Retail and Business

Deere & Co said environmental regulations and higher costs could make 2011 a tricky year, and offered a profit forecast that missed Street expectations, sending shares lower in premarket trading. The company said this morning …

A memorial service for Feisal Sayeed will be held at 2 p.m. today at The Temple For Performing Arts, 1011 Locust St., Des Moines. Sayeed, a 47-year-old commercial real estate broker with CB Richard Ellis/Hubbell …

The Department of Commerce announced today that the U.S. economy grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the third quarter, according to Bloomberg.

The increase in gross domestic product is up from a 2 …

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) released its 2011 legislative agenda on Monday.

The ABI’s agenda is focused on job creation, fiscal responsibility, tax policy and regulatory reform.

The group’s legislative priorities are …

Iowa’s unemployment rate remains unchanged in October, according to Iowa Workforce Development.

The state’s unemployment rate was reported at 6.7 percent for the month, the same rate as September and up from 6.5 percent one …

The nation’s business economists view the economy like a slow-moving freight train, MarketWatch.com said.

In its latest survey, the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) predicts the economy will expand at a 2.6 percent pace …

Netflix Inc said it will offer its first unlimited streaming-only subscription plan in the United States for $7.99 a month, and raise prices of its unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plan by a dollar to …

Kia Motors Corp. will begin selling new vehicles through eBay Inc. as South Korea’s second-largest automaker looks to increase brand recognition in the United States, Bloomberg reported. More than 300 of Kia’s 725 U.S. dealers …