Des Moines Register: Business
- Brokers' fines cover class to teach financial literacy
Tuesday - 12/23/2014 - 11:00 PMThe good news about investment brokers who cheat and get caught is that their fines now are used to educate consumers, including patrons of the Ames Public Library.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grain Processing must pay $1.5 million pollution penalty
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:31 AMA Muscatine County judge has ordered Grain Processing Corp. to pay a record $1.5 million civil penalty for violating pollution control laws.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tyson, Scranton Manufacturing request state aid
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:40 AMThe state economic development agency will hear from Tyson Fresh Meats and four other companies seeking financial assistance at its monthly meeting today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa cropland prices slide, but less than expected
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:57 AMThe value of Iowa cropland is falling, but farmers could feel a softer landing than expected from the record-high land prices that kept surging in recent years, a report released Thursday indicates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vilsack: U.S. looking to purchase hemp seed to help Ukraine
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 05:19 PMAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said the United States is looking to purchase hemp seed to help Ukraine's ailing economy, which has been hurt by a corrupt government and recently an invasion by Russia into its Crimea region.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa Senate OKs two bills bolstering state's renewable energy industry
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 03:48 PMThe Iowa Senate approved two bills Thursday aimed at expanding renewable energy production in Iowa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tyson, Scranton Manufacturing seeking state funds
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 03:05 PM(Updated 2 p.m.) Five companies will come before the state's economic development agency Friday seeking money to help with proposed projects, according to state documents.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Business watch: Alliant to keep base electric rates frozen
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 12:33 AMAlliant Energy will not increase its base electric rates through 2016, the Madison, Wis.-based energy provider said Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Business Essentials: Life Time fitness center to hire 350
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 12:53 AMLife Time Athletic, the fitness center set to open this June in Urbandale, will hold a job fair from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the West Des Moines Marriott, 1250 Jordan Creek Parkway in West Des Moines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ISU's 'game jam' seeks Angry Birds-like tool to teach finance
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 01:44 AMA 24-hour competition will task Iowa State University students with helping others manage their money using a game, mobile application or website.
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- People on the Move
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:31 AMAIB College of Business has hired the following people:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Business briefs: Settlement from e-book scam reaches Iowans
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:36 AMIowans caught up in an e-book price-fixing scam by some of the largest e-book publishers in the U.S. have started receiving checks or credits and should review their email accounts for messages from retailers, Attorney General Tom Miller said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Group opposes Iowa clean-water data being confidential
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:57 AMAn environmental advocacy group on Thursday criticized legislation advancing in the Iowa House that would make water-quality data collected in connection with a statewide clean water effort confidential.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Calendar: Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:57 AMLet's DU Lunch: Young Professionals Panel: 11:30a.m.-1 p.m., Des Moines Embassy Club, 666 Grand Ave., 34th floor of the Ruan Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge approves $2.85 million claw-back from Wasendorfs ex
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 06:01 PMA Chicago bankruptcy judge accepted a deal Thursday between the ex-wife of imprisoned financier Russell Wasendorfs and the trustee for his former futures brokerage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa farmland values fall 5.4 percent
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 02:16 PMAMES - Iowa farmland values dropped 5.4 percent during the past six months, according to a report released today, marking the end of a five-year run that saw land prices surge to record highs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Brent Willett named as head of Capital Corridor initiative
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 08:32 AMBrent Willett, an economic development official from northern Iowa, will lead the Capital Corridor section of a multi-year vision plan for Central Iowa, the Greater Des Moines Partnership announced this week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iowa group will offer small loans to assist small food enterprises
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 12:48 AMA group of investors in eastern Iowa plans to offer small loans to local businesses that focus on food, agriculture and sustainability.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Home Base Iowa' for veterans gains House approval
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 01:22 AMThe Iowa House has approved wide-ranging legislation aimed at attracting veterans to work and live in the state.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Leaks, mold result in $12.4 million award for apartment owners
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 01:53 AMVERDICT: A Polk County jury this week awarded $12.4 million to the owners of a West Des Moines apartment complex who had sued the apartments' builders over leaks and mold the owners said took years to correct.
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- Winnebago's profit up in second quarter
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:30 AMAn increase in vehicle deliveries to dealers helped Winnebago Industries' revenue rise by 29.2 percent in the second quarter, even if an extremely cold winter tempered potential sales, the company said Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Business Essentials: Leader selected for central Iowa corridor
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:38 AMBrent Willett, an economic development official from northern Iowa, will lead the Capital Corridor section of a multiyear vision plan for central Iowa, the Greater Des Moines Partnership announced.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Merle Hay Mall adding 'one-of-a-kind' theater and pub
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:51 AMShoppers will have to navigate around some construction at Merle Hay Mall beginning this week, as work begins in earnest on the $12 million project that will transform an upper bridge of the shopping center into a dine-in movie theater and brewpub.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Awards: Friday, March 28, 2014
Friday - 03/28/2014 - 12:58 AMKeep Iowa Beautiful has announced the following 2014 annual award winners:
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge orders Grain Processing Corp. to pay $1.5 million penalty
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 05:53 PMA Muscatine County judge ordered Grain Processing Corporation to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty for violating pollution-control laws, the state attorney general said today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two boundaries proposals to be reviewed by Southeast Polk school board
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 02:57 PMA Southeast Polk school district committee tasked with exploring options for new elementary boundaries will submit two proposals to the board of education for review next week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winnebago revenues up in second quarter
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 08:10 AMWinnebago Industries saw its revenues grow to $228.8 million in 2014's second quarter, up 29.2 percent from $177.2 million for the same time last year due to more deliveries of the company's motorhomes, the company reported today.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Drug firms heed plea on use of antibiotics in animal feed
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 12:50 AMThe U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - West Des Moines project's incentive proposal delayed
Thursday - 03/27/2014 - 01:07 AMA mystery data center project known as 'Project Alluvion' will not surface this week with a formal request for state-incentive dollars, said officials with the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Alluvion' multimillion-dollar data center project on standby
Wednesday - 03/26/2014 - 07:46 PMA mystery data center project known as 'Project Alluvion' will not surface this week with a formal request for state-incentive dollars, according to officials with the Iowa Economic Development Authority.
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