Retail and Business

Des Moines was one of only 23 job markets out of the 100 largest metropolitan areas to lose jobs between March 2010 and the same month this year, according to The Business Journals website, bizjournals.com. …

The scoreboard showed that the Iowa Energy lost last night in Game 2 of the NBA Developmental League finals, 141-122, to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

For Managing Owner Jerry Crawford, though, seeing more than …

More than 1,000 volunteers are expected to help clean up downtown today in today’s Earth Day Trash Bash, held by The Des Moines Park and Recreation Department, Metro Waste Authority, Operation Downtown and The Polk …

Dice Holdings Inc. doubled its net income to $6.6 million for the first quarter compared with the first quarter of 2010, the company said today.

Revenues increased 49 percent year-over-year to $40.1 million, and operating …

The Capital Crossroads long-term planning project is nearing completion.
 
The plan, part of an effort led by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, is scheduled to be …

Meredith Corp. reported fiscal 2011 third-quarter earnings of 67 cents per share on revenues of $341 million, a decrease from earnings per share of 73 cents on revenues of $353 million a year earlier. “The …

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa announced today that it received a grant of $20,000 from the Nationwide Insurance Foundation.

The grant will be used to support the organization’s School-Based Mentoring Program. The program …

Food prices will rise 3 to 4 percent this year, due in part to surging costs for pork and beef, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said today.

The increase would be the most since …

Average retail gasoline prices in Des Moines have fallen 3.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.76 per gallon on Sunday; the national average has increased 2.8 cents per gallon in the last …

Franci Phelan, formerly the chief human resources officer with the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation in Seattle, has joined Kum & Go LC as senior vice president of human resources. The West Des Moines-based convenience …