• 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 …
Marv Debner will lead the Iowa practice for BKD LLP, the Springfield, Mo.-based national accounting and advisory firm announced Wednesday.
Debner, until recently the managing partner of LWBJ Financial LLC, has 25 years of public …
Des Moines Metro Opera Wine & Food Showcase will take place on Feb. 15 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown.
More than 40 Central Iowa chefs, caterers, brewers and wine distributors will offer selections and …
Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Healthways Inc. today named six more communities as Blue Zones Project demonstration sites in Iowa.
The communities are Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, Iowa City, Oskaloosa, Marion and Sioux City. …
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