January 2013 - Page 14 of 24

Emily Weikert Memorial Scholarship announced

By user | January 16, 2013 |

The West Bancorporation Foundation Inc. and the family of Emily Weikert have announced a $100,000 philanthropic gift that will establish an endowed scholarship in memory of Emily Weikert.

A 2005 graduate of Valley High School …

Leadership Institute to partner with Amanda the Panda on grief center

By user | January 16, 2013 |

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute announced today that its 2013 class project will be to remodel a former hospice in West Des Moines as an Amanda the Panda grief center.

Amanda the Panda provides …

Could Walnut Street attract 45 shops and restaurants?

By user | January 16, 2013 |

Downtown Des Moines could support up to 45 additional retail stores and restaurants. The question is: will leaders take the necessary steps to make it happen?

“(Retail stores) will be built anyway. So you have …

Business Record: January 11, 2013

By user | January 16, 2013 |

Business Record: January 4, 2013

By user | January 16, 2013 |

Simpler IRS rules to make home office deduction easier

By user | January 16, 2013 |

In the midst of the debt ceiling gloom, the Internal Revenue Service provided a piece of good news on Tuesday for owners of many home-based businesses: simplified rules for figuring their deductions on home offices.…Read More

JP Morgan CEO gets 50 percent pay cut

By user | January 16, 2013 |

Jamie Dimon, CEO at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will have his pay cut in half after the bank’s board reviewed his role in $6.2 billion in losses through the company’s chief investment office.

Bloomberg reported that …

Iowa home prices up in December

By user | January 16, 2013 |

Iowa Home prices were up significantly in December compared with the previous year, while the number of sales held steady, the Iowa Association of Realtors (IAR) reported.

According to the IAR’s December 2012 Housing Trends …