Retail and Business

In a survey of eight European Union countries, people are almost universally dissatisfied with the state of their nations, according to a Pew Research Center study. Germans are the only group satisfied with their country …

Dismal job market data pushed stocks further down on Friday, Reuters reported.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was down 2 percent at 10:45 a.m. Central time, taking the benchmark below its 200-day moving average …

This May, the Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines (HBA) Remodelers Council remodeled the home of a Des Moines woman to make it handicap accessible.

The group’s special projects and community service committee installed …

Nearly one in four Iowa families lack an income necessary to maintain even a frugal budget, according to a report today from the Iowa Policy Project. Nearly three-fourths (74 percent) of single-parent families’ incomes failed …

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) is teaming up with Walgreen Co. to help support DMARC’s 12 food pantries around the state.

Twenty-three Walgreens stores will now be donation sites as part of DMARC’s …

A survey released by Dice Holdings Inc., a company that hosts several job boards, including Urbandale-based Dice.com, says the majority of hiring managers plan to add to their staff in the second half of 2012. …

Randy Edeker, previously the president and chief operating officer, took over …

In May, consumer confidence fell to the lowest point in four months, defying economists’ predictions that consumer confidence would rise.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg predicted that confidence would rise to 69.6 from 68.7 in April, …