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Johnne Syverson, a financial planner, and Donald Doudna, a business and financial consultant, have a test for whether a charity has its financial house in order: Ask management what it would do with a $2 …

Is it the improving economy (an estimated 6 percent growth to gross domestic product in the third quarter), or are the Bush tax cuts passed earlier this year beginning to drive some action in Iowa’s …

Des Moines voters in Tuesday’s mayoral election have two strong choices in Frank Cownie and Chris Hensley. Each of them is appealing for different reasons, but both are passionate about need to set the stage …

A CAREER OF CONSENSUS-BUILDING

It’s exactly one week before Election Day, 178 hours before the polls close and Frank Cownie will learn if he will be Des Moines’ first mayor elected during the new millennium …

Though funding for many metro area cultural attractions is shrinking, the Des Moines Art Center is preparing to expand its facilities to downtown Des Moines through a public-private partnership with Wells Fargo Financial.

The Des …

According to a study, an estimated $21 trillion in assets will pass from one generation to another in the United States in the next one to two decades.

“So it’s a great time for philanthropy,” …

When Rob Oltjen arrived in Des Moines a year ago as president of Bank of America’s Iowa operations, the then-38-year-old’s chief goal was to boost the bank’s visibility and win new customers.

Now, with his …

Meredith Corp. said it swung to a profit in its fiscal first-quarter from a loss a year ago as its broadcasting division continued to gain new viewers and its magazines sold more advertising.

The publisher …

Des Moines has one of the highest levels of antidepressant use in the state, according to a special issue of The Wellmark Report published last week by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

The report …

Walking through the airport a few months ago, I passed one of those back-lit advertising billboards. Half of it was black, half of it was white. The message read, “At Ernst & Young, this is …