Retail and Business

Rotary International President Ray Klinginsmith will visit West Des Moines next month to speak about the importance of youths in Rotary service.

On Oct. 23, the Rotary Club of Greater Des Moines will host the …

Bob Brown Auto recently became the only General Motors-authorized Saturn service provider in Central Iowa.

General Motors announced last year that it would discontinue manufacturing Saturn vehicles. As a result, Saturn of Des Moines joined …

If you visit one of Blockbuster Inc.’s 5,600 stores to rent a movie this weekend, you may not be the only one watching.

“We’ll literally be evaluating every single store,” James Keyes, the company’s CEO, …

A bid to overthrow the board of directors of Casey’s General Stores Inc. failed today when shareholders attending the company’s annual shareholders meeting re-elected the entire slate, including president and CEO Robert Myers. Alimentation Couche-Tard …

The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) showed overall new business volume for August increased by 16 percent compared to August 2009. The MLFI-25, which reports economic activity for …

Rebuilding Together will kick off a project to improve 20 East Village homes tomorrow, with financial and volunteer support from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and AARP Iowa. The homes are in the neighborhood surrounding Greater …

The Iowa unemployment rate for August was reported at 6.8 percent, according to an Iowa Workforce Development news release. That number shows no change from July, though it is up from 6.3 percent in August …

Leonard Martling, president and CEO of The Weitz Company, has joined the Iowa Business Council (IBC), made up of top executives from 21 of Iowa’s largest employers, the three Regent universities and Iowa’s largest banking …

Give Back Des Moines will host a grant reception at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Give Back Des Moines is a community campaign with a goal to raise awareness …