Archive for January 2014
Morning business headlines: 1-13-14
Federal Reserve said to probe banks over foreign exchange fixing
Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve is investigating whether traders at the world’s biggest banks rigged benchmark currency rates, raising the risk that firms will be penalized …
Read MoreFBL names new chief operating officer
FBL Financial Group Inc. announced that Richard Kypta, chief operating officer – life companies, will retire on March 1. John Currier Jr., currently chief actuary, will succeed Kypta upon his retirement. Currier (pictured), who is 43, joined …
Read MoreText your boss? I quit. LOL ;-)
A new app aims to relieve the stress and anxiety of confronting the boss with the news that you’re quitting by sending a text message instead, Reuters reported. Although the new iPhone app is meant to …
Read MoreRegistration open for Women Mean Business Summit
The Central Iowa chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will hold its sixth annual Women Mean Business Summit on Feb. 27. The summit’s purpose is to help attendees learn how other businesswomen …
Read MoreBallet Des Moines to host BLACK AND WHITE Masquerade
Ballet Des Moines and host Connie Wimer will entertain Des Moines arts enthusiasts at their BLACK AND WHITE Masquerade in the penthouse of the Whiteline Lofts, 120 S.W. Fifth St., this Saturday at 9 p.m. …
Read More2014 Top 25 Most Influential Business Leaders announced
For the second straight year, Suku Radia, president and CEO of Bankers Trust Co., has been voted by Business Record readers as the Most Influential Business Leader in the Metro area.Radia topped the annual list …
Read MoreMedian home price jumped $5,000 in December
Event firm’s new assistant VP to oversee Principal Charity Classic
Birmingham, Ala.-based Bruno Event Team, which manages The Principal Charity Classic, has named Greg Conrad as assistant vice president of the golf division. Conrad will oversee the Charity Classic, which will be played from May …
Read MoreOstrem was correct to file insurance fraud case in Iowa
A Polk County judge erred in dismissing a case in which former Greater Des Moines luxury car dealer Dave Ostrem claimed he was defrauded after buying a no-cost life insurance policy, the Iowa Supreme Court …
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