Archive for May 2012
Jobless claims dropped last week
First-time claims for jobless benefits fell last week to a one-month low, helping allay concern that the labor market may suffer an extended setback, Bloomberg reported.
Jobless claims dropped by 1,000 to 367,000 in the …
Read MoreShorter name, larger opportunities
A Des Moines marketing consultancy has shortened its name to reflect its growth, according to a news release. Relationship Marketing Inc. said it is relaunching the company as RMi to reflect the firm’s growth and …
Read MoreMeta Financial reports increase in earnings
Meta Financial Group Inc. reported net income for its 2012 fiscal second quarter of $10 million, or $3.10 per share, compared with $2.7 million, or 88 cents per share, for the year-ago period. For the …
Read MoreOperating expenses tug at CenturyLink earnings
CenturyLink Inc. has reported a first-quarter profit of $200 million, or 32 cents pershare, down from $211 million, or 69 cents a share, a year earlier. Excluding integration and severance-related costs and other impacts, earnings …
Read MoreReport: 5 percent of global revenues lost to fraud
Organizations around the world lose an estimated 5 percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a report released today by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Applied to the 2011 gross world …
Read MoreIowa graded C+ in overall business friendliness
Iowa received a grade of C+ in “overall business friendliness” in a nationwide survey of more than 6,000 small business owners. The state was rated high in business-friendly regulations but was weighed down by low …
Read MoreYear-over-year bankruptcy filings down 13 percent
Bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31 fell 13 percent compared to bankruptcy filings from the same period a year earlier, according to statistics released today by the Administrative Office of the U.S. …
Read MoreApril record month for Iowa Events Center
April was one of the busiest months in the Iowa Events Center’s history, the facility’s operator, Global Spectrum, said Wednesday. A total of 66 events took place in Wells Fargo Arena, Hy-Vee Hall, and Community …
Read More$15,000 grant to provide hospitals with infant CPR training kits
The American Heart Association’s Central Iowa office has received a $15,000 charitable grant, which it will use to purchase 546 infant CPR training kits for Central Iowa hospitals to distribute to expecting parents. The grant …
Read MoreBankers Trust receives marketing award
Bankers Trust Co. recently received an Iowa Bankers Association (IBA) Best of Iowa bank marketing award. The award recognized the company’s 2011 Business and Technology series, which consisted of two one-day conferences in which bank …
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