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Lobbyists, business leaders, policy makers and media will have to pay a pretty penny to get their two-cents published in a new opinion magazine that will debut in Des Moines this fall. But its publisher …

Dice Inc., the once high-flying technology company that followed so many other dot-coms into bankruptcy protection, has emerged as a private company that’s much leaner but has most of its optimism intact.

The company, which …

Late in the year 2000, Weitz Co. Inc. approached Emerging Growth Group about a partnership. Weitz, a Des Moines-based national construction company, had invested in a Chicago company called Property Technologies LLC to create a …

  The heavy lifting required to get the proposal for consolidated government off the table and before Polk County voters cannot be overstated. Neither can the challenge ahead for backers of a consolidated Polk County-Des Moines …

A new report that’s getting circulated around the state is reinforcing Iowa’s reputation as a weak place to start a new business.

The report, by bCentral.com columnist Philipp Harper, concludes that Iowa is the worst …

Last week, the Iowa Department of Homeland Security announced it had won a $500,000 grant from the Public Safety Foundation of America to help build a system that will let 911 dispatchers pinpoint the locations …

Krista K. Tanner studied history and Russian during her undergraduate years at the University of Northern Iowa. Both disciplines, she says, prepared her for her current career as a lawyer.

“History is a good background …

A sign at European Motorcars, Iowa’s largest Mercedes-Benz and BMW dealer, says it all: For $299 a month, and the right-sized deposit, a car buyer can drive away with a new BMW 325.

Such deals …

Dear Mr. Berko:

In early 1992, I inherited 200 shares of Johnson & Johnson at a basis of $96 a share, or almost $20,000. Today, I have 800 shares worth about $42,000, and this stock …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I think I would like to buy 75 shares of eBay Inc. for my Roth individual retirement account. Please give me your advice.

R.O. Gainesville, Fla.

Dear R.O.:

EBay Inc. (EBAY-$113.80) is …