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Wholesale prices fell in February more than anticipated, led by a drop in fuel costs, signaling there are few inflation pressures building in the early stages of the economic recovery, Bloomberg reported.

The 0.6 percent …

Wall Street is telling investors to buy coal and sell solar, Bloomberg reported.

Peabody Energy Corp., the biggest coal producer, is rated a “buy” by 79 percent of analysts, while 44 percent recommend First Solar …

Nominations must be submitted by March 29 for two awards that will be presented by the Central Iowa chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO-CI) during its 2010 Women Mean Business Summit …

Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. wants to transform the remnants of its staff into an asset-management business, BusinessWeek reported.

In a court filing Monday, Lehman proposed placing its 387 remaining employees into a new business, Lamco …

The Des Moines City Council last week passed a resolution to support seven applications for affordable-housing projects to the Iowa Finance Authority.

Four of the applications approved March 8 for 2010 low-income housing tax credits …

Construction of new homes fell in February to an annual rate of 575,000, down from January’s revised rate of 611,000, CNNMoney.com reported. But housing starts last month beat economists’ expectations of 570,000. The number of …

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today a plan to bring affordable high-speed Internet access to all Americans, CNNMoney.com reported.

In addition to a more than $15 billion government investment in infrastructure to bring 100 …

Des Moines’ business leaders are sounding off on a proposal to scale back Iowa’s tax credits, IowaPolitics.com reported.

Lawmakers, who contend they are responding to questions raised about the credits following allegations of abuse in …

Online shoppers reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 due to Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams, according to a story in the Los Angeles Times that was based …

The U.S. housing market is poised to withstand the removal of government and Federal Reserve stimulus programs and rebound later in the year, contributing to annual economic growth for the first time since 2006, Bloomberg …