Archive for August 2011
Iowa receives funds for teen health insurance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the Iowa Department of Public Health a $681,773 grant to provide outreach to uninsured teenagers and their families.
The state will use the funds to …
Read MoreDiversified Management Services changes hands
Kathryn Banasiak has purchased the majority interest in Diversified Management Services from Dick Goodson.
Goodson, who purchased the company along with two other co-owners in 1991, will act as a consultant for the next 2 …
Read MoreBLOG: How?
OUR VIEW: Our future as a math problem
It’s hard to analyze a problem without facts; arguing without facts is easy but futile.
Now that the American public has been slapped hard enough to pay attention to the national budget, it would be …
Read MoreGUEST OPINION: The lost art of compromise
The tornado season this year was nearly unprecedented in scope, severity and loss of life. Several meteorological components combine to form one of nature’s most powerful forces: instability, wind, lightning and wall clouds. On the …
TRANSITIONS: History’s best-looking economic collapse
It has been difficult to drive this summer in the southeast corner of downtown. The streets are so torn up, the effort looks so frantic, one wonders if the mayor lost his keys and pushed …
BERKO: Don’t panic – the stock market will stabilize
Dear Mr. Berko:
Before the stock market plunged, our Individual Retirement Account (IRA) was worth $343,000, and now it’s valued at $301,000. We have 22 stocks – oil and gas pipelines, electric utilities, telephone stocks, …
Read MoreGITOMER: Customize your writing
I’m writing on writing. It’s the core of my success. This article is the second part of a short course on how I write for each area of my outreach.
My success is all about …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: OK, so you screwed up — here’s what to do about it
I wish it weren’t so, but it’s inevitable that we’re going to make a mistake and we’re going to have an angry customer on our hands. The good news is, it’s almost always fixable if …
BERKO: High-income folks got a nice Roth IRA break
Dear Mr. Berko:
A friend was trying to explain to my wife and me how doctors and other high-earning taxpayers can save $12,000 a year in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) and never pay taxes …
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