Archive for July 2012
Carving a company’s future in stone
After 27 years running a company where everything but the business plan is cut in stone, Teresa Van Vleet-Danos is planning for a future that doesn’t include being in the office every day for 70 …
Read MoreBERKO: Big losses for RIMM shareholder
Dear Mr. Berko:
I made a huge mistake taking your advice to buy 200 shares of Research In Motion that you strongly recommended in your column at $128 shortly after its 3-for-1 split in 2007. …
Read MoreGUEST OPINION: Align college choice with cost, career potential
There has been a lot of media attention focused on the growing debt load of college students, increasingly so after the cumulative U.S. student loan debt reached the $1 trillion mark earlier this year. With …
Read MoreBy the numbers: July Fourth
This week, millions of Americans fired up the grill, gazed at fireworks displays and left town to celebrate July Fourth. A National Retail Federation survey conducted by research group BIGinsight spoke with 8,760 Americans from …
Read MoreLegal Beat: Keller Williams v. Iowa Realty
The claim:
Golden Circle Real Estate Group LLC, doing business as Keller Williams Realty Greater Des Moines, filed a lawsuit June 17 claiming that Iowa Realty Co. Inc. is violating real estate contracts and interfering …
80/35 sets out to be more green
At this year’s festival, recycling and compost bins can be …
Read MoreGlobal farm trend good for Deere
Iowa economic index rose slightly in May
The Iowa Department of Revenue said Thursday that its Iowa Leading Indicators index rose to 104.8 in May, a 0.1 point increase from April.
Previously, the index increased for five months straight, then dropped by …
Read MoreDelta Dental donates to give children screenings
Delta Dental of Iowa has donated more than $5,000 to help children get free dental screenings before the school year.
The donation is part of Delta’s Giving Back and Investing in Iowa program. All children …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: What’s your heart telling you?
“You will understand
Listen with your heart
You will understand
Let it break upon you
Like a wave upon the sand
Listen with your heart
You will understand”
And so spoke the great marketing philosopher …
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