Retail and Business

Kum & Go LC has named David Miller as its new senior vice president of marketing.

Miller previously worked for Iron Horse Interactive LLC, a California multichannel marketing company, and has worked with companies such …

BizBuySell.com, a business sales website, estimated that new business owners spend about $3.5 billion in …

Manpower Inc.’s employment index rose to 11 percent, the highest level in four years, according to Bloomberg. 

The report …

Telephone and Data Systems Inc., parent company of TDS Telecommunications Corp., announced the acquisition of Vital Support Systems LLC, based in Des Moines, for a purchase price of $45 million.

Vital generated annual revenues of …

One indicator of the state’s business health is again showing improvement. The Iowa Business Council’s quarterly economic outlook survey found that Iowa’s largest employers are more optimistic when it comes to company sales, capital spending, …

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 …