Archive for March 2012
2012 Forty Under 40 Alumnus of the year: Jay Byers
The Business Record has announced that Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, is the winner of the 2012 Northwestern Mutual Forty Under 40 Alumnus of the Year award. The award is given …
Read MoreLong-term care field shrinking
Advisers were left with one fewer long-term care insurer (LTCI) when Prudential Financial Inc. backed away from the individual LTCI business this week, InvestmentNews reported. Though the carrier will continue selling group LTCI coverage, its …
Read MoreKirkwood plans ‘Sustainability Village’
Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids is seeking a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to construct an educational and research facility near its energy management training center in Jones Hall and a recently installed …
Read MoreDice to buy back more shares
Dice Holdings Inc.’s board of directors has authorized as much as $65 million in additional stock buybacks, according to Dow Jones Newswires. The company owns Urbandale-based Dice.com, a professional career website. The new authorization takes …
Read MoreWest Bancorporation income rises
West Bancorporation Inc. reported this week that 2011 net income available to common shareholders was $12.9 million, compared with $11.1 million in 2010, or slightly more than a 16 percent increase. In 2011, West Bancorporation …
Read MoreGreece dodges default for now
Greece averted the immediate threat of an uncontrolled default today, Reuters reported, winning strong acceptance from its private creditors for a bond swap deal that will eat into its mountainous public debt and clear the …
Read MoreStrong increase in employment
Employers in the United States boosted payrolls more than forecast in February, Bloomberg reported, indicating that companies are growing more optimistic about the economic expansion. The jobless rate held at 8.3 percent.
The 227,000 increase …
Read MoreIowaBiz Blog: What I learned from Great by Choice
OUR VIEW: Addressing the wrong problem
Cruelty to animals is an important topic in a farm state such as ours. However, when the Iowa Legislature passed House File 589, criminalizing undercover investigations on farms, it was not acting to deal with …
GUEST OPINION: Sports events can burnish our image
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In a couple of weeks, Greater Des Moines will be bustling with student-athletes, coaches and fans from all over for the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Regional Championship at Wells Fargo …
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