(Quad Cities) - With cyber-crime damage costs predicted to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021, the Quad Cities Chamber will bring together industry, business, and community leaders in a panel format to discuss the growing importance of cyber security to the region's businesses and their operations. The Cyber-security Town Hall: Protecting Your Business Against the Growing Threat of Cyber Crime will be held from 3-5 p.m., Thursday, Oct.

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Sept. 18, 2017) - The Iowa Bankers Association (IBA) has elected officers and directors to serve on its 2017-18 board of directors. These leaders assumed their roles during the IBA Annual Convention, Sept. 17-19 in Des Moines. Officers for the IBA Executive Committee are as follows: * Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer, president and CEO, First Security Bank & Trust in Charles City, will be chairman of the board. 

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today led a bipartisan group of senators, including Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Al Franken (D-Minn.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), urging U.S.

SHANGHAI (Sept. 15, 2017) – Gov. Bruce Rauner spent his first full day in China visiting Illinois financial and manufacturing companies in Shanghai. The governor and the team of delegates started the day with a roundtable with the Bank of China’s executives and its high-profile clients. The discussions centered around ways the state of Illinois and China can pull their efforts together and balance the trade efforts.