Archive for September 2011
Google offers free Web tools for Iowa businesses
Google Inc.’s Iowa Get Your Business Online service has launched. The programs is intended to help businesses establish a website, find new customers and expand, according to a news release. Participating Iowa businesses will receive …
Read MoreBerkshire plans for life without Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. expanded its succession plan for Warren Buffett today, saying Virginia fund manager Ted Weschler will join the company early next year to help oversee its investments. Berkshire said Weschler and Todd Combs, …
Read MoreGovernor hits the road
Gov. Terry Branstad announced today that he will lead a trade mission to Japan, South Korea and China, where he will meet with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping and securities, banking and insurance regulators. In …
Read MoreInternational bank rules are ‘anti-American,’ JPMorgan chief says
The United States should consider pulling out of the Basel group of global banking regulators, Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., said in an interview with the Financial Times, Reuters reported.
Dimon said …
Read MoreWill the new McGraw-Hill rate textbooks?
McGraw-Hill Cos. Inc. said today it plans to split into two public companies, with one holding its Standard & Poor’s ratings and index businesses and the other holding its textbook publishing units.
The move is …
Read MoreEstimates of bank profits cut an average of 45 percent
U.S. banks’ third-quarter profit estimates were cut an average 45 percent by Citigroup Inc. on concern that the global equities rout and volatility in credit markets will pare earnings from trading and investment banking, Bloomberg …
Read MoreBank of America in cost-cutting mode
Bank of America Corp. CEO Brian Moynihan said the company is looking to cut $5 billion in annual costs. The bank has about 50 senior employees reviewing some 150,000 ideas for cutting costs, Moynihan said. …
Read MoreHoover open house is today
Hoover High School will celebrate its completed renovations with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 6:45 p.m. today in the school’s new Technology Learning Center. Entertainment will include the Hoover Huskies band and student speakers. Hoover …
Read MoreBuy Fresh, Buy Local harvest fundraiser set
Greater Des Moines Buy Fresh Buy Local (BFBL), a project of Drake University and Iowa Heartland Resource Conservation and Development, will host 200 supporters on Oct. 9 at its second annual Harvest Party fundraiser. The …
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