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Event Oct. 30: Jindal to speak in Des Moines

Republican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 at the State Historical Building of Iowa. The Louisiana governor’s appearance at the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s Caucus Candidate Forum …

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Gen X net worth is not up to snuff for retirement

Generation X is likely to be worse off in retirement than the baby-boomer generation. Generation X could be the first post-war generation to be more ill-prepared for retirement than the previous one, according to a …

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Survey: Small business owners upbeat about financial well-being

Small business owners are feeling more confident about the current and future state of the economy as well as the prospects for their companies, according to new research from Principal Financial Group Inc.


Nearly 45…
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U.S. Bank issued nearly $800M in small business loans last fiscal year

U.S. Bank issued $776 million in U.S. Small Business Administration-backed loans through the federal fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, according to a release. The bank was the third-largest lender by volume during the period, …

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Facebook opens community grant apps

Facebook Inc., which has a data center in Altoona, plans to award a series of community grants in February, continuing a program that contributed a combined $103,000 to 25 local nonprofit organizations earlier this year. …

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Airport traffic grew 1.5 percent in September

The passenger count at Des Moines International Airport increased 1.5 percent in September, up from the past couple of months but just half of the growth rate the facility needs to support a planned new …

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Realtor.com: Millennials finally buying houses in DM Metro

Fifty-nine percent of the borrowers in the Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area who used a mortgage to buy a home in the first half of 2015 were between the ages of 25 and 34, according to …

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Bank of America prepares for a rainy day

Bank of America Corp.’s shopping list for the next recession has these items: commodities, bonds that protect against inflation, real estate and the equities of small Chinese companies, Bloomberg reported.


The Charlotte, N.C.-based bank expects a…
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Miller to retire at Food Bank of Iowa

Carey Miller plans to retire as executive director of the nonprofit Food Bank of Iowa after 25 years with the organization. She took the executive director position in 2009, becoming just the second director for the organization. …

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GE is selling its commercial lending and leasing business to Wells Fargo

As part of its plan to focus on manufacturing, General Electric Co. said it will sell commercial lending and leasing businesses worth more than $30 billion to Wells Fargo & Co., Reuters reported. Overall, General Electric is …

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