Archive for January 2012
A video delight
YouTube, Google Inc.’s video website, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, Reuters reported.
The jump in video views comes as Google pushes YouTube beyond …
Read MoreWellmark has an app for that medical inquiry
Members of Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa and South Dakota can now locate a doctor, hospital or health-care facility with the new Wellmark application for iPad, iPodTouch, and iPhone and Android smartphones. …
Read MoreConnecting Iowa
Connect Iowa and the Iowa Association of Regional Councils will launch a statewide “Connected” program to increase broadband access, adoption and use. Last week, staff of regional Council of Governments were trained by Connect Iowa …
Read MoreTech cuts reach record low
Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms dropped last year to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to …
Read MoreAlliant announces succession at the top
Alliant Energy Corp. Chairman and CEO William Harvey will retire from the company effective March 31. He has spent 25 years with Alliant and its predecessor, WPL Holdings, and has served as chairman and CEO …
Read MoreMore family fun at Meredith
Meredith Corp. has completed its acquisition of FamilyFun from Disney Publishing Worldwide. The acquisition includes the magazine, which has an audience of 6 million and rate base of 2.1 million, and its related assets, including …
Read MoreIn financial industry we don’t trust
Less than half of the public trusts financial services and banks to do what is right, making them the least-trusted industries for the second year in a row, according to an annual survey by public …
Read MoreWas Bernanke right?
Bernanke pursued new stimulus …
Read MoreMidAmerican buys more wind
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. has signed an agreement to acquire the 81-megawatt Bishop Hill II wind project near Galva, Ill., from Invenergy Wind LLC. This project, which currently is under construction, will feature 50 General …
Read MoreMarriott caps $13 million renovation
The Des Moines Marriott Downtown will unveil the City Center Lounge from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The grand opening caps a four-year, $13 million hotel renovation. The City Center Lounge boasts functional seating, …
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