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Leading indicators up in November

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index rose to 102.4 in November 2010 from 101.6 in October. The 0.8 percent increase was the largest of 14 consecutive gains in the index since April 2010. Seven of the …

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Good news for auto and retail

Things are looking up in the auto and retail industry, based on December numbers.

General Motors Co. (GM), Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC all reported U.S. sales gains in December. Chrysler sales rose …

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Des Moines loses relatively few manufacturing jobs

Des Moines lost 3,800 manufacturing jobs from 2000 through 2010, according to numbers from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled by Business First in Buffalo.

The numbers show that 99 of the top 100 …

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KCCI News highest-rated in nation

KCCI-TV has the highest-rated Monday through Friday and Monday through Sunday late newscast out of the top 100 television markets in the country, according to November 2010 Nielsen Media Research.

KCCI’s 10 p.m. newscast led …

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Minnesota company buys Quality Concrete Pipe of Des Moines

Des Moines-based Quality Concrete Pipe Inc., which also operates as CSI Precast, has been acquired by Cretex Cos. Inc., a privately held owner of manufacturing companies with headquarters in Elk River, Minn., the Minneapolis-St. Paul …

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Colorfx acquires Artcraft

Des-Moines-based Colorfx LLC announced the acquisition of Des Moines-based Artcraft Inc. today.

Combined with Colorfx sister company Rock Communications Ltd. in Newton, the merged operation will have approximately 450 employees operating five facilities in central …

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2010 took its best shot


Wow, you think as Greater Des Moines walks toward you at a party; that is one nice-looking little city. But before you can start dishing out compliments, she whispers in your ear: “This is embarrassing, …

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Remembering remarkable Iowans


As another year ends, the Business Record recognizes and honors the members of the Central Iowa business community – and some of the notables who influenced it from the outside – who passed away in …

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Lovably grotesque


Jan Fleming thinks you should look up more often. When she started to raise her gaze a few years ago, she was delighted to find strange faces looking back at her from buildings all over …

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Bank Iowa to consolidate

Bank Iowa Co. announced yesterday that it has filed an application to consolidate its seven bank charters into one legal entity.

The consolidation’s approval is expected during the first quarter of 2011, and all locations …

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