A bid to overthrow the board of directors of Casey’s General Stores Inc. failed today when shareholders attending the company’s annual shareholders meeting re-elected the entire slate, including president and CEO Robert Myers. Alimentation Couche-Tard …
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index (MLFI-25) showed overall new business volume for August increased by 16 percent compared to August 2009. The MLFI-25, which reports economic activity for …
Rebuilding Together will kick off a project to improve 20 East Village homes tomorrow, with financial and volunteer support from Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and AARP Iowa. The homes are in the neighborhood surrounding Greater …
The Iowa unemployment rate for August was reported at 6.8 percent, according to an Iowa Workforce Development news release. That number shows no change from July, though it is up from 6.3 percent in August …
Leonard Martling, president and CEO of The Weitz Company, has joined the Iowa Business Council (IBC), made up of top executives from 21 of Iowa’s largest employers, the three Regent universities and Iowa’s largest banking …
Give Back Des Moines will host a grant reception at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. Give Back Des Moines is a community campaign with a goal to raise awareness …
The longest U.S. recession since the Great Depression ended in June 2009, lasting 18 months, Bloomberg reported today after a statement from the National Bureau of Economic Research, the accepted arbiter of when recessions start …
Storey-Kenworthy Co., a Des Moines-based office interior and products company, has entered into a final agreement to acquire Matt Parrott and Sons Co., an office supply and printing company with headquarters in Waterloo and an …
A U.S. recovery is under way but at such a moderate pace that painfully high unemployment rates will persist for some time, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said today. It said the damage …
Tell me about Wildwood Hills.
The basic purpose of Wildwood Hills is strengthening the community and transforming lives through giving kids healing, hope and God’s unconditional love. At-risk youths are what we mainly focus on. …
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