Retail and Business

Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Iowa Inc. has received a $10,000 grant from the ING Foundation, allowing Central Iowa elementary school students to experience real-life financial lessons while attending the Richard O. Jacobson BizTown. Wells …

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 6 percent in April from 6.1 percent the prior month, as the state’s manufacturing sector added 1,400 jobs.

The Labor Department said today that a total of 700 …

Liberty Media Corp. wants to purchase Barnes & Noble Inc. for $1.02 billion, Reuters reported.

Liberty Media, which in recent years has looked to acquire inexpensive media-related assets in the hope of turning big profits, …

High fuel prices are impeding the global economy as oil-producing countries increase supply before the summer travel season, CNNMoney.com reported.

The International Energy Agency (IEA), a Paris-based energy watchdog, said Thursday that aglobal demand for …

Dr. Richard Deming, medical director of the Mercy Cancer Center in Des Moines, was one of 11 people to receive the 2011 American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award, a prestigious national …

It would be great if the federal government never had to help out a private company again. But all that talk about “socialism” a couple of years ago seems off-target when you consider the latest …