Archive for May 2012
Survey: 73 percent of Iowa businesses are using broadband
A recent survey found that 73 percent of Iowa businesses are using broadband Internet services throughout the state, and small businesses using the service saw twice the revenue of those without it, according to Connect …
Read More2012 Archive Issues: February
Business Record: February 3, 2012
Economic Forecast
Principal Financial’s chief prognosticator predicts slow growth ahead
Focus: Economic Forecast 2012
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Business Record: February 10, 2012
Who are the tech investors?
Why some make the choice …
2012 Archived Issues: January
Business Record: January 13, 2012
4 issues to watch
In the 2012 legislative session
Focus: Business Legislation
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Business Record: January 20, 2012
Ag lending a position of strength
Banks compete for share of …
2011 Archived Issues: December
Business Record: December 2, 2011
Facing Stress
How workplace stress affects our health, and what Iowa employers are doing to manage it
Focus: Specialized Health Care
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Business Record: December 9, 2011
@SocialMediaMonitoring
#DesMoines’ …
2011 Archived Issues: November
Business Record: November 4, 2011
Citizen Soldiers
Deployed business people left behind offices for war zones
Focus: Investments & Tax Planning
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Business Record: November 11, 2011
Immigrant Entrepreneurs
In search of the American …
NATIONVIEW: An out-of-state perspective from the national level
Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case was in Iowa for the third time in six months for the April 12 i2iowa Innovators and Investors forum hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa.
Case has praised …
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New jobs numbers raise concerns about economy’s strength
Though the Dow Jones industrial average posted a four-year high on Tuesday, the market index fell as much as 45 points early Wednesday morning, reacting to a report from Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) that …
Read MoreSouth Side health center receives federal grant for renovation
A Des Moines-based community health center has received a $499,178 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of funding aimed at improving community health centers across the country.
Primary Health …
Read MoreGovernor appoints chief information officer
Robert von Wolffradt has been appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad to serve as the state’s chief information officer. Wolffradt, 55, most recently held the same position for the state of Wyoming, where he installed the …
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