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FBL Financial Group Inc. reported net income for the first quarter of $26.5 million, compared with $18 million for the first quarter of 2010.
Operating income totaled $28.6 million, up from $20.3 million a year …
EMC Insurance Group Inc. had a net income of $5.2 million for the first quarter, compared with $9.9 million for the first quarter of 2010.
The company reported a operating income loss of $146,477, compared …
Meta Financial Group Inc. reported net income of $2.7 million in its second quarter, which ended March 31, compared with $5.2 million for the prior year.
Earnings were substantially higher than the $0.7 million first-quarter …
Chief financial officers in the Midwest are increasingly optimistic about the economy, but they are wary of inflation, according to a survey by Grant Thornton LLP. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said their companies plan to …
Wells Fargo & Co. announced today that it will acquire substantially all of the U.S.-based operating assets of Foreign Currency Exchange Corp. (FCE), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland Group. Financial terms …
Hertz Global Holdings Inc., the largest publicly traded rental-car company, offered to buy Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. for $2.24 billion in cash and stock, countering a bid by competitor Avis Budget Group Inc.
Hertz …
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it expects a $1.25 billion pretax gain in the second quarter and lower investment income in future periods after its $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was …
Dear Mr. Berko:
Do you still believe that GE is a strong long-term stock? In light of its reported earnings of $14 billion on which it paid no taxes, don’t you think this tax avoidance …
So you’re an Iowa native?
I was actually born in Sioux City, but for the most part grew up around the Des Moines area. I was in Des Moines until about sixth grade, and spent …
Steven Zumbach was new on the job at the Belin McCormick law firm when he was told to meet with a Chicago tax attorney for a prominent Greater Des Moines businessman.
That was in 1977, …
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