Archive for November 2015
2 ISU architecture programs rank in top 20 nationally
Iowa State University’s undergraduate programs in landscape architecture and architecture are ranked in the top 20 in the nation, according to a new survey of practitioners by DesignIntelligence. The survey placed Iowa State’s undergraduate…Read More
Greater Des Moines foundation ranks well nationally
The Foundation Center recently ranked the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines in the top 55 of more than 750 community foundations across the nation in all four categories of its CF Insights: Benchmarking Beyond Asset…Read More
Workiva, OutcomesMTM make Deloitte Fast500 list
Two Central Iowa companies, Ames-based software firm Workiva and West Des Moines biotech company OutcomesMTM, were ranked on the Deloitte Fast500 list of North America’s 500 fastest-growing companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy technology.…Read More
USDA awards value-added grants to nine Iowa businesses
Nine Iowa-based businesses will receive U.S. Department of Agriculture grants worth a combined $1.2 million, the agency announced. The money is from the USDA Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant program, which encourages new products. Among the recipients will…Read More
Strable elected chair of insurance industry trade group
Deanna Strable, president of Principal Life Insurance Inc.’s U.S. insurance solutions, has been elected chair of LL Global Inc., the nonprofit parent of trade associations LIMRA and LOMA, which have a combined membership of more…Read More
Morning Business Headlines: 11-13-15
Smarter robots put 50 percent of jobs at risk – British bank warns
CNN Money: The Bank of England has warned that machines could take over 80 million American and 15 million British jobs…Read More
Merck to buy Ames-based Harrisvaccines
Merck & Co. Inc.’s animal health unit will buy Ames-based privately held Harrisvaccines Inc. to expand its portfolio of animal vaccines as the U.S. livestock industry seeks new defenses against diseases, Reuters reported.
The Elbert Files: GOP caucuses about to get ugly
Iowa’s Republican presidential caucuses are different this year.
The most obvious change is the number of candidates: 17 at one point, too many to fit on one stage, but that’s not the most relevant difference. …
Read MoreGitomer: How deep is your brand?
You can say anything you want about Amazon.com Inc., but you cannot doubt the power and the depth of its brand.
The company owns way more than its name in the marketplace. The brand name …
Read MoreMcLellan: Move the needle with mobile
For the last couple of weeks, we’ve been exploring the seismic shift caused in marketing that is being brought about by mobile technology and the new consumer attitude of “I want what I want when …
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