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George C. Ford
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Business News Nov. 14, 2014 3:00 pm3978d ago
Iowa farmers contributed $13 million to access $9.5 million in state cost share funds to install conservation practices during the …
Business News Nov. 13, 2014 8:00 pm3979d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two portions of a building that formerly housed The Gazette offices in downtown Cedar Rapids are being …
Business News Nov. 13, 2014 8:00 pm3979d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cedar Rapids and Des Moines are ranked in the top 10 metropolitan areas in the nation with …
Business News Nov. 12, 2014 3:14 pm3980d ago
Fewer loans for less money were approved for Iowa businesses in fiscal year 2014 by the U.S. Small Business Administration. …
Business News Nov. 11, 2014 9:23 am3981d ago
DES MOINES – An 83-year-old Iowa supermarket chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and agreed to be purchased …
Business News Nov. 7, 2014 8:00 pm3985d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Home prices in the Corridor and the nation increased year-over-year in September, but the rate of growth …
Business News Nov. 7, 2014 2:03 pm3985d ago
Alliant Energy on Friday reported slightly lower third-quarter earnings per share that still beat analysts’ estimates and raised the lower …
Business News Nov. 6, 2014 5:26 pm3986d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The developers of a transmission line to transport electricity generated by wind turbines from Iowa to neighboring …
Business News Nov. 5, 2014 8:00 pm3987d ago
OTTUMWA – West Music Co. has announced plans to close its Ottumwa store at the end of the year. The …
Business News Nov. 5, 2014 8:00 pm3987d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased to 109.4 in September 2014 from 109.2 in August, with five …
Business News Nov. 5, 2014 9:50 am3987d ago
Good weather allowed Iowa farmers to harvest 25 percent of the state’s corn crop in the week that ended Sunday. …
Business News Nov. 5, 2014 9:36 am3987d ago
Alcoa plans to invest $190 million at its Davenport Works rolling mill to expand production of aluminum and aluminum-lithium plate …
Companies Nov. 5, 2014 9:18 am3987d ago
United Fire Group on Tuesday reported that sharply lower third-quarter net income due primarily to catastrophic losses also led to …
Business News Nov. 4, 2014 7:50 pm3988d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – S. Donald Stookey, a 1936 magna cum laude graduate of Coe College and the inventor of CorningWare, …
Economy Nov. 3, 2014 5:27 pm3989d ago
A leading economic indicator for Iowa and eight other Midwestern states slumped in October from September’s solid reading. The MidAmerica …