Archive for May 2015
Voya Financial reports higher operating earnings
Voya Financial Inc. reported first-quarter after-tax operating earnings of $197 million today, compared with $150 million in the first quarter of 2014. Net income available to common shareholders was $186 million, or 77 cents per …
Read MoreDMACC Foundation extends entrepreneurship contest deadline
The Des Moines Area Community College Foundation has extended the deadline for the first round of the DMACC Foundation Entrepreneurship Competition to May 29. The competition is open to DMACC students and alumni who live in Iowa …
Read MoreBanks named ‘Best of Iowa’
Twelve Iowa banks received Best of Iowa awards from the Iowa Bankers Association. The awards recognize excellence in community relations and bank marketing, including efforts to promote branding, deposits, loans, customer service and staff programs, …
Read MoreDART commission OKs bus rapid transit application
The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority commission on Tuesday approved an application for a $20 million federal grant that would help pay for the planned train-like bus rapid transit service between downtown and the …
Read MoreWorkiva reports net loss, higher revenue
Workiva Inc. on Tuesday announced a first-quarter net loss of $7.4 million, compared with a net loss of $4.6 million in the previous year’s first quarter. The Ames-based software company reported a 25 percent growth …
Read MoreREG posts $38 million first-quarter loss
Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. reported a net loss of $38 million in the first quarter, despite a 27 percent increase in biodiesel gallons sold. The biodiesel and renewable chemicals company initiated a $30 million share buyback …
Read MoreKevin Kruse receives Distinguished Executive of the Year Award
The Iowa Society of Association Executives announced that Kevin Kruse, senior vice president and legal counsel at Diversified Management Services, was recently honored as the 2015 ISAE Distinguished Association Executive of the Year. The award …
Read MoreEagle View Lofts receives federal funding needed for project to go forward
Hansen Real Estate Services has been notified by the Iowa Economic Development Authority that it will receive $3 million in federal disaster recovery funds for its 120-unit Eagle View Lofts apartment project, Hansen Real …
Read MoreDissension evident despite decision to pursue bus rapid transit grant
It turns out not all Greater Des Moines leaders are convinced that the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) should pursue bus rapid transit, widely seen as the next big thing in Greater Des …
Read MoreNational metro expert offers Des Moines advice
Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution got his first look around Des Moines in the hours leading up to a Tuesday morning breakfast meeting at the Windsor Heights Community Center.
Katz: D.M., other cities…Read More