Retail and Business

Sales at U.S. retailers rose in March for a ninth consecutive month, showing that the improving job market is helping Americans cope with higher costs for fuel and food, Bloomberg reported.
 
Purchases increased 0.4 …

The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) announced this morning that it will bring Body Worlds Vital — an anatomical exhibition series displaying preserved human bodies — to Des Moines as its next major traveling exhibition, …

Meredith Corp. announced that it will report fiscal year 2011 third-quarter results on April 27, prior to the opening of U.S. stock markets. A conference call will be held at 10 a.m. that day to …

David Worley yesterday resigned as the commandant of the Iowa Veterans Home, effective April 28. Worley served former Gov. Chet Culver’s administration and was re-appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad.

In a press release, Worley cited …

The U.S. economy is recovering at such a sluggish pace that the Federal Reserve needs to keep an easy monetary policy in place while the government comes to grip with its debts, Reuters reported after …

A funeral service for Ashley Okland, the Iowa Realty agent who was shot and killed April 8 inside the model unit of a new townhouse complex in West Des Moines, has been set for 10:30 …

Des Moines has been chosen as the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Championship host city for 2013. The event will take place Feb. 21-23 at the Jacobson Exhibition Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. …

Tony Blair, prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, will be the 20th William W. Siebens American Heritage Lecture laureate Oct. 7 at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. He …

China recorded a rare trade deficit in the first quarter on the back of domestic economic strength and rising global commodity prices, Reuters reported.

From January to March, China imported $1.02 billion more than it …

The Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Ames Chamber of Commerce and the Iowa Department of Economic Development (IDED) will host a forum about doing business in Brazil from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 19 …