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Iowa index decreases in February

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index decreased to 109.1 in February from 109.2 in January, the Iowa Department of Revenue reported.

 

The six-month annualized change in the index held at -0.7 percent from January. Although …

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Voya assesses retirement readiness

Voya Financial Inc. has released an index it believes shows that Americans are generally behind in their financial preparations for retirement. The report incorporated two surveys conducted with Greenwald & Associates Inc. in which workers and recent …

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Workiva joins Russell index

Ames-based Workiva Inc., the publicly traded creator of a cloud-based productivity platform, has been added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. …

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Principal real estate investment group honored

The Principal Global Real Estate Securities Fund, a nearly $3 billion fund managed by Principal Real Estate Investors, was named the best of 92 global real estate fund over a five-year period in receiving a …

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STOCK WATCH: Iowa public companies gain for second month

After a sluggish start to the year, stock prices of Iowa’s publicly traded companies continued to rise in March, marking a second consecutive month in overall gain.

 

Of the 35 public companies tracked by …

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Wait a minute, Mom, Dad, you’re not paying for college?

A new national survey of college-bound teens and their parents show a vast disconnect between students’ and parents’ expectations about how college expenses will be paid. Nearly half of teens (48 percent) think their parents …

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No housing bubble foreseen, according to Nationwide index

A new gauge from Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. suggests that the national market is in its best shape since 2001 and there’s no reason to fear a national downturn, much less a bursting bubble, Bloomberg reported. Nationwide’s …

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Farmers Mutual Hail completes acquisition of Deere subsidiaries

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa today announced it has completed the closing on its previously announced acquisition of John Deere Insurance Co. and John Deere Risk Protection Inc. “The combination will take two …

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Farmers Mutual Hail completes acquisition of Deere subsidiaries

Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa today announced it has completed the closing on its previously announced acquisition of John Deere Insurance Co. and John Deere Risk Protection Inc. “The combination will take two …

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Iowa Finance Authority names leading mortgage lenders

The Iowa Finance Authority has named the leading lenders that used its programs last year to advance homeownership, according to a release. Iowa Bankers Mortgage Corp. was named “top lender” for issuing $24.8 million in …

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