Economic Development

The retreat from the U.S. stock market continued last week, CNNMoney reported. Another $2.7 billion was pulled from U.S. stock market mutual funds during the week ended Aug. 15, according to the Investment Company Institute. …

Nominations are now available for the Iowa Tourism Awards, hosted by the Iowa Tourism Office and the Travel Federation of Iowa.

The awards are designed to honor the most outstanding attractions, events, communities, organizations and …

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.3 percent in July, Iowa Workforce Development announced today.

That is up from a rate of 5.1 percent in June, but down from the 6.0 percent unemployment rate …

The U.S. Department of Labor today said initial claims for unemployment benefits rose by 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 366,000.

The four-week moving average for new claims dropped by 5,500 to 363,750, which …

Immigrants were responsible for more than a quarter of all new U.S. businesses started last year and are increasingly likely to start a business, even as the rate of native-born Americans starting businesses declines.

That’s …

Calling attention to a new report showing that wind energy accounted for nearly a third of the new electric capacity added in the United States last year, the Obama administration is asking for continued government support of …

A new survey says the number of Americans who say things are going badly in the country is on the rise, and a growing number of people believe that economic conditions are getting worse, CNN …

Meredith Corp.’s board of directors yesterday declared a quarterly dividend of 38.25 cents per share, or $1.53 on an annual basis. The dividend will be payable on Sept. 14 to shareholders of record on Aug. …

Employers in July hired the most workers in five months, but an increase in the jobless rate to 8.3 percent muddled the near-term outlook for monetary policy, Reuters reported.

Nonfarm payrolls rose by 163,000 employees …