Retail and Business

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 …

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian company that is in the midst of a hostile takeover bid for Casey’s General Stores Inc., announced record net income for the first quarter of its fiscal year.

Couche-Tard said …

Knapp Properties Inc. co-owner Gerry Neugent has joined the board of directors of American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. The board voted to increase the number of directors to 13 from 12 and elected Neugent …

The Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index increased 2.2 percent in July, to a seasonally adjusted level of 81.4, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said last week.

The area covered by the Chicago region includes …