Archive for December 2017
The joy of a whim
Thelma’s ice cream sandwiches are now available for shipping in dry-ice-cooled packages sold through Amazon’s platform.
The treats — great-grandma’s cookies on the outside, Anderson-Erickson ice cream on the inside — should soon be in …
Guest Opinion: Large dollar numbers require using some common sense
Randy Evans | executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Back in my working days, back when I supervised The Des Moines Register’s business news staff, one of the columnists confessed to our readers …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Stories worth telling
Nearly 20 years ago, Des Moines lawyer Rick Autry suggested to his father that they co-author a book about virtues that could be read to and by children.
James Autry, a local author and former …
McLellan: The teacher is in the house
I’m hoping that you’re finding that this series of columns focused on the channels too critical for you to ignore in 2018 has been helpful so far. This week’s channel is the redheaded stepchild of …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Math, science top youth poll results
With STEM fields getting a lot of attention in education, the results of the 2017 Iowa Youth Straw Poll caught our eyes. It turns out just 26 percent of students who participated consider math their …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Small businesses get a break
Small Business Saturday, a creation of American Express, on Nov. 25 featured Tim McGrath’s Des Moines Small Biz Support Squad surprising small-business owners with the likes of balloons, food, gifts and massages. The event, started …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Startups still hatching at Drake through alum’s gifts
When John Lorentzen graduated with a business degree from Drake University 40 years ago, he thought he had a pretty complete grounding in business topics.
It wasn’t until after he was practicing corporate tax law …
NOTEBOOK: Des Moines has the top natural birth rate in the Midwest
Sometimes after one of our events, as people ask me how it went and what I found interesting as moderator, I find myself repeating a nugget of info over and over. In the case of our …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 8 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the December 8 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 MoreA Closer Look: Dennis Murphy
Dennis Murphy is a New Jersey native who studied there and went to work as vice president of Goldman Sachs. He later worked in a couple of tech companies, including his most recent stop at …
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