FBL names new board member

By user | January 19, 2012 |
FBL names new board member    FBL Financial Group Inc. announced that Dennis Presnall has been elected to the company’s board of directors as a Class B director, and has been elected to the board’s…Read More

YPC to host entrepreneur events

By user | January 19, 2012 |
YPC to host entrepreneur events    The Young Professionals Connection (YPC) will host a pair of entrepreneur events next week. An event on Tuesday will focus on resources available to entrepreneurs and start-ups in the…Read More

2012 Year in Preview: Sales & Marketing

By user | January 19, 2012 |
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Multi-platform marketing

In-store displays, direct-mail pieces, newspaper advertising and social media are just a few ways to market a message. Increasingly, businesses will need to find ways to deliver the same message across all platforms.…

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A haircut at West Glen

By user | January 18, 2012 |

The deal to sell West Glen Town Center to a Nebraska investment group would have resulted in a significant loss to lenders. Agman Holdings LLC filed a lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Des …

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Creative Visions to host entrepreneurial forum

By user | January 18, 2012 |
Creative Visions to host entrepreneurial forum Creative Visions, along with co-sponsors AT&T and Iowans for Social and Economic Development, will host a forum on entrepreneurship and business development on Jan. 26. The event will be…Read More

Gotcha! Traffic camera fines doubled in December

By user | January 18, 2012 |
Gotcha! Traffic camera fines doubled in December  The City of Des Moines continued to lighten the wallets of speeders and red-light runners last month, collecting fines totaling $270,866 from more than 4,100 citations. According to…Read More

SEC seeks comments on investor disclosure rules

By user | January 18, 2012 |
SEC seeks comments on investor disclosure rules  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  today published on its website a request for public comment on financial literacy and investor disclosure issues that it is studying as…Read More

DeWaay: A reputation at risk

By user | January 18, 2012 |
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For more than 27 years, Don DeWaay worked his way through the financial services industry with barely a blemish.

Today, he is a man with a target on his back.

“It’s killing me,” DeWaay said …

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Survey: Midwest manufacturers upbeat about economy

By user | January 18, 2012 |
Survey: Midwest manufacturers upbeat about economy Manufacturing companies are more optimistic about the economy than their non-manufacturing counterparts, according to the newest National Economic Trends Survey. The survey of nearly 2,000 organizations reflects a more…Read More