Retail and Business

Becky Greenwald, a regional advocate with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will speak at the Central Iowa Breakfast, Business and More networking event on March 3 at the Holiday Inn Downtown, 1050 Sixth Ave. …

Tina Boaz-Murray, a marketing director with Chick-fil-A, will speak at the Iowa chapter of the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) monthly luncheon on March 2. Boaz-Murray, who has been with the Atlanta-based restaurant chain for 12 …

Entrepreneurs interested in participating in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Emerging 200 (e200) program are invited to attend a networking event on March 3 in Des Moines.

The e200 program is a national initiative …

Test of Time Design LLC, a graphic design company founded by Justin Brady in July 2008, has selected the Des Moines chapter of the March of Dimes Foundation as its exclusive nonprofit partner for 2011.…

Iowa small businesses say they are slowly emerging from the recession, according to a survey released earlier this month. The University of Northern Iowa’s 2010 Iowa Small Business Survey canvassed 459 small businesses representing 2,285 …

The Des Moines Social Club announced it is moving into the Kirkwood Building at 400 Walnut St.

The new location provides a 2,600-square-foot performance and event space, which will allow the club to continue theatrical …

Oil surged more than 7.5 percent to its highest level since August 2008 today on concern that unrest in Libya could spread to other major oil producing nations in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, …

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits decreased by 22,000 to 391,000 in the week ended Feb. 19, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average was …

Lynnae Hentzen, executive director and co-founder of the Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC), has announced she will resign, effective May 31.

Hentzen said in a press release that she is stepping aside to spend more …