BP Plc’s cost of dealing with its recent oil spill disaster has risen to $8 billion, Reuters reported.
On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon offshore rig, which BP was leasing from Transocean, exploded and sank. …
Gov. Chet Culver was scheduled to be interviewed live at 9:10 a.m. today on CNBC’s “Street Signs.” The show, which recently ran a series that ranked America’s top states for doing business, according to 40 …
Activity in the three areas measured by large Iowa employers to gauge the strength of business for the coming six months – sales, capital spending and employment – did not vary significantly from results of …
John Deere Credit has partnered with Findley Elementary School in Des Moines to provide new digital video cameras, projectors and two books per student as part of its financial literacy outreach efforts. The school has …
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute will offer a second installment of Daybreak Leadership, a new leadership breakfast and networking program designed to encourage community leaders to continue lifelong learning. The next session will be …
Manufacturing expanded at a faster pace than forecast in August, signaling the industry that led the recovery will keep it from faltering, Bloomberg reported.
The Institute for Supply Management’s factory index rose to 56.3 from …
The latest report on downsizing activity reveals that planned job cuts announced by employers in August fell to 34,768, the lowest monthly total in over a decade, job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. …
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian company that is attempting to take over Casey’s General Stores Inc., said today it has extended its $36.75 tender offer to Sept. 30. The offer, which has been rejected by …
The University of Iowa will host an open house at the John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center, 1200 Grand Ave., from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday. The free event will offer the public an …
Policy makers should focus on promoting economic growth and job creation rather than deficit reduction, a majority of respondents said in a survey by the National Association for Business Economics released Sunday. Three-quarters of respondents …
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