Archive for January 2013
Who’s more popular than Bubba?
Orchestrate Hospitality’s newest venture Bubba, a Southern-style pop-up restaurant put together by Chef Scott Stroud and Christopher Diebel, has sold out for its Jan. 10-12 run at Hoyt Sherman Place.
About 450 guests are expected …
Read MoreWalnut Street retail consultant to speak on Jan. 15
Retail consultant Robert Gibbs will present his final report for Walnut Street’s revitalization efforts to the community on Jan. 15 at 3 p.m. at the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Arthur Davis conference room.
Gibbs was …
Read MoreMarch is deadline to switch to paperless Social Security
Millions of Americans still receiving paper checks for Social Security and other federal benefits have less than two months to switch to electronic payments,CNNMoney.com reported.
Federal officials began retiring paper checks in favor of direct deposits …
Read MoreDenson anticipates five more years as DMACC president
Des Moines Area Community College President Rob Denson told the Business Record today that he plans to remain in the position for another five years. Denson, who has been president since 2003, said he had …
Read MoreMLK scholarship fund banquet on Jan. 17
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Scholarship Fund will host its annual banquet on Jan. 17 to raise money to help minority students in Iowa attend college. The program will begin at 5 p.m. at …
Read MoreDMACC looks to expand student services building
Des Moines Area Community College is proposing an estimated $4.5 million addition to its student services building at 2100 S. Ankeny Blvd. The school would add 11,650 square feet to the existing 26,000 square-foot one-story …
Read MoreHealth-care expenditures reach new record
Health care expenditures in the United States increased only modestly in 2011, but expenditures now are nearly double what they were just over a decade ago, according to government research released Monday, Business Insurance reported.
In …
Read MoreNo bones about it, SCI plans a big exhibit
You could say that an exhibit debuting next month at the Science Center of Iowa (SCI) took 67 million years to create. SCI’s newest exhibit, “A T.rex Named Sue,” will feature a cast of the …
Read MoreInvestors object to proposed settlement in DeWaay case
Investors with former Clive-based broker dealer DeWaay Financial Network say other attorneys did not dig deep enough when they filed two class-action lawuits seeking to recoup investments that went sour.
Court documents filed last week …
Read MoreAthene completes acquisition of Presidential Life
Athene Holding Ltd., the Bermuda-based private equity firm that’s buying West Des Moines-based Aviva USA, announced Wednesday that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of New York-based Presidential Life Corp., LifeHealthPro reported.
The acquisition …
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