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Des Moines is the capital of and the most populous city in the State of Iowa, United States. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, owing its name to the Des Moines River (French: Rivière Des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks"), until it was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is also the county seat of Polk County. The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 92nd in terms of population in the United States according to 2006 estimates with 534,230 residents according to United States Census Bureau.
Des Moines is a major center for the insurance industry and also has a sizeable financial services and publishing business base. The city is the headquarters for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, and Ruan Transportation. Other major corporations such as Wells Fargo, ING Group, Marsh, and Pioneer Hi-Bred have large operations in or near the metro area. Forbes Magazine ranked Des Moines as the fourth "Best Place for Business" in 2007.
Recently, Des Moines has been experiencing rapid growth in the western and southern suburbs and is quickly becoming a large metropolitan area and national center for financial business.
Articles
Staying Safe in a Scary World
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News from The Des Moines Register
Ruans, Iowa Legal Aid receive Iowa Star, Aurora awards
Feb 9, 2012 2:57 am
A pair of Des Moines philanthropists and an organization that provides legal assistance to low-income Iowans were recognized Wednesday night as the winners of The Des Moines Register's annual Iowa Sta...
Iowa's unlikely duo working to save American homes
Feb 9, 2012 1:49 am
They reportedly will soon announce a $25 billion settlement with major banks.
House panel OKs 40% cut in commercial property taxes
Feb 9, 2012 1:00 am
An Iowa House committee approved a bill Wednesday night that would slash commercial property taxes by 40 percent over eight years, while providing hundreds of millions of dollars in state money to bac...
Iowa moving to create an electronic medical records network
Feb 8, 2012 11:02 pm
Iowa would create a health information network used as a library of sorts that would allow medical officials to quickly obtain past records of patients advocates say is critical to providing proper an...
Sheep delivers quintuplets in eastern Iowa
Feb 8, 2012 9:51 pm
Farmer Bret Blackford, who farms near Marion, says one of his ewes had grown to the size of a 55-gallon oil barrel, so he knew something big was going to happen.
For Cedar Rapids info, download 'CR App'
Feb 8, 2012 9:41 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. -- The city of Cedar Rapids boasts more than 1,000 downloads of its new custom-designed smartphone application in the first month and the acronym of CR App has turned out to be a rat...
Iowa officials: $500K spent on allegedly phantom Super Bowl tickets
Feb 8, 2012 9:01 pm
At least $500,000 worth of tickets to Super Bowl XLVI and other premier sporting events were not delivered by a Boyden woman under investigation for allegedly selling phantom tickets.
Des Moines is one of 5 cities to get its own Foursquare badge
Feb 8, 2012 6:55 pm
A Drake University Social Media Strategies class has put Des Moines on the Foursquare map.
Entertainers, lawyers, cops discuss dismissed burlesque case
Feb 8, 2012 6:18 pm
A burlesque show has been on hold since two women were ticketed last fall for showing too much skin. Now that charges have been dropped, Erin O'Grady is looking for a venue without a liquor license.
Does Iowa need an HPV program? Senate subcommittee says yes
Feb 8, 2012 6:13 pm
Iowa's health department would launch a $250,000 public awareness program about the human papillomavirus vaccine under a bill approved today by a Senate subcommittee.
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