Archive for January 2015
AIB to become University of Iowa Des Moines campus
AIB College of Business over the next year or so will convert into a Des Moines campus of the University of Iowa, if the state Board of Regents approves the deal.
Regents President Bruce …
Read MoreAnother downtown site being cleared for development
Morning business headlines: 1-26-15
AT&T to buy Nextel Mexico’s wireless assets for $1.9 billion
Bloomberg: AT&T Inc., the second-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, agreed to buy NII Holdings Inc.’s Mexican wireless assets for $1.875 billion in its third deal …
Read MoreAIB College of Business, University of Iowa to make ‘historic’ announcement
The presidents of AIB College of Business and the University of Iowa will make what they are calling a ‘historic’ agreement at 1 p.m. at AIB. Also appearing will be the chairman of the state …
Read MoreBravo awards $450,000 in grants to local organizations
Bravo Greater Des Moines has awarded $450,000 in grants to 12 Central Iowa arts and culture organizations. The awards are part of Bravo’s 2015 Capital Campaign and Projects grant program. The largest capital grants ever …
Read MoreLCS, CareSouth strengthen partnership for senior living services
Des Moines-based senior living services company LCS announced today that home health care provider CareSouth has exercised its option to increase its ownership interest to 70 percent of the Health at Home joint venture partnership …
Read MoreLCS, CareSouth strengthen partnership for senior living services
Des Moines-based senior living services company LCS announced today that home health care provider CareSouth has exercised its option to increase its ownership interest to 70 percent of the Health at Home joint venture partnership …
Read MoreStarbucks strengthens move to offer mobile payments
Starbucks Corp. is making a stronger play toward being a technology company, not just a purveyor of coffee, according to CNNMoney. Starbucks also announced it has hired Kevin Johnson, former CEO of Juniper Networks and a veteran …
Read MoreKum & Go, Hy-Vee make offers in Dahl’s bankruptcy
Note: Updated with comment from Hy-Vee Inc.
Kum & Go LC has placed a bid for the Dahl’s Foods store at 50th Street and E.P. True Parkway in West Des Moines, according to documents …
Read More21 Central Iowa women named to Forty Under 40 class
More than half of the members of this year’s Business Record Forty Under 40 class are women, marking the most to ever be honored in a single class.
The Business Record announced its …
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