Archive for August 2015
VOTE NOW: 2016 Most Influential Business Leader
We want to know who the business community thinks is the most influential business leader in the Des Moines metro area. From your responses, we’ll tally up the votes and reveal in the 2016 Book …
Read MoreUnited Way announces 2015-16 leadership
Retired Deere & Co. executive Jim Israel will chair the 2015 United Way Campaign, United Way of Central Iowa announced today.
Israel, formerly president of Deere’s Worldwide Financial Services Division, will lead…Read More
Cash sales decline in housing market
Cash sales accounted for nearly 32 percent of all homes sales in May, a drop of 3 percentage points from May 2014 and marking the 29th consecutive month of year-over-year declines, real estate analytics firm …
Read MoreDHS announces winning Medicaid managed care organizations
The Iowa Department of Human Services has issued a notice of intent to award contracts to four bidders for Gov. Terry Branstad’s Medicaid Modernization initiative. The bidders announced Monday are Amerigroup Iowa Inc., AmeriHealth Caritas …
Read MoreBird flu cost Iowa 8,500 jobs — Farm Bureau study
Bird flu in Iowa this year cost the state nearly 8,500 jobs, some of which may not be recovered, according to a study for the Iowa Farm Bureau by Decision Innovation Solutions of Urbandale. In addition to …
Read MoreIowa DOT enters traffic data partnership with Waze
Iowa homes selling at fastest pace in five years
Iowa home sales were 12 percent higher in July that a year ago, and sales are occurring at the fastest pace in five years, the Iowa Association of Realtors said today. Contracts to buy homes …
Read More2.2 percent hike proposed in workers’ comp rates
Iowa workers’ compensation premiums would increase an average of 2.2 percent in 2016 under a proposed increase filed last week with the Iowa Insurance Division. The filing proposes an overall average increase of 2.7 percent …
Read MoreHomebuilder confidence highest in nearly a decade
The National Association of Home Builders said today that its monthly measure of the mood of its membership showed a modest improvement this month, just enough to boost its housing market index 1 point to …
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