Archive for August 2011
DigitaLink – Jerry Crawford
Jerry Crawford is the owner of Crawford Quilty Law Firm and the managing owner of the Iowa Energy basketball team.…
Read MoreBranstad announces “Healthiest State” initiative
Gov. Terry Branstad this morning joined business leaders in announcing an ambitious public-private program to make Iowa the healthiest state in the nation within the next five years.
As part of the initiative, Wellmark Blue …
Read MoreBond market takes U.S. downgrade in stride
The $9.4 trillion U.S. government bond market is proving Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke matters more than Standard & Poor’s, according to a Bloomberg analysis.
Even though the United States is poised to run a …
Read MoreReid taps three for deficit-reduction supercommittee
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will serve on the “supercommittee” tasked with assembling a $1.5 trillion deficit-reduction package by Thanksgiving, The Hill reported. Majority …
Read MoreCapital One to buy HSBC’s credit card portfolio
Capital One announced this morning that it will purchase the U.S. credit card arm of HSBC for $2.6 billion, Reuters reported. HSBC has a credit card portfolio with $30 billion in receivables. Capital One said …
Read MoreIowa ranks No. 2 for volunteerism
For the second consecutive year, Iowa has achieved the second-highest volunteer rate in the country, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Tuesday. According to the “Volunteering in America” report recently released by the Corporation for National and …
Read MoreMPO office to move downtown
After 10 years in Urbandale, the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will move to downtown Des Moines next month, the organization announced. Effective Sept. 1, the MPO office will be located at 420 …
Read MoreIowa College Aid launches redesigned website
Iowa College Aid has redesigned its website at www.IowaCollegeAid.com to provide more streamlined navigation and additional search tools, the organization announced. In addition, the website content has been revised to focus on the topics most …
Read MoreDART Park & Rides to service State Fair
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) will offer service from all three of its Park & Ride facilities to the Iowa State Fair daily during the fair. Parking is free at all of …
Read MoreEconomists express concern about double-dip recession
The chances of another U.S. recession are rising, Reuters reported, according to the news organization’s latest poll.
The survey of more than 200 economists, published four years to the day after credit markets first started …
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