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Teaching teens to be money-smart is exec’s passion

When he was president of Wells Fargo & Co.’s consumer credit card division, Mike McCoy was responsible for about 5,000 workers in a global company with more than 280,000 employees. Today, as CEO of BillMyParents …

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American Equity names general counsel

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. said today it has named William Kunkel as its executive vice president. He will be the West Des Moines company’s legal and general counsel. Kunkel was a partner in …

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Court vacates Wells Fargo restitution order

An appeals court Wednesday voided a $203 million restitution order against Wells Fargo & Co. and threw out a lower court’s permanent injunction against the San Francisco-based bank’s overdraft policies, The Wall Street Journal reported. …

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2012 in Review: Finance & Insurance

Employee stock ownership legislation passed

The Iowa Legislature enacted incentives to encourage Iowa companies to form more employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). The legislation put into place one of four economic development goals outlined by …

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BERKO: Microchip Tech good stock, at the right price

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BERKO: Down here at the pawnshop

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MILES ON MONEY: Be careful what you wish for

As a kid, I would occasionally become stuck on something I had to have or do – and I just would not let go. My mom, sensing that things might turn out badly, would caution, …

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D.M. insurance brokerage purchased

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired retail insurance broker Ahrold Fay Rosenberg in Des Moines.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. John Ahrold, John Fay, Brook Rosenberg and their team will continue to …

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Meta Financial Group reports earnings

Meta Financial Group Inc. reported net income for its fiscal fourth quarter of $1.7 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with $2.2 million, or 70 cents per share, for the prior-year period. Annual net …

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Report: 2012 mortgage performance improves

The overall quality of first-lien mortgages serviced by large national and federal savings banks improved from the same period a year ago but declined from the prior quarter, according to a report released today by …