Retail and Business

Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $33.49 per hour worked in March 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Wages and salaries averaged $22.88 per hour worked and accounted for 68.3 percent of these costs, …

The U.S. economy grew in April with employers adding 223,000 nonfarm jobs, according to the latest Bureau of Labor report released today. Forbes.com reported that the job gains were just under what experts had predicted, but considerably better than …

A new analysis of wages by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the highest-paid workers gained an average of 33 percent over the past 35 years, while the lowest-paid workers showed basically no gain.

Overall, “real,” …

The merger of Clive-based McClure Engineering Co. and Trabue, Hansen & Hinshaw of Columbia, Mo., takes effect today. The combined company, with more than 100 employees in seven locations, offers water, wastewater, transportation, aviation, stormwater …

Stephen Larson, administrator of the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, will lead the National Alcohol Beverages Control Association for the coming year. Larson will oversee various missions focused on contemporary issues such as the sale and …

Almost a third of small businesses in Iowa added jobs in 2014, with the greatest numbers of added jobs coming in the agricultural and construction sectors, according to an annual report on small-business activity in …