Archive for September 2011
Architects honored with AIA award
Five architecture firms received the 2011 AIA Iowa Excellence in Design Award of Merit at an event held Thursday by the American Institute of Architects, Iowa vhapter (AIA Iowa).
ASK Studio, BNIM Architects, Neumann Monson …
Read MoreEnvironmental groups address Congress
The Iowa Environmental Council and 55 other policy and advocacy organizations called on Congress to observe basic conservation principles in agriculture legislation, in a document released by the American Farmland Trust.
The coalition of national, …
Read MorePrincipal sets third-quarter call
Principal Financial Group Inc. will release third-quarter 2011 financial results after U.S. markets close on Oct. 27.
The following day at 9 a.m., CEO Larry Zimpleman and chief financial officer Terry Lillis will discuss the …
Read MoreVariety grant to Food Bank
The Food Bank of Iowa has received a $35,000 grant from Variety – The Children’s Charity.
This grant will directly affect the organization’s Backpack Buddies program, which provides more than 1,500 elementary-age children with nonperishable …
Read MoreIowaBiz Blog: To C or not to C
GUEST OPINION: Tune out the noise, move ahead
Paralysis is rarely a winning strategy. And with all of the economic and political uncertainty of the past summer, it’s hard to be decisive right now, isn’t it? Businesses had just found their footing in …
Former congressman helps Internet alliance push for merger
The proposed merger between AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. has hit a roadblock, but the deal would provide an enormous boon for President Barack Obama’s plan to deliver broadband service to 98 percent of …
Obama administration calls for new fees to rehab aging locks and dams on nation’s inland waterways
President Barack Obama has proposed new fees on U.S. inland-waterways users, such as Cargill Inc., that would raise $1.1 billion in 10 years to build and repair locks and dams, Bloomberg reported.
The administration is …
Read MoreSBA plans changes to CAPLines lending program
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is streamlining its CAPLines lending program, with the changes becoming effective Saturday, Oct. 1.
Changes include reducing the number of lending categories and lengthening maturity dates on most loans.…
Read MoreGITOMER: Great minds combined
The idea of a mastermind group was put forth and expounded upon by Napoleon Hill in his two classic books: “Think and Grow Rich,” written in 1937, and “How to Sell Your Way Through Life,” …