Archive for October 2016
REG expands line of credit to $150M, with option of $200M
Ames-based biofuels company Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has signed an agreement with Wells Fargo Bank Capital Finance and Fifth Third Bank to expand the company’s line of credit to $150 million from $60 million. Fifth …
Read MoreInsurance accelerator adds 2 investing insurers
VIDEO: What transportation innovations will disrupt D.M.?
A panel of business leaders discussed the future of transportation and how Des Moines will adapt to dramatic disruption and innovation in the transportation industry at the Business Record’s Power Breakfast this morning at …
Read MoreWorld Bank president to speak at ISU
The Iowa State University College of Business will host the World Bank president, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, as the featured speaker Oct. 13 for the college’s CEO Speaker Series. His lecture, “From Muscatine to the …
Read MoreOct. 18: The Journey – Featuring Mary Chapman
Digital TV series to be shot in Iowa
A new digital television series produced by Fox News host Megyn Kelly and “Fifty Shades of Grey” movie producer Michael De Luca will be shot in Des Moines starting next week. The series, “Embeds,” will …
Read MoreNeville receives American Trucking Association leadership award
Iowa Motor Truck Association President Brenda Neville was named the 15th recipient of the President’s Trucking Association Executives Council Leadership Award by the American Trucking Association during its annual Management Conference & Exhibition on Tuesday. …
Read MoreNew York-based insurance startup to beta-test home-share product in Iowa
STOCK WATCH: Falling Iowa stock prices outnumber gainers in September
Raygun creates Cedar Rapids flood-themed shirts, donates proceeds
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Raygun is helping with flood clean up by providing a little humor for Cedar Rapids residents and donating proceeds of flood-related T-shirts to the NewBo District to help fund cleanup efforts.…
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