Annuity sales reached new heights in 2011

Annuity sales reached new heights in 2011    The promise of minimum guaranteed income in a challenging interest-rate environment drove increased annuity sales last year, according to two industry reports released today.   According to…Read More

Nuclear power bill clears committee

Nuclear power bill clears committee The Iowa Senate Commerce Committee late yesterday passed House File 561, legislation that would enable MidAmerican Energy Co. to continue to pursue the potential of new nuclear generation in Iowa,…Read More

Justices to hear Becker appeal at Drake

Justices to hear Becker appeal at Drake The Iowa Supreme Court will conduct oral arguments in Sheslow Auditorium on the campus of Drake University on March 29 starting at 9 a.m. The justices will hear…Read More

DuPont breaks patent record

DuPont breaks patent record E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. had a record-breaking year for patent generation, with 910 new U.S. patents granted in 2011, the Delaware-based company announced today. The number of new…Read More

Forty Under 40: Complete class list

Class of 2019

Joshua V. Barr

Caroline Bettis

Shannon Bielski

Lindsay Black

Matt Blake

Karla Bromwell

Mari Bunney

Lauren Burgeson

Jennifer Carruthers

Miriam De Dios Woodward

Kendra Erkamaa

Brandon Foldes

Stephanie Greiner

Lydia Hornung

Melissa …

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CMBS payoffs spiked in February

The percentage of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) paying off jumped sharply in February, posting the second-highest reading since December 2008, according to new data from Trepp LLC, GlobeSt.com reported.

CMBS loans maturing at their balloon …

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Felice a hall of fame bricklayer

Richard Felice, who started Forrest & Associate Inc. in 1960 in Des Moines, has been inducted into the inaugural class of the Masonry Hall of Fame. Felice entered the business as a laborer before achieving …

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Foreclosures down in Greater Des Moines

Foreclosure rates in Greater Des Moines dropped to 2.45 percent in December 2011 from 2.76 percent a year earlier, according to property analysts CoreLogic Inc. Local foreclosure activity is lower than the national foreclosure rate, …

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