Archive for May 2012
Possible Greek exit hits Dow hard
Reuters reported …
Read MoreDeere donates to Ankeny’s Miracle League field
John Deere Des Moines Works has donated $240,000 toward building a Miracle League field and all-inclusive playground in Ankeny.
The city is trying to raise $1 million total for the project.
The Miracle League field …
Read MoreFoundation announces scholarship for underprivileged youth
The H. Dale and Lois Bright Foundation has established a new renewable four-year scholarship to help three Iowa students each year.
The Bright Scholars of Iowa scholarship is a need-based grant and will help students …
Read MorePrincipal announces new disability insurance plan
Principal Financial Group Inc. announced a new disability insurance option today as a lower-cost option to standard disability products.
Principal says the new basic short-term disability plan is a simpler way for companies to provide …
Read MoreCanadians taking troubled downtown properties off the market
A Canadian investment group bought Keck City Center on Friday and four days later unveiled its remodel of the Partnership Building to accommodate 34 executive office spaces.
The Winnipeg-based group paid cash for both buildings: …
Read MoreRDG receives award for Wisconsin project
RDG Planning & Design and Western Technical College in La Crosse, Wis., have received a design award from the Central States chapters of the American Society of Landscape Architects for a campus courtyard that established …
Read MoreThe Top 10 States for Startup Companies
More than 7,300 start-up companies from all 50 states so far have joined the Startup America Partnership (www.s.co), a network that provides online and local resources and connections to help young companies grow. Iowa start-up …
Read MoreStudy: Many small businesses missing out on health-care credit
Millions of small businesses that provide health insurance to their employees are missing out on a tax break that could help pay for those costs, according to a report from Families USA and Small Business …
Read MoreIowa has gap to fill in ‘middle-skilled’ workers
Strategic America partners with Medikly
West Des Moines-based Strategic America (SA) has partnered with a New Jersey company to bring its clients a better way to engage, analyze and track its audience in the area of health-care marketing.
Medikly Inc. …
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