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Greater Des Moines named a place to watch for sports events

SportsEvents Magazine has named Greater Des Moines as a “Top Place to Watch” in 2014, the Convention and Visitors Bureau announced yesterday. The distinction recognizes the best sports-focused destinations and venues as voted on by …

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Buffett-backed Chinese car maker to make U.S. sales debut

BYD Co., a Chinese automaker backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said its cars are poised to begin hitting U.S. showrooms by next year, Bloomberg reported. Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a Berkshire Hathaway unit, …

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A predominance of negative earnings forecasts

Corporate America is lowering expectations, according to MarketWatch.

 

According to John Butters, senior earnings analyst at FactSet, 94 out of the 107 companies on the Standard & Poor’s 500 index that have issued an earnings …

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Midwest mergers and acquisitions regain strength

The number of Midwest companies that participated in a merger or acquisition over the past six months rebounded in the third quarter of 2013, according to the Bridgepoint Midwest M&A Index Report. After decreasing in the previous …

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Southwest Iowa coalition joins regional economic development group

A collaboration announced by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman on Friday will help create a bigger economic development pie for both states, officials said. Advance Southwest Iowa, a recently established public-private …

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Bank of the West to make interest-only mortgages despite new lending rule

Bank of the West said today it will continue to offer interest-only mortgages to borrowers even though such loans are excluded from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s qualified mortgage rule that goes into effect Friday, American …

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State expands deal with Dwolla

Gov. Terry Branstad today announced a continuation of the state’s partnership with Des Moines-based Internet-payment company Dwolla Inc. Iowa Department of Transportation customers can now use Dwolla when filing and paying International Fuel Tax Agreement …

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Moxie Exchange Movement planning 2014 event

The Moxie Exchange Movement, a national leadership and professional development organization where businesswomen come together to learn, connect, collaborate and grow, is launching its 2014 cohort in Des Moines on Tuesday, Jan. 21, with an …

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Architect Ludwig is an artist at heart

Greater Des Moines architect Bill Ludwig was just a brush stroke away from a degree in fine arts at Iowa State University, but he turned to architecture to make a living.

“When I was at …

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T-Mobile acquires spectrum from Verizon

T-Mobile US Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. wireless carrier, has agreed to buy spectrum, or wireless capacity, from Verizon Wireless for about $2.4 billion in cash as part of an airwave swap that will give both …