Archive for July 2016
Deere to lay off 120 employees at East Moline factory
Reuters: Deere & Co. said today that it would lay off about 120 production employees at its John Deere Harvester Works factory in East Moline, Ill., just across the Mississippi River from Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa. …
Read MoreDetails announced for Microsoft data center in West Des Moines; will be largest in the country
On The Move: Week of July 18
RDG announces eight partners, senior partners
Patricia Boddy and Mike Chambers were named senior partners at RDG Planning and Design’s stockholders meeting. Both are engineers at the firm. Named partner were architects Nate Gieselman, Naura Godar and Michelle Sacco; landscape architects …
Read MoreHouse sales and prices increased in June across the state
June house sales increased 3.8 percent from a year ago and prices were up 2 percent, the Iowa Association of Realtors said. The median sales price rose to $156,000 from $153,000 in June 2015, according …
Read MoreISU students win at national food product competition
What happens when food science, business and chemical engineering students at Iowa State University combine their skills? A frozen yogurt sandwich that took second place at the 2016 National Dairy Council New Product competition. “Beyond the Bar” …
Read MoreISU students win at national food product competition
What happens when food science, business and chemical engineering students at Iowa State University combine their skills? A frozen yogurt sandwich that took second place at the 2016 National Dairy Council New Product competition. “Beyond the Bar” …
Read MoreDavenport ready to bring food trucks downtown
Quad-City Times: The city of Davenport is developing a “movable food program” that would allow mobile vendors to set up and serve customers on public property downtown. City officials have heard “significant interest” from potential vendors …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 22 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the July 22 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …
Read MoreThe Insider Notebook: July 22 Issue
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