The Greater Des Moines Partnership promised it would shake things up with its Project Destiny committee recommendations. The business group hasn’t disappointed, especially with the proposals offered by its Public Finance Task Force to streamline …
Remember those old Loony Tunes cartoons, in which Wile E Coyote rushes ater the Road Runner, only to find that as the dust clears, the solid ground is no longer beneath him? He turns to …
People can be resistant to change, according to Debra Landwehr Engle and Diane Glass. They see a crisis as something to survive. But change is constant, and every now and then, a crisis will arise, …
The long-simmering disagreement over a proposed hospital in West Des Moines between Iowa Health-Des Moines and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, two of the largest companies in the state’s health-care industry, flared …
More than a year away from opening, Deerfield Retirement Community has already reserved 120 of its 171 apartment units that are now under construction in Clive. The response is coming from people who are in …
ANKENY – For the past 56 years, a two-square-mile parcel of land west of the Des Moines Area Community College campus has gone undeveloped while the city of Ankeny grew up around it. Soon, however, …
Every Tuesday morning, Jason Willis, who manages sales of Volvos and Jaguars at the Betts Auto Campus, meets his father and boss, Rich, at the Iowa Machine Shed Restaurant. Rather than discuss auto sales, servicing …
With a merger and a third round of seed capital financing under its belt, ANE Technology Services of Johnston has begun an aggressive expansion throughout the Midwest. As a result of the growth, the company …
Forget the toaster. Commercial Federal Bank is teaming with confectioner Chocolate Storybook and Boesen the Florist at the bank’s 801 Grand Ave. branch to offer customers treats and entice potential clients to do business there.…
Just in time for the holidays, Iowa Telecom is offering a new device it hopes will help its customers make better use of the one of the Internet’s most popular features: e-mail. The MailBug is …
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