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DuPont pre-merger earnings top estimates

DuPont Co. posted second-quarter earnings that surpassed analysts’ expectations after cost-cutting to prepare for a planned merger with Dow Chemical Co., Bloomberg reported.

DuPont posted adjusted earnings of $1.24 a share, topping the average estimate by …

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Rockwell Collins sales up 3 percent for quarter

Rockwell Collins Inc. on Monday reported third quarter fiscal year earnings per share from continuing operations increased 23 percent to $1.63 compared to $1.33 in the prior year. Total sales in the third quarter of …

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Meta Financial reports increase in profits

South Dakota-based Meta Financial Group Inc. reported profits of $8.9 million on total revenues of $43.7 million for the quarter that ended June 20. Revenues increased from $30 million in the same quarter last year …

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Iowa joins lawsuits seeking to block health care mergers

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller today joined two joint federal-state antitrust lawsuits seeking to block two proposed mergers involving four of the nation’s largest health insurance companies. The lawsuits allege that Aetna Inc.’s proposed acquisition …

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Rural Mainstreet Index remains weak

As a result of weaker farm economic conditions, bankers in the Midwest expect nearly 1 in 5 crop farmers will experience negative cash flows this year, according to a regional rural economy index. The Creighton …

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The Photo Issue: Sheryl Moore

Sheryl Moore
President, CEO, Moore Market Intelligence and Wink, Inc. 


Body Art

Sheryl Moore admits she’s a little OCD. That’s why when she says she likes the Beastie Boys, an ’80s rock-rap group that she started …

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Iowa P&C insurers named to Ward Top 50 list

Two Iowa-based insurers have been named to the 2016 Top 50 Property and Casualty Performers by Ward Group. Grinnell Mutual, the largest primary reinsurer of farm mutual companies in North America, and Farm Bureau Property …

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Cyber insurance becoming an easier sell in Iowa

Iowa businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the need for cyber liability insurance, according to a representative with LMC Insurance, which offers the specialty coverage. 

“Simply going through the application process can be eye-opening for …

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Cyber insurance becoming an easier sell in Iowa

Iowa businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the need for cyber liability insurance, according to a representative with LMC Insurance, which offers the specialty coverage. 

“Simply going through the application process can be eye-opening for …

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Property, casualty insurers hit by catastrophe losses

U.S. property and casualty insurers’ net income during the first quarter of 2016 dropped 24 percent from first-quarter 2015 to $18 billion, according to a report released Wednesday by A.M. Best Co. Inc., Business Insurance reported. The…