Retail and Business

The 711 Theatre Project has filled up its troupe registrations for this year’s event, the organization announced.

On June 3, 18 troupes will be shown the set, given their required elements and then have seven …

Staples Inc., the world’s largest office-supply retailer, saw its stock price decline by the most in 11 years after cutting its full-year earnings forecast, Bloomberg reported.

Staples dropped 16 percent in Nasdaq trading, the largest …

U.S. factory output slipped for the first time in 10 months in April as a shortage of parts from Japan slowed activity while home building slumped, showing the economy got off to a weak start …

Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) for the first quarter of 2011 averaged 7.3 months, up from 6.1 months a year earlier, an increase of 21 percent. CBI measures …

The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce will hold a Breakfast B4 Business event from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at Great Southern Bank, 3900 Westown Parkway. The breakfast is free.

To register, send an …

Small and midsize companies plan to increase their work forces by an average of 6 percent in the next year as confidence strengthens in an economic rebound, Bloomberg reported.

Survey results released today by General …

Donald Trump, the real estate developer turned reality television star, said today he will not run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, Bloomberg reported. “Business is my greatest passion, and I am not ready …

On May 11, 800 Principal Financial Group Inc. employees packaged 100,000 meals to be shipped to starving people in countries around the world, including earthquake victims in Haiti. It was the second onsite Meals from …

Consumer prices rose by 0.4 percent in April from the prior month, and higher fuel prices accounted for more than half of the hike, MarketWatch.com reported.

According to new government data, the prices U.S. consumers …

The board of directors of the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) on Thursday voted 11-2 to remove Lee Ann Grimley of Springville as president-elect of the organization. Grimley, who was first elected to the …