Economic Development

The 24/7 Wall St. website for equity investors, compiled its annual list of the best- and worst-run states, and Iowa came up in the top five.

7th
Debt per capital: $1,690

18th
Budget deficit: 20.3% …

The Greater Des Moines Partnership unveiled its legislative lobbying priorities for 2013 on Dec. 5. Here’s are its top priorities:

• Reduce corporate and income taxes – Simplify and reduce Iowa’s corporate and personal income …

The New York Times spent 10 months investigating incentives awarded to businesses by hundreds of cities, counties and states.

Because there is no nationwide database of these incentives, the Times put together an interactive database and …

The Greater Des Moines Partnership unveiled its 2013 State Legislative Agenda at its annual luncheon today at the Renaissance Des Moines Savery Hotel.

For the last several months, the Partnership met with its investors, chamber affiliates, …

Reports today from the Iowa Department of Revenue and the private Iowa Business Council reveal a state economy that is improving, although business leaders temper their optimism.

The state revenue department’s leading indicators index improved …

Just four years after the worst shock to the economy since the Great Depression, U.S. corporate profits are stronger than ever, CNNMoney reported.

In the third quarter, corporate earnings were $1.75 trillion, up 18.6 percent …

Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will lead a trade mission to Vietnam and the Philippines Feb. 22 to March 2.

This trade mission will focus on increasing exports of Iowa pork to Southeast Asia and fostering …

Enseva LLC, a Waterloo-based company that specializes in “next-generation data centers,” announced Tuesday that it will build a $12 million project in Altoona.

The company in August paid $400,000 for 13 acres of land directly …

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said today its index of national economic activity dipped into negative territory in October. All four broad categories of indicators that make up the index decreased from September. The …