summit, and they focused on the K-12 portion of our school system.
Bankers Trust Co. …
Read MoreISU College of Business among most inexpensive for graduate programs
Iowa State University’s College of Business is the third least expensive public graduate school for in-state students, and the fifth least expensive for out-of-state students, according to a U.S. News & World report.
Tuition and …
Read MoreDahl’s sells four properties in $27.9M leaseback deal
Dahl’s Foods Inc. sold four Des Moines-area properties in a sale-leaseback deal that the grocer said is popular among all types of retailers.
Operating as Foods Inc., the company sold buildings and land at 3425 …
Read MoreCase study: Josephs Jewelers Diamond Dash ad campaign
What it was for: Josephs ran four different advertisements in 2009 from Oct. 15 through Nov. 6 to let people know how to apply to be in the Diamond Dash scavenger hunt.
Whom it targeted: …
Read MoreIowa Medicaid oversight program saves millions
A new Iowa Medicaid program saved taxpayers more than $23 million during its first year of operation, Enhanced Online News reported.
The savings were the result of multiple strategies, such as ensuring that paid services …
Read MoreGovernment out of Chrysler, out $1.3B
The federal bailout of Chrysler likely cost taxpayers $1.3 billion, CNNMoney.com reported.
Of the $12.5 billion committed to Chrysler as part of the government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout program in 2009, $11.2 billion has …
Read MoreHubbell’s Sayeed tourney nets $8k for charities
Hubbell Realty Co. raised $8,465.38 with its Feisal Sayeed Memorial Golf Tournament and gave the money to two local charities. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa and YMCA of Greater Des Moines split …
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