Retail and Business

Job openings in the United States decreased in December to the lowest level in three months, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

The number of positions waiting to be filled fell by 139,000 to …

Neumann Monson Architects has added two more architects to its Des Moines office, which opened in October 2009.

Channing Swanson and Khalid Khan both are graduates of Iowa State University. They bring a combined 39 …

AOL Inc. announced Monday it will buy The Huffington Post for $315 million, a move that officials hope can help save the company, according to Reuters.

AOL expects Huffington Post to generate around $10 million …

The Business Record will host its Economic Forecast event from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Embassy Suites on the River, 101 E. Locust St.

Scott Brown, chief economist with Raymond James & Associates, will …

The Iowa Newspaper Association named the Business Record’s website and business blogs as best in their class during the association’s convention and trade show held Feb. 3-4 in Des Moines. Daily and weekly newspapers were …

MidAmerican Energy Co. announced today that it is giving $229,000 to 81 cities and community organizations in its Iowa service territory to support energy efficiency and environmental beautification initiatives through the planting of trees. Each …

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 9 percent in January from 9.4 percent during the prior month, though only 36,000 jobs were added in the non-farm employment sector as severe weather in some parts of …

The American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. board of directors has elected David Mulcahy to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Steve Chapman, who resigned from the board effective Dec. 31, 2010.

Mulcahy’s …

Agco Corp., the second-biggest U.S. maker of farm equipment behind Deere & Co., plans to break ground at the end of the first quarter on a tractor factory in Minnesota, Chief Executive Officer Martin Richenhagen …