Archive for November 2016
Business Record 11-11-16
The Jobs Issue: Outlook ’17
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Read MoreAirport passenger count up 2.1 percent in October, 5.4 percent for year
The number of passengers getting on and off planes at Des Moines International Airport was up 2.1 percent in October compared with the same month last year. Year to date, traffic is up 5.4 percent …
Read MoreSBA backed fewer loans for Central Iowa business in October
The U.S. Small Business Association backed nine loans totaling $3 million in October, the fewest loans since February. The Central Iowa loans included firms in Polk, Boone, Dallas, Madison, Warren, Marion, Jasper and Marshall counties. …
Read MoreHouse sales down in October, but remain above year-ago numbers
Greater Des Moines home sales, pending sales and sales prices dropped in October from September, but remained above year-ago levels, according to a report from the Greater Des Moines Association of Realtors. Sales dropped to …
Read MoreNew Wells Fargo CEO helps open downtown museum
New Wells Fargo & Co. CEO Tim Sloan was in Des Moines today to help open a new 5,500-square-foot history museum in the Wells Fargo Bank lobby at 666 Walnut St. The museum showcases the …
Read MoreState ramps up consumer protection for veterans, service members
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller today announced a series of special consumer protection efforts designed to assist Iowans who are active-duty service members or veterans. Miller said service members and veterans are often targeted by …
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Branstad’s mental-hospital closures upheld by Supreme Court
Des Moines Register: Gov. Terry Branstad had the authority to close two state mental hospitals, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today. The state workers’ union and several Democratic lawmakers sued the governor, saying he had overstepped …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Trombino: ‘It was just time to move on’
Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino said in an interview this afternoon that he wasn’t pushed out of his job.
He wasn’t in a snit over budget cuts. He wasn’t pressured by Gov. Terry …
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