Archive for September 2011
Green & Main to host pair of events
Green & Main, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Iowa Heartland Resource Conservation and Development will host a pair of sustainable renovation events next week.
Green builder Bill McAnally and Judy McClure, preservation architect …
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Small business confidence at 13-month low
Confidence among U.S. small businesses dropped to a 13-month low in August as fewer companies projected better economic conditions and improving sales, Bloomberg reported.
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) optimism index decreased to …
Read MorePoverty rate up in 2010
The number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year, Reuters reported.
The Census Bureau’s annual report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage said the national poverty …
Read MoreDwolla integrates LinkedIn
Dwolla Corp. announced today that it will integrate LinkedIn into its network.
The relationship will allow LinkedIn users to send and receive funds through the social network. The goal of the service is to allow …
Read MoreState tries to collect unpaid court fees
Efforts to collect unpaid fines and court fees should increase revenue for state and local governments, the Iowa Judicial Branch said today.
The Kansas City, Mo., office of Texas-based law firm Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & …
Read MoreHormel donates to DMARC initiative
The Des Moines Area Religious Council has been awarded a $110,00 donation from Hormel Foods Corp. to support its “Mapping an End to Hunger in Greater Des Moines” project, also known as MovetheFood.
The project …
Read MoreBlue Zones to take applications for demonstration cities
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield CEO John Forsyth and Healthways Inc. President and CEO Ben Leedle Jr. today joined with Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Blue Zones LLC founder Dan Buettner to introduce the …
Read MoreRMT names new president
David Kutcher has been appointed president of Alliant Energy Corp. subsidiary RMT Inc., a renewable energy contractor. Kutcher was RMT’s chief commercial officer before the appointment, and is a graduate of the University of Iowa …
Read MoreObama jobs plan: A look at the impact on Iowa
The Obama admistration released its jobs plan today and outlined in a press release the impact it would have on Iowa.
Here’s a look at some of plan’s intended impacts on Iowa:
The plan will…Read More