Archive for September 2012
Winery partners with Heart of Iowa
Heart of Iowa Market Place in Valley Junction has signed an exclusive agreement with Stone Cliff Winery in Dubuque to offer custom-labeled wines in Greater Des Moines, the companies announced. Custom labels are popular with …
Read MoreBERKO: He’s bullish on health insurers
Dear Mr. Berko:
We are going to cash in a SunAmerica annuity in which we invested $60,000 in 2006 and should get a check for about $51,000, and that really angered us because the broker …
Read MoreGITOMER: The mastermind process
Calls not getting returned? Prospects telling you your price is too high? Prospective customers asking for three bids? Unable to get to the real decision maker?
Do you think you’re the ONLY salesperson facing these …
Read MoreMCLELLAN: Serve snack-sized marketing
Ever hear those radio spots where the announcers are talking so fast it sounds as if they didn’t take a breath for the entire 60 seconds?
That’s an example of “shove it all in” thinking, …
Read MoreTHE ELBERT FILES: A need for more downtown green
Something that has been missing from downtown Des Moines the past three years – playable, open green space – may be on the verge of returning to the central city.
Before the John and Mary …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Nick Gerhart
Nick Gerhart was appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad in June to become Iowa’s next insurance commissioner. He will succeed Susan Voss, who will retire at the end of this year. Gerhart was significantly involved in …
Read MoreA new game plan
Ticket prices were among the highest in the nation. Passenger numbers were declining.
Des Moines City Manager Rick Clark felt a timeout was necessary.
“There was a sense that something needed to change,” Clark said. …
Read MoreIowa Radiology upgrades to 3-D mammography scanners
Iowa Radiology P.C. has installed new state-of-the-art digital mammography technology at three of its Greater Des Moines clinics. The diagnostic tools will help doctors detect breast cancers at earlier stages and save more lives.
Iowa …
Read More7 Best white-collar jobs
Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, the website 24/7 Wall St. projected which jobs are expected to grow the most before 2020. Here are seven white-collar fields that are expected to grow by more …
Read MoreBERKO: Don’t replace Genuine Auto Parts with an annuity
Dear Mr. Berko:
In March 2009, I bought 400 shares of Genuine Parts Co. at $27 because it paid a 6 percent dividend, and I also figured that more Americans would own their cars longer …
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