Retail and Business

Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins Inc. plans to hire 800 employees during the next year, about half of them in Iowa, according to KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids.

The company made the announcement as it joined 1,300 …

The U.S.-China Business Council today released the results of its 2010 Member Priorities Survey. The Washington, D.C.-based organization, which represents about 220 U.S. businesses that sell American goods and services to the Chinese market, identified …

The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines awarded a $25,000 grant to Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) to provide funding for that nonprofit organization’s refugee services program. LSI’s new program, which launched this month, will …

National fuel prices are trending upward, but the cost of fuel in Iowa remains about 7 cents per gallon below the national average, the Iowa Office of Energy Independence said yesterday. The Nov. 15 average …

Factory production rose 0.5 percent in October, according to figures from the Federal Reserve released today.

That was the biggest production gain in three months, signaling that the manufacturing sector is contributing to the U.S. …

The Downtown Community Alliance (DCA) is conducting an online survey designed to allow downtown employees an opportunity to give input.

The survey is part of a DCA research project to identify the needs for additional …

Steve Ferguson, director of international programs at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, announced today that his position will be eliminated at the end of the year.

A grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that …