Archive for August 2011
Ingersoll LIVE is this weekend
The 2011 Ingersoll LIVE festival will be from 2 to 11 p.m. on Saturday in the 2800 to 2900 block of Ingersoll Avenue. The free event is sponsored by the Ingersoll Business Association and features …
Read MoreWednesday Market opens next week in Western Gateway
Downtown Farmers Market – Wednesday Market will open Aug. 31 and run through Oct. 5 in Western Gateway Park between Grand Avenue and Locust Street. Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Wednesday Market …
Read MoreHope Ministries walkathon for the homeless is scheduled
Hope Ministries’ third annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes walkathon to benefit the homeless will be Sept. 3 at Copper Creek Lake in Pleasant Hill. Brochures for participants are available at Hope Ministries Bethel …
Read MoreRetailers brace for a weak second-half shopping season
Retailers’ slowest earnings growth since the last recession has them bracing for a weakened second half as the U.S. economy leaves consumers confronting the prospect of losing their jobs and a volatile stock market, Bloomberg …
Read MoreDemocracy’s great, but what about Libyan oil?
Six months of civil war have left Libya’s oil industry in chaos, with fields that once pumped around 1.6 million barrels per day deserted and export terminals, pumping stations and pipelines damaged by fighting and …
Read MoreNominations being accepted for Women of Innovation awards
The 2011 Women of Innovation awards, annually hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa, opens its nomination period today and will hold a breakfast event from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Aug. 30 at Pioneer Hi-Bred …
Read MoreSunkist plans something juicy for smartphones
Sunkist Growers Inc. intends to launch seven additional mobile sites by the end of the year in an attempt to drive purchases and make it easier to shop for produce in grocery stores, Mobile Commerce …
Read MoreCollege dropouts cost the economy big bucks
Students who dropped out of college in the past decade cost the economy $4.5 billion in lost income and federal and state income taxes, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) said. The organization tracked 1.1 …
Read MoreSocial Security disability fund strapped for money
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the ability of the Social Security disability fund to make payments may end in 2017, DailyFinance reported. The estimates depend to some extent on the economy. The CBO’s 2011 …
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