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Borders Group Inc. will close its Greater Des Moines store this spring as the bookseller struggles to compete in the online marketplace and with larger rivals such as Barnes & Noble Inc. Ann Arbor, Mich.-based …
At the invitation of Mary Mendenhall-Core, director of development at Goodwill Industries of Central Iowa (www.dmgoodwill.org), I had the opportunity to tour the organization’s headquarters at 4900 N.E. 22nd St. This was the result of …
I was shocked at first, then nostalgic, then saddened. Then I got distracted and thought about pre-catalyzed lacquer for a few seconds, but then it was right back to saddened. All because I read that …
The 2011 Natural Living Expo, billed as the state’s largest and longest-running exposition focusing on healthy and sustainable living, will be held April 2-3 at the Polk County Convention Complex. This year, participants can bring …
Building relationships is vital for U.S. companies that hope to do business in Africa, said Nabeel Meghji, who founded a company aimed at helping Midwest businesses break into the world’s second-largest continent.
Meghji, a Tanzania-born …
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 …
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