Archive for July 2012
Social: IRL to host Jason Fall
Social: IRL is hosting a second event in Des Moines and bringing Jason Fall, CEO of Social Media Explorer, a Louisville-based marketing agency, as the keynote speaker.
Fall will discuss tactics and tools for marketing …
Read MoreHy-Vee donates to Drake
Hy-Vee Inc. has donated $300,000 to Drake University to help with construction of the Morgan E.
Cline Atrium for Pharmacy and Science, creating the Hy-Vee Student Learning Commons. Hy-Vee and Drake have a long history …
Read MoreNight bike ride to benefit Orchard Place
Des Moines businesses have partnered with Orchard Place to host a night bicycle ride through downtown Des Moines on Saturday, July 14.
The Moonlight Classic will benefit Orchard Place. Registration for the event begins at …
Read MoreIntroducing, The Elbert Files
Good morning. My name is Dave Elbert. I’m the new guy at the Business Record.
Many of you know me from my 36 years at the Register and Tribune, the last 26 as a business …
Read MoreEditor’s Note: Meet our new columnist; Dave Elbert
I’m excited to announce that we have formed a relationship with Dave Elbert to write a new weekly column as the Business Record’s columnist.
Dave spent 36 years at the Register & Tribune, the last …
Read MoreFour Iowa hospital systems join Medicare ACO program
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that 89 additional U.S. health systems, including four in Iowa, have been selected to participate as Medicare Shared Savings Program accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Under …
Read MoreGovernment wants to collect excessive jobless benefits payments
Overpayments are a rampant problem in the unemployment insurance system, CNNMoney reported.
The federal government and states overpaid an estimated $14 billion in benefits in fiscal 2011, or roughly 11 percent of all the jobless …
Read MoreWellmark agrees to repay state development funds
The Des Moines City Council will vote tonight on whether to approve a settlement agreement between the Iowa Economic Development Authority and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield in which the insurer will repay a …
Read MoreBusiness Council accepting nominations for Partners in Efficiency award
Nominations will be accepted now through Oct. 4. The award recognizes employees or work units in any political subdivision that use lean tools and techniques to increase productivity and promote innovation that results in improved …
Read MoreIowa, it’s a tweet place to do business
Gov. Terry Branstad said today he will participate in CNBC’s “Top States Twitter Battle,” and he encouraged all Iowans on Twitter to use #TopStatesIA to assist in promoting the state as a great place in …
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