Archive for July 2011
Career credentialing planned for direct-care workers
Finding good caregivers to work in the senior home-care industry can be a challenge, says Anne Peters, owner of Home Instead Senior Care in West Des Moines.
Peters requires each new employee to complete four …
Read MoreWe live in a state of well-being
Membership in the Wellness Council of Iowa is growing, with a membership of 180 Iowa companies that follow its prescriptions for establishing workplaces that promote good health.
The organization is just one example of efforts …
Read MoreAthena GTX begins venture to equip mass-casualty buses
The United States has had no shortage of natural disasters in the past decade, from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina to the most recent tornadoes and severe storms that have injured hundreds.
In many …
Read MoreWill new laws boost biofuels sales?
Approval of E15 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a new state tax credit on that fuel should provide a significant boost for biofuel sales, says Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable …
Transfer point
Potential. Excitement. Momentum. Investment.
Recently hired General Manager Elizabeth Presutti uses all of these words to describe the future of the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART).
Another word describes well DART’s situation: Transition.…
Read MorePresutti wants to see projects through
New Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) leader Elizabeth Presutti wants to finish what she started.
As the chief development officer of the transit authority, Presutti had a major role in the projects DART …
Read MoreTRANSITIONS: Only six months until the tax fight resumes
The Swirling Vortex of Doom was a bizarre occurrence in Louisiana in 1980, when a drilling rig on a shallow lake accidentally punched a hole into a salt mine. Before the excitement ended, a river’s …
Insurers are cashing in on the health-care law already
Dear Mr. Berko:
Health insurance stocks have been making new highs. How can this be, when Obamacare will change how insurance companies do business and how hospitals and doctors bill patients? Though I don’t like …
Read MoreLearn how to WOW
What is WOW? Maybe the easiest way to describe it is: Who WOWed you? If you can recall that story – and recall how many times you told it – you’re on your way to …
Google+ joins social media with lots of advantages
This week, Google Inc. launched its own social network, called Google+. Right now, they are only letting people join by invitation. That being said, there are already several million people who have created accounts. As …