Archive for January 2012
IBC releases Iowa Competitive Index
IBC releases Iowa Competitive Index
The Iowa Business Council released its 2012 Iowa Competitive Index yesterday at its 26th Annual Partnership Meeting. The state showed no significant changes in any of the five indicator categories,…Read More
Survey: Small business payrolls grew at slower rate
Small business payrolls grew at a slower rate in January, and wages fell, according to Reuters. Payrolls processing firm Intuit said that small businesses added 50,000 jobs in the month, down from 60,000 in December. …
Read MoreNAWBO summit early registration ends tomorrow
NAWBO summit early registration ends tomorrow
Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Women Mean Business Summit to be held by the National Association of Women Business Owners of Central Iowa (NAWBO-CI). The…Read More
Harris to speak at BIZ luncheon
Harris to speak at BIZ luncheon
Emily Harris, intellectual property attorney at Davis Brown Law Firm, will be the speaker at the Feb. 15 luncheon to be held by the Business Innovation Zone. The event…Read More
Study: Cyber attack could be costly, devastating
Companies including utilities, banks and phone carriers would have to spend almost nine times more on cybersecurity to prevent what is being called a digital Pearl Harbor that would plunge millions into darkness, Bloomberg reported.…Read More
Republicans call for $260 billion in infrastructure spending
House Republicans will propose legislation today calling for $260 billion in spending on transportation infrastructure in the next five years, Reuters reported.
Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica was due to formally introduce the measure and …
Read MorePrincipal moves to quarterly dividend
Principal moves to quarterly dividend
Principal Financial Group Inc. announced today that it will move to a quarterly common stock dividend schedule. The change will begin in the first quarter of 2012. Until now,…Read More
QCR Holdings announces record net income
QCR Holdings announces record net income
Quad Cities-based banking company QCR Holdings Inc. announced a record net income of $2.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 and a record net income of $9.7 million…Read More
IowaBiz Blog: There is no tax fairy
Hiring in the technology sector is gaining momentum
Among U.S. technology companies with market values exceeding $100 million, almost 50 increased employment by more than half in the most recently reported two-year period, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Some small and mid-size …
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