Archive for January 2013
BERKO: Ignorance is bliss for scammers
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Read MoreBERKO: Crime and lack of punishment
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Read MoreOn the move: 2012
Week of Dec. 28
Kevin McDonald
Make-A-Wish Iowa
Appointed chairman of the board of directors.
Randy Roth
Make-A-Wish Iowa
Appointed vice chairman of the board of directors.
Danielle Kuhn
Make-A-Wish Iowa
Appointed finance chair of …
Folkestad to speak at Jan. 16 BIZ luncheon
Bob Folkestad, president of Creative Werks Inc. will speak on his transition from engineer to entrepreneur at the Business Innovation Zone’s Jan. 16 luncheon (read a Business Record feature on Creative Werks here).
The event …
Read More2012 Archive Issues: November
Business Record: November 2, 2012
Annuities hit their stride
Boomers seeking safety and earnings drive shift of assets to guaranteed products.
Focus: Investment & tax planning
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Business Record: November 9, 2012
Zeroing in …
Read More2012 Archive Issues: October
Business Record: October 5, 2012
Don’t get burned
Could your business easily find e-mails and other digital documents under legal subpoena?
Focus: Legal Issues
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Business Record: October 12, 2012
Feeling the squeeze
The …
Teaching teens to be money-smart is exec’s passion
When he was president of Wells Fargo & Co.’s consumer credit card division, Mike McCoy was responsible for about 5,000 workers in a global company with more than 280,000 employees. Today, as CEO of BillMyParents …
Read MoreIowa crop losses top $1 billion
Last summer’s drought caused more than $1 billion in corn and soybean cross losses, according figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in The Des Moines Register.
The losses are covered through federally-subsidized corp …
Read MoreWater Works turns over Botanical Gardens
After 9 years of operating the city’s botanical center, the Des Moines Water Works this morning ceremonially turned over the keys to the center to its new operators, The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden nonprofit …
Read MoreMidAmerican Solar acquires two California projects
MidAmerican Solar, a subsidiary of Des Moines-based MidAmerican Renewables, has acquired two co-located solar projects in California that when completed will form the largest permitted solar photovoltaic power development in the world.
MidAmerican Solar acquired …
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