Retail and Business

The Young Professionals Connection will have its Lunch with Leaders event today from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, 700 Locust St.

Participating area leaders include Tracy Abbas of BTC …

Around 7,000 people are expected to convene at the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s Iowa Pork Congress today and tomorrow, and more than 250 exhibits will be on display at Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events …

West Des Moines-based Monte Wyatt was named the winner for the Consistency ActionMAN award presented by business and executive coaching firm ActionCOACH at the 2011 Americas Conference last week in Las Vegas.

Wyatt runs an …

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address might have had an immediate impact on the economy, at least in the short term.

The Dow Jones industrial average today rose above the 12,000 level for …

Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino presented the city of Des Moines with a $4 million check at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The money will be used to fund street and bridge repairs, Des Moines City …

The Federal Reserve will probably push forward with $600 billion in securities purchases, even as the biggest jump in business loans in more than two years adds to signs the U.S. economy is gaining strength, …

Meredith Corp. this morning reported record quarterly earnings per share for both its fiscal second quarter and the first six months of its fiscal year. Earnings for the quarter that ended Dec. 31 were $40.6 …

Hewlett-Packard Co. is considering a 300,000-square-foot expansion of its existing warehouse and distribution center at 3600 Army Post Road as part of a national consolidation of its logistics operations, according to a report prepared for …

JHCI Holdings Inc., parent of the Jacobson Cos., has acquired Chimerica Global Logistics Ltd. (CGL), a logistics service company based in Hong Kong with subsidiary operations in mainland China as part of the Des Moines-based …

Paula Correy, a senior vice president with Hy-Vee Inc., has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Heart Association, Des Moines division. Correy joins a board of 20 local leaders, chaired by …