Archive for May 2012
Farmers Mutual hires Miles Capital
Miles Capital Inc. will now manage $220 million in assets for Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH), the two West Des Moines-based companies announced today.
Miles Capital will be the fixed income manager …
Read MoreFirm wins engineering award for trail and bridge
Snyder & Associates Inc., of Ankeny, took home the Grand Conceptor award from the Engineering Excellence Awards this weekend, the highest honor from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Iowa (ACEC).
The company won …
Read MoreBOS helping students travel to culinary competition
Two teams of students from the Des Moines Schools’ Central Campus Culinary Program are hoping to raise $15,000 to help them travel to a national culinary competition in Orlando, Fla., this summer.
The students are …
Read MoreYPC to host three speakers for Civic Cafe panel
Des Moines’ Young Professionals Connection will host three speakers tomorrow at the Des Moines Partnership building, 700 Locust St., Suite 100, to discuss their group’s plans to improve Des Moines and attract more young professionals …
Read MoreEuropean elections cause worry, stock declines
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Read MoreIndicted developer faces jail time in divorce case
Developer John Kline, facing trail on federal bank and wire fraud charges, also faces 30 days in the Marion County Jail unless he pays a $221,897 court order by May 14.
Kline, …
Read MoreBerkshire holds shareholder meeting
Warren Buffett and Charles Munger reassured investors in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. about the company’s profitability during a shareholders meeting in Omaha, where the two took questions for more than than five hours.
Buffett said the …
Read MoreMain Street Iowa recognizes volunteers
Gov. Terry Branstad and Debi Burham, director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, recognized communities across Iowa on Friday during the annual Main Street Iowa awards.
Main Street organizations throughout Iowa have tracked $1 billion …
Read MoreBranstad announces STEM hubs
Six communities across Iowa were selected as the first locations to implement Gov. Terry Branstad’s new initiative to better prepare students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
Branstad said STEM jobs are among the …
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