Archive for August 2012
Power Breakfast: What makes a leader inspirational?
• Tuesday, June 12th, 2012
“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.” – Jack Welch
Great leaders build a fully engaged team where …
Read More2012 Archived Issues: June
Business Record: June 1, 2012
80/35 festival strikes a chord
The downtown event is helping Des Moines achieve its mission of attracting and retaining young professionals.
Focus: Arts & entertainment
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Business Record: June …
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Business Record: May 4, 2012
Shooting for the stars
Wealth adviser Matt Busick overcomes life-changing injury to build innovative investment firm
Focus: Private banking & trust services
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Business Record: May 11, 2012
What …
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Business Record: April 6, 2012
A hardening market
After years of declining premiums, property/casualty is shifting to a seller’s market
Focus: insurance
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Business Record: April 13, 2012
The big question
What is the …
Isaac may cost insurers $2 billion
Isaac, the storm drenching drenching Arkansas and Louisiana, may cost insurers as much as $2 billion in the U.S., risk-modeling firm AIR Worldwide said.
Bloomberg reports that the industry’s claims costs, including wind and storm-surge …
Read MoreSpain capital outflows rise nearly 40 percent in June
Spain saw close to a 40 percent rise in capital outflow in June, Bank of Spain data showed on Friday, as investor confidence in a country struggling to balance its public accounts eroded further.
According …
Read MoreE-Trade, TradeKing agree to antitrust provisions
Attorney General Tom Miller on Thursday announced agreements with online retail brokers E-Trade and TradeKing as part of a three-state investigation into potential violations of antitrust law in the retail securities brokerage industry. The investigation …
Read MoreFlying this weekend? Triathlons may detour you
Des Moines International Airport officials are reminding people that Fleur Drive southbound will be closed from 6 a.m. to noon Saturday for the Iron Kids Championship and Sunday from 4 a.m. to noon for the Hy-Vee …
Read MoreMoment of silence for ISU’s Mack
Fans attending this Saturday’s Iowa State Cyclones football home opener versus Tulsa will observe a moment of silence before the game in memory of longtime ISU professor Barbara Mack, who died earlier this month. A …
Read MoreHatch breaks ground on rent-to-own housing project
Hatch Development Group broke ground Friday on Greystone Homes, a project consisting of 26 single-family “rent-to-own” homes east of Drake University. Tenants will be able to purchase the houses following a 20-year compliance period. “It’s …
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