Archive for August 2011
Facebook ups acquisitions amid competition
Facebook Inc., the world’s largest social network, is planning acquisitions that will improve site design, keep its service reliable and advance mobile features to stave off competition from Google Inc. and Twitter Inc., Bloomberg reported.…
Read MoreMeredith to offer magazines on NOOK tablet
Meredith Corp. announced that it is now offering special editions of Parents and Fitness magazines featuring bonus content on Barnes & Noble’s NOOK Color Reader’s Tablet.
The Des Moines-based media company soon will begin offering …
Read MoreGrocers announce award recipients
The Iowa Grocery Industry Association named Rick Beckwith of Fareway Stores Inc. as its 2011 Retailer of the Year.
Johnson Brothers of Iowa was named the Supplier of the Year. Both will be honored at …
Read MoreCollege aid commission launches blog for students
The Iowa College Student Aid Commission (ICSAC) has launched a new blog, Iowa College Aid Connections, designed to connect Iowa’s college students with their representatives on the board of commissioners.
Kelli Todd, the commission’s postsecondary …
Read MoreAnawim to hold ribbon cutting for townhouses
Anawim Housing will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of eight new townhouses.
The event will begin at 10 a.m. in front of the new properties located at 2201 Forest Ave. …
Read MorePower Breakfast: Is Central Iowa too averse to risk?
The Business Record will host a Power Breakfast on the topic of risk aversion and how that can affect opportunities for business startups and economic growth. The event will take place on Sept. 13.
Mike …
Read MoreIowaBiz blog: When the economy gets tough, tough get going
Loans to big banks in 2008 exceeded the budget deficit that year
The nation’s 10 largest banks received $669 billion in emergency loans from the Federal Reserve in 2008, dwarfing the $160 billion in public bailout money the U.S. Treasury Department provided them as part of the …
Read MoreMortgage delinquencies go up, foreclosures decline, according to report
The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) said today that the number of delinquent mortgage borrowers – those who have missed at least one payment – rose during the second quarter, CNNMoney reported.
The MBA breaks down …
Read MoreTrinity Structural Towers workers hold contract vote today
A year after voting to join Local 347 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, workers at Trinity Structural Towers Inc. in Newton will vote today to ratify a contract. The agreement focuses on three …
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