Archive for August 2011
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and Federal Home Loan Bank System net income
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines reported net income of $19.1 million for the quarter that ended June 30, a 45 percent increase from net income of $13.2 million in the year-ago period. …
Read MoreHow safe is your hospital?
Want to know the chances of getting an infection following surgery at an Iowa hospital? The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative last week announced that it has updated its hospital performance information on its website, www.ihconline.org.
Iowa …
Read MoreYPC aims to educate more than just young professionals with Nonprofit Forum
The Young Professionals Connection (YPC) will hold its fourth annual Nonprofit Forum on Sept. 22, but this one is a little different.
The first three events were geared toward letting young professionals learn about other …
Read MoreTotal compensation drops for top execs at Casey’s
The top five officers of Casey’s General Stores Inc. all received less in total compensation for the fiscal year that ended April 30 than in the previous year, according to the Ankeny-based company’s proxy statement.…
Rise in unemployment claims doesn’t worry analysts
Striking workers at Verizon Communications pushed up new U.S. jobless claims last week, but there was little evidence that the recent stock market turmoil had scared businesses enough for them to cut workers, Reuters reported.…
Read MoreForty percent of small businesses say profits are down
A prolonged economic slump is taking a heavy toll on small businesses, with owners reporting sharp declines in profits and a bleaker outlook, The Wall Street Journal reported.
In an Office Depot survey of 1,000 …
Read MoreNeighborhood Finance becomes Home Loan Bank member
Neighborhood Finance Corp., a not-for-profit mortgage bank that provides lending programs and other services to facilitate neighborhood revitalization in Des Moines, recently joined the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of Des Moines as its first …
Read MoreDwolla upgrades service with new product
Dwolla Corp. yesterday announced that it is launching a new product called Proxi, which will allow users to send and receive cash-based mobile payments based on their proximity to another connected device.
The technology cuts …
Read MoreCriticized loans declining, report says
The credit quality of large loan commitments owned by U.S. banking organizations, foreign banking organizations and nonbanks, such as insurance companies, improved in 2011 for the second consecutive year, according to the Shared National Credits …
Read MoreABI compiles voting records
The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) has released a list of how Iowa legislators voted on bills and amendments affecting Iowa’s business climate.
The ABI said that 56 members of the House of …
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