Archive for August 2015
Code consortium accepting proposals
Guggenheim Partners to pay $20 million in SEC settlement
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Guggenheim Partners Investment Management LLC has agreed to settle charges that it breached its fiduciary duty by failing to disclose a $50 million loan that one of …
Read MoreCybersecurity symposium scheduled Wednesday in West Des Moines
Holmes Murphy & Associates on Wednesday will host a cybersecurity symposium, Keeping Iowa Safe, to address the increasing threat of cyber hackers. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart will join a panel of information security experts …
Read MoreSurvey: Uninsured rate drops to 5 percent in Iowa
Lee Enterprises posts third-quarter profit
Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., a publisher of 46 daily newspapers across the country, reported third-quarter net income of $1.9 million, or 3 cents per share. This compares with a loss of $9.7 million, or 19 …
Read MoreCar wash turns into coffee shop, youth training center
Work is beginning on Freedom for Youth Ministries’ Freedom Blend Coffee Cabin, set to open in the spring in a former car wash. The coffee shop will employ disadvantaged youths as a training center. A …
Read MoreFiorina to speak at business candidate forum
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will speak at the Caucus Candidate Forum Series on Monday, Aug. 17, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the State Historical Building. The free series is an effort to allow …
Read MoreWalking tour to serve up history on a stick at Iowa State Fair
A healthy serving of history will be on the menu this week when the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs and the Healthiest State Initiative team up to offer a walking tour of historic sites at …
Read MoreYES OR NO: Is Netflix’s new unlimited parental leave policy a good idea?
While some are calling Netflix’s new parental leave policy — one that allows employees to take off however long they feel they need during their child’s first year of life, with pay — is …
Read MoreOpinion: Inappropriate situations: We all need training
BY SARA KUROVSKI
Mayor of Pleasant Hill, manager of sustainability at Kum & Go LC
“You remind me of my wife, and sometimes I just want to punch her.”
Wow. Did you just re-read …
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