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Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Canada’s largest convenience store operator, announced this morning it has launched a cash tender offer of $36 per share in a takeover bid for Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores Inc., as Couche-Tard attempts …

The pace of downsizing by U.S. companies was virtually unchanged in May, as employers announced plans to cut 38,810 jobs from their payrolls during the month, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas …

Monrovia, Calif.-based Trader Joe’s will open in West Des Moines, a spokeswoman with the privately held chain of specialty grocery stores confirmed today. Alison Mochizuki said Trader Joe’s will open a 12,200-square-foot store at the …

Bruce Lefkow, Builder’s Kitchen and Supply Co. & Mark Allen, A.J. Allen Mechanical Contractors Inc. discuss the impact of the proposed downtown Market District as the extension of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway brings attention …

Monrovia, Calif.-based Trader Joe’s will open in West Des Moines, a spokeswoman with the privately held chain of specialty grocery stores confirmed today. Alison Mochizuki said Trader Joe’s in 2010, will open a 12,200-square-foot store …

The acquisition of Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc by Windstream Corp. is now complete, the Windstream announced Tuesday. Windstream paid $260 million in cash in the aquisition, along with paying off $613 million of Iowa Telecom …

U.S. construction spending rose to an annual rate of $869.1 billion in April, a 2.7 percent increase from March, but is still down 10.5 percent from April 2009, according to numbers released today by the …

The Iowa Business Council announced this morning that its Overall Economic Outlook Survey Index (OSI) is up eight points for the second quarter of 2010, an indication that Iowa businesses are remaining resilient during tough …