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Manufacturing in the Midwest slumped in August after 32 months of growth, Creighton University found in its monthly survey of supply managers in nine states. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index for Iowa fell to 49.7 in August …
Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced the first 13 recipients of the new Employer Innovation Fund, a matching grant program designed to help employers carry out plans to help their employees achieve postsecondary training and education. The first …
U.S. investor optimism fell to its lowest point since the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the third-quarter Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor Optimism Index released today. The Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index is now 72, down …
The same uncertainty that has tested the stock market in recent weeks could rattle the mergers and acquisitions world in coming months, experts say.
But they add that the merger and acquisition mania will continue.…
Iowa Workforce Development announced that four regions of the state, including Polk County, will share a National Dislocated Worker Grant totaling more than $2.86 million to assist 173 dislocated workers affected by the flooding across Iowa earlier …
Iowa Workforce Development and the Iowa Economic Development Authority are partnering to conduct a laborshed study across 10 counties, including communities in the Greater Des Moines area. The annual study takes about six months and …
The Greater Des Moines Partnership has launched a new downtown retail portal on its web site. The data, statistics and information on the growth of downtown are aimed at the many people who contact the Partnership for …
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 2.5% in July, up slightly from 2.4% the same month last year. The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 3.7% in July. “After a solid year of 2.4 percent …
Iowa Sports Foundation executive Kevin Bourke has been named president and CEO of the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau, replacing the retiring Julie Weeks. Bourke, a former track and cross-country coach at Iowa State University, had been …
Iowa’s already soft Rural Mainstreet Index fell to 46.2 from July’s 49.9, Creighton University reported. The 100-point index based on a monthly survey of bank CEOs in the 10-state region suggests growth if the readings …
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