Archive for November 2015
A Closer Look: Steve Peters
Steve Peters ran the Iowa State Center 25 years ago, before embarking on a multi-city tour of duty with entertainment industry giant Ogden Entertainment. He parted ways with Ogden after he unsuccessfully sought to buy …
Read MoreWill equity crowdfunding draw a crowd in Iowa?
Iowa small business startups seeking capital will have a new way to connect with investors beginning in January: through new crowdfunding rules that are now being finalized by state regulators.
The Iowa Insurance Division is …
Read MoreEducation Insider
The West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce recently brought together the provosts of Iowa’s three public universities and Des Moines Area Community College for a forum on the future of higher education in the state. …
Read MoreThe Jobs Issue – 2016 outlook
Greater Des Moines’ economy will see solid growth in 2016, but continued recovery will be muted by the widespread economic drag of low grain prices, labor shortages, and other factors, economists and other observers agreed.…
Read MoreEvents drawing visitors to Greater Des Moines, week of Nov. 16
Business Record 11-13-15
The Jobs Issue: Solid.
Metros ‘booming,’ but ag economy mutes growth.
Focus: The Jobs Issue
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Immigrant investment program could live on for four more years
Congressional debate is heating up on the EB-5 immigration program, which allows foreigners who invest in job-creating projects to get green cards. The YMCA of Greater Des Moines hopes to tap the program for an …
Read MoreFarm group finds high nitrate in Raccoon River
Tests by the farm industry group Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance found that more than half of the 45 monitoring sites on the Raccoon River had the highest nitrate level of the past decade. The Boone …
Read MoreISU students win national cybersecurity competition
Iowa State University students won a cybersecurity competition and $25,000 for their work on solving a hypothetical security breach. The students were asked to figure out, in five hours, if a series of attacks were …
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