Retail and Business

Ankeny-based Casey’s General Stores Inc. continued to cruise ahead of its target pace for gasoline sales in its fiscal third quarter. “The company’s annual goal is to increase same-store gasoline gallons sold 1 percent with …

Corn, wheat and soybean futures rose early this week on speculation that Japan will step up grain purchases once ports and milling operations reopen following last week’s deadly earthquake.

The powerful quake and subsequent tsunami …

An increase in FedEx Corp.’s overnight box shipments in the United States reinforces the Federal Reserve’s view that the economic expansion is on a “firmer footing,” Bloomberg reported.

Average daily volume rose 2.4 percent to …

Financial leaders of the Group of Seven, the world’s richest countries, will hold talks on Friday on ways to calm global markets roiled by Japan’s natural disaster and nuclear plant crisis, Reuters reported. They’re concerned …

The Des Moines Human Rights Commission will hold its 25th annual symposium on March 23 at Des Moines University’s Education Center. “Modeling the Future: Fair Housing and Human Rights” will run from 8 a.m. until …

In the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Gas Utility Business Customer
Satisfaction Study released today, Des Moines-based MidAmerican Energy Co. ranked first out of 21 Midwestern companies for highest natural gas customer satisfaction, the third …

Wholesale prices rose in February at the fastest pace in 1 1/2 years, indicating a build-up in inflation pressures from rising food and energy costs, Reuters reported.
The seasonally adjusted index for prices paid to …

Japan, the largest importer of U.S. corn, may need to purchase more to guarantee food supplies following last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on speculation that Japan will ratchet …

A 22.5 percent slump in housing starts during February has cut short economists’ expectations of first-quarter economic growth, MarketWatch reported. Analysts at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc cut their forecast for an increase …