Archive for December 2012
Businesses are less optimistic after election, says survey
The Hamilton Hiring Survey was conducted days after the November election, and indicates that employers are…Read More
DM plans for a green Sixth Avenue
Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks on Monday will announce details of a project to help the city build green infrastructure.
The EPA will provide …
Read MoreImproving housing markets list drops Des Moines
The number of housing markets considered to be “improving” increased this month, but Des Moines was dropped from the list.
The National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index added 76 metropolitan areas to …
Read MoreNational article takes notice of server farm bid
A recent article in Fortune identified a fight between Altoona and Kearney, Neb., for a $1.5 billion server farm project.
The article leads off by detailing a “high-tech parlor game playing out in an unlikely …
Read MoreDeal reached between Cyclones.tv, Mediacom
The Iowa State University athletics department has agreed to a five-year partnership with Mediacom to distribute programming produced on Iowa State’s Cyclones.tv on Mediacom’s cable television systems.
The agreement will allow Mediacom to broadcast five …
Read MoreWhite House Christmas card to feature Des Moines artist’s work
A Des Moines artist’s painting will be featured on the official White House Christmas card, The Des Moines Register reported.
Larassa Kabel’s work was chosen by first lady Michelle Obama over artists nationwide. Each artist …
Read MoreAIB adds two bachelor-degree programs
AIB College of Business has added bachelor’s degrees in two additional programs to its offerings in the 2013-2014 academic year.
Students can now receive a Bachelor of Science degree in contemporary business communication or sports …
Read MoreIowa spends $223 million a year in business incentives
The New York Times spent 10 months investigating incentives awarded to businesses by hundreds of cities, counties and states.
Because there is no nationwide database of these incentives, the Times put together an interactive database and …
Read MorePartnership unveils 2013 legislative agenda
The Greater Des Moines Partnership unveiled its 2013 State Legislative Agenda at its annual luncheon today at the Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel.
For the last several months, the Partnership met with its investors, chamber affiliates, …
Read MoreMaking room for tacos and frozen yogurt
You might say that Bill Byrne makes good guesses.
Byrne is an Iowa native and Iowa State University graduate who moved to South Dakota in the 1970s because, as he told an interviewer more than …
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