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Des Moines Insurance Conference to be held June 11

Six Iowa insurance companies are collaborating to host the second annual 2015 Des Moines Insurance Conference on June 11 in Des Moines. Key executives from American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., EMC Insurance Group, FBL …

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A Closer Look: Deanna Strable-Soethout

As part of a recent restructuring of leadership and functions at Principal, Deanna Strable-Soethout was named president of U.S. Insurance Solutions, which produces $2.5 billion in top-line revenues for the company and employs about 2,900 …

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KemPharm launches IPO

KemPharm Inc., a Coralville-based specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of proprietary new molecular entity prodrugs, began trading today on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol KMPH. The company’s initial …

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New broker-dealer guidance addresses senior investment policies

The Social Security Administration estimates that each day for the next 15 years, an average of 10,000 Americans will turn 65.  At a time of historically low yields on traditional savings accounts and more conservative …

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Principal seeks Best Companies for Employee Financial Security

The Principal Financial Group is seeking small to medium-sized companies that excel in helping their employees achieve financial security during its 14th annual search for The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security. The …

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Premier Credit Union branch comes home to the Partnership Building

Premier Credit Union will have an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 to mark the reopening of its skywalk branch, which was displaced after the fire in March 2014 at the …

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Wells Fargo lending margin falls below 3 percent as profit declines

Bloomberg: Wells Fargo & Co., the most valuable U.S. bank, said low interest rates pushed first-quarter lending margins below 3 percent for the first time since at least 1994. Net income fell 1.5 percent to $5.8 billion, …

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First quarter profits up at U.S. Bancorp

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp said today its net income for the first quarter increased 2.4 percent to $1.43 billion, or 76 cents per share, compared with $1.39 billion, or 73 cents per share, in the same …

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Workers still feeling the Wall Street blues

Fierce in-fighting. Bullying. Stress. Few pay raises.

 

That’s how most workers describe life on Wall Street these days, according to a survey of about 100 financial professionals by Options Group, a New York executive …

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Americans paying more taxes, but deficit growing

Americans are paying more in taxes to the federal government this year, but the deficit is still growing, MarketWatch reported.


In March, the U.S. government ran a deficit of $53 billion, the Treasury Department reported on …

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