Archive for January 2015
Public Companies: West Bancorporation Inc.
Headquarters: West Des Moines
Website: www.westbankstrong.com
Ticker symbol: WTBA
Employees: 185
If you judge it solely on stock price, West Bancorporaton Inc. is one of the top performing companies in the state. Over the past …
Read MorePublic Companies: Casey’s General Stores Inc.
Headquarters: Ankeny
Website: www.caseys.com
Ticker symbol: CASY
Employees: 31,000
If you ask CEO Robert Myers, Casey’s General Stores Inc. has a single “big, hairy, audacious goal” — to serve 1.5 billion customers annually by the …
Read MoreGainers & Drainers
And the winner is … NewLink Genetics Corp.
The Ames-based company, which you can read more about on page 16, was far and away the biggest gainer of the 21 Iowa-based public companies included in …
Read MoreBusiness Record 1-9-15
Building a billion dollar bank
Lincoln Savings Bank is headed toward $1 billion in assets, thanks to a growth in commercial lending
Focus: Banking & Finance
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Read MoreUniversity of Iowa president to retire in August
University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced today that she will retire after eight years at the school’s helm.
Mason, 64, became UI’s 20th president in August 2007, less than a year before the campus …
Read MoreTo shed interest debt, move to Iowa
Iowans will carry a lower interest payment load over their lifetimes than residents of any other state or the District of Columbia, according to Credit.com, MarketWatch reported.
The average American consumer will pay nearly $280,000 …
Read MoreVan Meter Inc. to acquire Miller Electric Supply
Miller Electric Supply Inc. and Van Meter Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement for Van Meter to purchase Miller Electric, a leading electrical distributor with locations in Dubuque and Clinton. The transaction, …
Read MoreImmigration nonprofit to host fundraiser for refugee kids
Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors and its Circle of Friends will host a benefit from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at Dorsey & Whitney law firm, 801 Grand Ave., Suite 4100, to expand immigration …
Read MoreStatewide house sales dropped slightly last year, prices rose
Iowa house sales dipped 0.4 percent in 2014, while prices increased 1.5 percent, the Iowa Association of Realtors said today in its year-end report. “This is the third consecutive year with an increase in home …
Read MoreLeadership Institute team partners with YESS to furnish expansion
One of four teams within this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program has partnered with Youth Emergency Shelter and Services to better the nonprofit’s ability to serve kids in need. For the …
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