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The state unemployment rate was at 3.8 percent in May, the same as in April but down from 4.4 percent a year ago, Iowa Workforce Development said today. The national unemployment rate was 5.5 percent …
Ventech Solutions, a system integration and consulting services firm that focuses on the public sector, is seeking economic assistance from the state of Iowa and the city of Urbandale that will boost Greater Des Moines …
The Ankeny City Council will consider a development agreement Monday for PurFoods LLC’s planned expansion. The company wants to build a $3.5 million, 30,000-square-foot refrigerated warehouse and distribution center at 3210 S.E. Corporate Woods Drive. …
Iowa’s gain in gross domestic product slowed to 0.4 percent in 2014, ranking 45th in the country, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. The growth in the three prior years had ranged from 2.2 percent to …
Accumold ceremonially broke ground today on a 40,000-square-foot expansion of its Ankeny facility, its second expansion project in four years. The $10 million project, first announced in February, will enable Accumold to hire more than 200 additional …
U.S. job growth and wages rose in May, signs of an economic boost that could mean an interest rate hike in September, Reuters reported.
Even the bad news came with a silver lining. Employment rose …
Des Moines is a mature, medium-sized city.
That comes with some challenges.
Combine the flight to the suburbs, brain drain, a shortage of skilled workers, the financial stress that comes with 40 percent of the …
Find out what makes Des Moines community development director Phil Delafield, who’s the lead staff member for PlanDSM, tick.…
When metro big-thinker Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution visited Greater Des Moines recently, he suggested Iowa State University move to downtown Des Moines, or at least establish a major research center there. In the …
John May will serve as board chairman of the Cultivation Corridor for 2015-16, extending his leadership of the organization. May is president of agricultural solutions and chief information officer at Deere and Co. He …
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