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The thrill of the grass, the crack of a bat, the popping of a mitt and the smell of hot dogs wafting through the park – another summer of dreams. For many, the start of …

Brandon Klinge says before he joined Pella Windows and Doors’ Des Moines office as a sales assistant, he had a “checkered past.” What he really had was a varied work history, as he moved from …

Jim McCaughan, a Scottish-born mathematician with an elite education and top-drawer experience, is hoping to secure the reputation of Principal Financial Group Inc.’s money management arm at the top of the industry.

His responsibility is …

Chaden Halfhill’s blue eyes dance when he envisions the day when the space housing Silent Rivers Inc. is an archetype of the creativity his design-build company offers its clients. Its current office, a cobbled together …

GuideOne Insurance, which has been divesting some of its operations in recent years to boost profitability and hone its focus, has agreed to sell its life insurance business for $91 million to Kansas City Life …

Prairie iNet, a West Des Moines-based Internet access provider, is now supplying high-speed wireless Internet access to businesses in Johnston and Urbandale that previously lacked wireless or phone-based broadband service.

Company officials say the construction …

As proud as a magna cum laude graduate of an Ivy League school, Donald Gruver of Perry brandished a certificate showing his progress in repairing his credit last week as he signed papers reducing the …

Iowa Cubs baseball fans and Internet junkies will be able to satisfy both their cravings simultaneously, just in time for opening day this Friday, compliments of hardware being installed now at Sec Taylor Stadium.

Hardware …

Exchange City continues a $2.5 million capital campaign

Although it now sits empty, soon approximately 100 fifth-grade students will flood into Exchange City, a cavernous room lined with shops, and take their places as police …

Dear Mr. Berko:

I’m a practicing certified public accountant in Fort Lauderdale, and a large number of our clients have sold some or all of their AT&T stock as well as some or all of …