Archive for August 2011
OUR VIEW: A leader should take a stand
What an opportunity. Iowa will be thick with presidential hopefuls for the next several months, and do you ever have an important topic to bring up.
There will be much time spent on social issues. …
Read MoreCloser Look: Jeff Tyler
Was it hard to think about moving to the Midwest?
Oh, heck yeah! I mean, my kids and I were laughing, and this is no disrespect, but when we first started talking about it, we …
Read MoreMcCLELLAN: Summer reading that helps your business grow
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved to read. I read to escape. I read to explore, and I certainly read to learn.
As an adult, business owner and marketing guy, I’ve added another …
Read MoreIt’s the same work, whether you’re in Key West or on a hunt
Central Iowa averages 33 inches of snow per year, which can make commuting to work treacherous at times. But this is not a problem for Scott Valbert, who works for Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group …
Read MoreTwo men and an engineering firm
Kris Kunze kept trying to recruit him, kept trying to pull him away from the comfortable office and the reliable pay, and finally Mark LaCroix said yes. “I was looking at the hours I spent …
Read MoreGain strength from adversity
So often, the most powerful catalyst for change lies in the place we’d least expect or want to find it – in adverse circumstances. Failure has a way of making us take stock of our …
Read MoreBERKO: Medley Capital seems to be singing a sweet tune
Dear Mr. Berko:
I wanted to invest $10,000 in a highly leveraged mortgage real-estate investment trust (REIT) that pays a 14 percent dividend. My broker is adamantly against this idea, because he believes higher interest …
Read MoreGITOMER: Writing for social media
My secret to writing is not complex: I write like I talk.
Writing in “speak” makes several things easy:
1. As long as you can think, or have an idea, or want to expand a …
Read MoreISU prof finds plenty of virtual workers here
Anthony Townsend was sure that “dispersed work forces” would become more common, and he was right. He was wrong about the reason, though. “I thought it would be because of worker shortages,” Townsend said. “I …
Read MoreFinal members named to congressional budget savings committee
The lineup is complete.
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi today named three Democrats to the special committee charged with finding $1.5 trillion in budget savings, Bloomberg reported.
Pelosi named James Clyburn of …
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