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The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host the Small to Big Business Forum from 7:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11, at Echo Valley Country Club, 3150 Echo Valley Drive, Norwalk. The forum …

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) issued a written order that will allow Windstream Corp.’s acquisition of Iowa Telecommunications Services Inc. to proceed in Iowa.

Windstream, a publicly traded Standard & Poor’s 500 company, has subsidiaries …

Another provision with the potential to cause businesses headaches has emerged from the 2,409-page health-reform law.

This one could mean loads and loads of tax paperwork for businesses.

Beginning in 2012, all companies will have …

Owners of the Business Record have offered $15.3 million to buy back their multi-state publishing enterprise, which they say in a bankruptcy filing has assets of $94 million and liabilities of $104 million. The Brown …

The manufacturing sector continued its recovery in March, according to a report on manufacturers’ shipments, inventories and orders.

Year-to-date, new orders are up 12.1 percent from 2009, shipments are up 7.7 percent, unfilled orders are …

It seems American employers are resting the ax.

The number of planned job cuts announced by employers in April fell 43 percent from the prior month, according to a report by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, …

The chief executive of Principal Financial Group Inc. said his company sees “clear signs the economy is recovering,” as Principal announced improved first-quarter earnings yesterday.

“First quarter was a very solid start to the year, …

MasterCard Inc., the world’s second-largest credit card network, said first-quarter profit increased 24 percent, beating analysts’ expectations and confirming that consumers are spending once again, Reuters reported.

The company earned $455 million, or $3.46 a …

Most U.S. banks maintained tight lending standards in the first quarter, according to the latest senior loan officer survey conducted by the Federal Reserve System. The April survey indicated that most banks kept their lending …

EMC Insurance Group Inc. reported first-quarter net income of $9.88 million, or 75 cents per share, compared with $5.8 million, or 44 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2009. “We continue to manage …