Retail and Business

Jana Rieker, vice president of sales and marketing for Bankers Trust Co., is resigning from her position after five years in the role, Rieker announced today. Her resignation is effective May 1.

Rieker has …

An analysis conducted by the National Partnership for Women & Families, released in conjunction with Equal Pay Day (April 14), shows the damage Iowa’s gender-based wage gap is doing to families and the state economy. …

Iowa’s workforce index was eighth-best in the nation in March, up from 14th in February, AIM reported. The nonprofit group, which issues a monthly look at workforce health with the help of Creighton University, also found the …

McCormick Co., an independent communications and advertising agency with an office in Des Moines, will join along with two other companies the network of global advertising agency Sandbox, the company recently announced. Chicago-based Sandbox is …

Former egg industry executives Jack DeCoster and his son Peter were sentenced Monday to three months in jail for their roles in a 2010 salmonella outbreak, the New York Times reported. They will remain free during appeals. The DeCosters …

Sales of new vehicles have steadily increased the last five years after bottoming out at 98,618 for the 12 months ending December 2009, according to a report from the Iowa Legislature’s Legislative Services Agency. Sales …

The Iowa Department of Revenue and the University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Business Growth and Innovation are hosting a series of tax webinars for small businesses on IaSourceLink. Click here for course descriptions and a schedule.…

Coach USA is feeling the same pain as many carriers and bus companies — a shortage of drivers. Spokesman Sean Hughes, in Des Moines to speak to a conference Friday, said Coach USA, which is …