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For more than a decade, jobs in meatpacking plants, as seasonal farm workers and in other blue-collar sectors have beckoned immigrants of Hispanic origin to Iowa in numbers large enough to make them the largest …

Chemicals giant DuPont Co. said last week it planned to move the headquarters of its Agriculture and Nutrition division, which includes Pioneer Hi-Bred International, to Des Moines as it tries to bring the unit’s operations …

It has started sooner than expected, as it always does in the months leading to a presidential election.

The race to advertise on Central Iowa’s television stations began earlier this month when former Vermont governor …

Andy Massoth, co-owner of The Royal Mile and Buzzard Billy’s, has a knack for introducing one-of-a-kind venues to downtown Des Moines and he hopes his latest business venture will have the same kind of success …

Storey-Kenworthy Co., the 67-year-old office supplies and furniture retailer, is betting it can boost sales and win new customers by focusing on cost-conscious buyers.

The company, the state’s largest family-owned office interior and products business, …

The architects working on the new Science Center of Iowa had a daunting challenge: to create a unique, yet functional, building that would make a bold statement, but still fit in with its traditional downtown …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Community infrastructure planners took confidence that the Interstate 235 reconstruction project will remain on schedule home from the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s June 11-13 lobbying efforts in the nation’s capital. However, they …

The gift, the second-largest in Iowa Health-Des Moines’ history, advances plans; some hurdles remain

Iowa Health-Des Moines said Regency Homes founder Michael R. Myers and his family have pledged to give it $15 million to …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I’m a 55-year-old certified public accountant who entered the market in late 1997 with $326,000. By January 2000, my portfolio was worth $902,000. Then I got hammered during the past three years.…

The economic downturn has brought about an interesting situation. My mailbox is now twice as full of sales questions as it has ever been. Salespeople want answers that will give them sales now.      Jeffrey, …