Still a romance with the movies Bloomberg Businessweek: With just a few hours left in the year, Hollywood is serving up a feel-good ending. Domestic movie ticket sales are expected to top last year’s record …
The banking industry showed signs of accelerated growth for the first time since the spring in the latest American Banker Index of Banking Activity.
The November index was 54.9, up slightly from 54.6 in October. …
The state of Iowa will need to do more to close the skills gap, according to recommendations released by the newly formed group Iowa Skill2Compete Coalition.
The report states that middle-skill jobs – those that …
• January 31, 2013
Economic Forecast Event For more than 16 years, our annual Economic Forecast has helped CEOs and business owners gain insightful perspectives on what the economy holds for the new year. Regardless …
Four Des Moines area business leaders told about 300 people at the Business Record’s annual Economic Forecast event on Wednesday that they expect Iowa’s economy to improve slightly in 2013.
Here are highlights of comments …
Having a passenger rail line extend from Chicago to Omaha with a stop in Des Moines is just good business, advocates said this morning.
Geoff Fruin, assistant city manager in Iowa City, and Patricia Quinn, …
The Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday adopted a strict definition of affordable health insurance, one which family advocacy groups say will deny federal financial assistance to millions of Americans with modest incomes who cannot afford family …
The Baltimore Ravens face the San Francisco 49ers Sunday to determine the best professional football team of the year, but Business Record wondered about another faceoff — the city of Baltimore vs. San Francisco. Which …
Jerry DuBois was making a good living operating his own company – one that makes seed counters for Pioneer and Monsanto. He didn’t really need to start another business. West Des Moines-based DuBois Engineering Co. sells its …
Complaining about your employer on social media can’t get you fired if it is intended for the “mutual aid” of co-workers, CNNMoney.com reported.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said today that the National Labor …
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