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Speakers for Global Insurance Symposium announced

Experts from around the globe will speak at the Global Insurance Symposium in Des Moines May 20-22, according to Gov. Terry Branstad.

The privately funded symposium is the result of collaborative work between the Greater …

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Berko: Will a bigger American fly?

Dear Mr. Berko: 

I have $11,000 to invest for my individual retirement account and have been looking at American Airlines Group Inc., which is the new company formed when US Airways Group merged with American …

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Athene USA to shift 225 jobs to West Des Moines

Athene USA will close its office in Topeka, Kan., and shift approximately 225 positions to its West Des Moines headquarters, The Des Moines Register reported. 

Steven Carlson, an Athene spokesman, told the Register that the Topeka …

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Berko: Option writing recommendations

Dear Mr. Berko: 

Your recent column on options was interesting. And I own all four of the recommended stocks in that column. I have been selling call options for several years on stocks in my …

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Study: Majority of uninsured young Americans better off not enrolling

The majority of uninsured young adults would be better off financially to forego buying health insurance and instead cover their own health care costs out of pocket, according to a new analysis released today by …

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Cash is king at corporations

The extremity corporate cash bias remains strong, Reuters reported. According to Thomson Reuters data, companies around the world held almost $7 trillion of cash and equivalents on their balance sheets at the end of 2013, …

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Rockwell Collins’ first-quarter earnings up

Rockwell Collins Inc. reported first-quarter earnings of $132 million, or 96 cents per share, up from $131 million, or 94 cents in the year-ago period. Sales for the fiscal first quarter, which ended Dec. 31, …

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Berko: The economics of $15 an hour

Dear Mr. Berko: 

You’ll probably throw this away, but I need to vent about the proposed increase in wages in my state for nonskilled labor to $15 an hour. It’s stupid to increase wages to …

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U.S. uninsured rate dips at end of 2013

The percentage of Americans without health insurance coverage declined to 17.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 from a six-year high of 18.1 percent in the third quarter, according to new estimates by Gallup and …

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Monroe Colston Series to feature Suku Radia

Suku Radia, president and CEO of Bankers Trust Co., will speak about the relationship between success and good character as part of the Monroe Colston Speaker Series at AIB College of Business on Jan. 29. …