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Economist: Ag credit conditions improving in Midwest

David Oppedahl, a business economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said agricultural credit conditions continue to improve across the Fed’s 7th District, which includes Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.

“The (loan) repayment …

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Banking on a business relationship


Here’s the way to establish a banking relationship.

Alan Anderson, a writer of telecommunications software, decided he wanted to get into the dry cleaning business about four years ago. More important, he wanted to own …

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Past president to lead ISCPA

Past president to lead ISCPA   Cynthia Adams, vice president with Holmes Murphy & Associates, has been named executive director of the Iowa Society of CPAs (ISCPA). Adams was president of the organization in 2004-05,…
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FBL names new board member

FBL names new board member    FBL Financial Group Inc. announced that Dennis Presnall has been elected to the company’s board of directors as a Class B director, and has been elected to the board’s…
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SEC seeks comments on investor disclosure rules

SEC seeks comments on investor disclosure rules  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  today published on its website a request for public comment on financial literacy and investor disclosure issues that it is studying as…
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DeWaay: A reputation at risk


For more than 27 years, Don DeWaay worked his way through the financial services industry with barely a blemish.

Today, he is a man with a target on his back.

“It’s killing me,” DeWaay said …

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Wells Fargo reports net earnings of $4.1 billion

Wells Fargo reports net earnings of $4.1 billion  Wells Fargo & Co. reported net income of $4.1 billion, or 73 cents per common share, for the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase from $3.4 billion,…
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A language disappears

Electronic trading equipment is stifling trade talk, such as, “The Old Lady just bought half a yard of cable and there are plenty of bids for Bill and Ben,” Reuters said.

To most foreign exchange …

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European banks are stashing cash

Commercial banks parked almost a half trillion euros at the European Central Bank (ECB), the highest on record, as the mix of debt crisis worries and a recent giant injection of ECB cash left banks …

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Hedge funds expected to attract more dollars

Investors may add about $80 billion of new capital to hedge funds this year, the most since 2007, according to a Barclays PLC survey, Bloomberg reported. About 56 percent of investors surveyed by Barclays plan …