Along with concerts, trade shows, conventions and other events, the center is the home to the Iowa Blackhawks indoor football team and the Omaha Lancers hockey team. Bunge is a global agribusiness company and a leader in the grain industry. Both Metro Crossing and the Marketplace will each have about 400,000 square feet of retail space with major department store anchors. Council Bluffs residents and business leaders say Google's anticipated decision to build in their community is the...

State officials are meeting with farmers and energy industry experts throughout the summer and fall to find suggestions for how the state can get a piece of an alternative fuel market. Its job is to suggest by the end of the year ways that Maryland can boost production and consumption of alternative fuels. Are we committed to it if it costs the customer more money? Are we committed to it if it costs the taxpayer more money? Or are we only committed to it if it costs everybody less?" asked...

Allergic reactions to food vary in severity, but approximately 30,000 people require emergency room treatment and 150 die each year as a result of them. To help people avoid the risks food allergens pose, the Food and Drug Administration requires that the labels of all foods FDA regulates (all foods except meat, poultry, and certain egg products) must clearly identify the source of all ingredients that are -- or are derived from -- the eight most common food allergens. To help people avoid...

ET NEW YORK (AP) Oil prices surpassed $76 a barrel Monday to reach their highest level in nearly a year after a global energy watchdog warned of a looming oil and natural gas supply shortage. The change follows a period when the Navy told shipyards what it wanted the ships to do and then let them deliver rather than getting mired in design details. ET (AP) The video game industry's annual showcase is saying goodbye to scantily clad booth babes, extravagant multimillion dollar exhibits,...

Securities and Exchange Commission approved its plan to build a $120 million ethanol plant at the southeast corner of highways 43 and 54, west of Nevada. Kirby, vice chairman of Ozark Ethanol, said the plant will use more than 19 million bushels of corn a year to create 57 million gallons of ethanol and 170,000 tons of dried, distiller grain for animal feed. Ron Clow, Nevada s community development director, said the enhanced enterprise zone also provides up to $1,200 in tax credits per...