Retail and Business

Business economists have scaled back projections for U.S. growth this year, citing slower company sales and global uncertainty, a quarterly survey found.

The National Association of Business Economists (NABE) said fewer members reported higher sales …

The Iowa Craft Beer Tent will debut at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 11-21, with 13 Iowa breweries and three regional breweries pouring 36 different beers from 9 a.m. to midnight. Representatives from the breweries …

S. Ahmed Merchant and Alejandro Orozco will be honored during the Iowa Council for International Understanding’s Passport to Prosperity dinner Sept. 17 at Drake University’s Olmsted Center. Merchant, chairman and CEO of Merchant Investment Trust, …

Canadian natural gas prices soared as weather forecasters talked of a Midwest heat wave that is expected to last for a week, Bloomberg reported.

Prices gained 2.3 percent as demand for the power-plant fuel rose. …

Seneca Cos. has acquired MidSouth Petroleum LLC, a petroleum service provider based in Tulsa, Okla. Des Moines-based Seneca said the acquisition will allow the company to provide customers with more resources for petroleum construction, as …

Mark Weinhardt, a Greater Des Moines attorney who has carved a reputation as one of the state’s premier white-collar crime litigators while at Belin McCormick P.C., is starting a boutique firm with three other Belin …

Consumer prices fell more than expected in June to post their largest drop in a year, but inflation pressures remain elevated, Reuters reported.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell 0.2 percent, which was the biggest …

Martha Willits, president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, will retire at the end of the year after spending seven years with the organization. Partnership board chairman Larry Zimpleman of Principal Financial Group …

June was the heaviest CEO turnover month since May 2010, according to the latest report on CEO turnover released yesterday by Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

The consultant group tracked 113 CEO departures in June, a …

Prices for construction materials slipped 0.1 percent in June according to today’s Producer Price Index report by the U.S. Department of Labor.

However, construction materials prices have increased 2.3 percent over the previous quarter, and …