Despite the economy’s sluggish recovery, a new national survey from Weber Shandwick with KRC Research found that nearly seven in 10 Americans have an optimistic outlook about their household finances for the next two years, …
Did you plan to stay in Des Moines?
You know, when I was in college, I really wanted to get out of Des Moines. I felt like I wanted to get to a bigger city …
Frank Russell is a man who doesn’t miss a business opportunity, even when it comes in the form of a hobby he took up to keep his mind off business.
That habit of making money …
Two meetings in the next month will go a long way toward deciding on a strategic plan for continued development in West Des Moines.
The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, which recently merged into …
Ah the delightful season of autumn. The sunshine turns golden, and young single people hurry off every morning to spend their days learning a profession and completing assignments, then fill their evenings with bars, concerts …
Like a sump pump that automatically kicks in to keep a basement dry, Iowa’s unemployment insurance mechanism has again triggered a tax increase designed to keep the fund used to pay benefits from swimming in …
The price of coffee is on the rise as U.S. stockpiles dwindle, CNNMoney.com reported.
Coffee futures have skyrocketed 44 percent since June as bad weather threatens South America and talk of Brazil and Vietnam hoarding …
Casey’s General Stores Inc. said Thursday that it is negotiating a “transaction” with convenience store giant 7-Eleven Inc. at a price of $40 a share in cash. Casey’s said it remains convinced that the company …
Corn production in the United States was forecast at 13.16 billion bushels, up slightly from 13.11 billion bushels in 2009, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report. FoodBusinessNews.net reported that the forecast for soybean …
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. said Wednesday it will sell convenience stores and service stations in 25 locations if it is successful in its hostile takeover of Casey’s General Stores Inc. Canadian-based Couche-Tard said it reached an …
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