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Anawim Housing has appointed Russ Frazier as its new president. He will succeed Sister Stella Neill, who helped found Anawim Housing in 1987. The leadership transition will be completed on April 1. “We are delighted …

Google Inc. looks to be standing in defiance of China, in a risky move it claims helps improve access to information to Chinese residents.

Google announced it will no longer censor its search services on …

Existing home sales declined slightly during February in the United States, but increased in the Midwest and Northeast, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Existing home sales slipped 0.6 percent nationally in February …

Wall Street was expressing pleasure this morning after the passage of the first major overhaul of the nation’s health care system in 50 years. In Des Moines, the state’s dominant health care provider was not …

A labor economist projects that the United States will have more jobs than people to fill them by 2018.

Assuming a return to healthy economic growth and no change in immigration or labor force participation …

The Iowa Business Council (IBC) has elected its leadership for 2010, its 25th anniversary year. Thomas Aller, president of Interstate Power & Light Co., an Alliant Energy Corp. company in Cedar Rapids, will serve as …

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Forest City-based Winnebago Industries Inc. last week reported a major jump in revenues for the quarter that ended Feb. 27. The motor home manufacturer said it had revenues of $110.5 million, an increase of 247 …

Des Moines International Airport will host the 21st Annual Conference of the Association of Airport Internal Auditors (AAIA) from June 27-30 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown. The AAIA represents more than 140 airports around …

eneral Stores Inc. acquired 20 convenience stores during the first nine months of its 2010 fiscal year, the company reported. According to a report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Casey’s bought stores, both …