Archive for May 2012
Speaker discusses U.S.-Muslim relations
Ahmad will focus on citizen-to-citizen engagement …
Read MoreFBL reports lower first-quarter earning
Excluding the …
Read MoreBERKO: How memorable is investing in sports memorabilia?
Dear Mr. Berko:
An old neighbor began collecting baseball memorabilia in the early 1990s and died last year at 83. My husband and I enjoyed his baseball “trophy room,” where he kept his substantial collection …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: Time for a website redesign?
In today’s marketplace, prospects’ first impression of a company often comes from its website. It’s a rare purchase today that doesn’t begin with some sort of research or due diligence. And as customers (in both …
Read MoreA journey of compassion
You set off on a conversation about wealth management with Dr. Richard Deming, and the talk soon turns to compassion.
That turn probably isn’t surprising, given that much of Deming’s medical work is devoted as …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jack Harris
Jack Harris retired from Rockwell Collins Inc. last September and immediately started working to get the Iowa Innovation Corp. up and running. The Iowa Innovation Corp. is a public-private partnership that contracts with the Iowa …
Read MoreShooting for the stars
After a spinal cord injury in 2006 left him partially paralyzed, Matt Busick was forced to re-evaluate his hard-charging lifestyle as an investment adviser for a major national firm. Four years ago, he launched River …
Read MoreNEW INITIATIVE: Des Moines Age-Friendly City
The aging Baby Boomer generation has been called the “silver tsunami,” and Greater Des Moines is already riding the crest of that wave.
Less than two decades from now, it’s estimated that more than one-third …
Read MoreInnovative Companies: Tikly LLC
The problem:
Founder Emma Peterson, who has worked with local band The Nadas for more than two years, was tired of seeing consumers have to shell out extra money in add-on fees when they bought …
Read MoreIndicators show economy may be slowing
The non-manufacturing sector continued to grow in April, but at a slower rate than in March, with a widely followed index dropping 2.5 points to 53.5, according to numbers released today by the Institute for …
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