Retail and Business

Forbes released its 2011 Billionaires List Wednesday, and social media website Facebook Inc. made perhaps the biggest splash.

Facebook placed six of its founders and investors on the list, four of whom are new to …

Variety – The Children’s Charity has given a $50,000 grant to Link Associates Foundation.

The money will be used to help relocate Link Associates. Link Associates has set a capital campaign goal of $4.5 million …

Surging oil prices are deepening a split inside the Federal Reserve, blurring the likely direction of monetary policy and probably making next week’s policy meeting all the more contentious, Reuters reported.

The sharp increase in …

Casey’s General Stores Inc. yesterday reported earnings of 34 cents per share for the third quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, which ended Jan. 31, unchanged from the same quarter a year ago.

Year to …

Confidence among U.S. small companies rose in February to the highest level in three years as hiring and sales expectations increased, Bloomberg reported.

The National Federation of Independent Business optimism index climbed to 94.5, the …

Tom Aller, president of Interstate Power & Light Co., has been elected chairman of the Iowa Business Council, which is made up of the top executives of the state’s 21 largest companies and the Iowa …

The cost of canceling projects in Dubai has builders continuing to work even in the face of a residential and commercial property glut, BloombergBusinessweek reported.

In the next two years, tens of thousands of new …

Fortune magazine has named E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., parent of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. in Johnston, one of the world’s most admired companies. DuPont said in a news release that it was …

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) has received a $25,000 grant from The Wellmark Foundation, which has committed the funds in support of the council’s “Mapping an End to Hunger in Greater Des Moines” …

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in February as employers added 192,000 workers, Bloomberg reported.

Hiring in manufacturing, construction and temporary help agencies was up as state and local governments cut positions.

“The …