Archive for July 2018
New York-based company approved for Cedar Rapids cannabis oil processing
The Iowa Department of Public Health has issued a notice of intent to license Iowa Relief LLC, which plans to grow and process cannabis oil in Cedar Rapids, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The firm’s parent …
Read MoreNew York-based company approved for Cedar Rapids cannabis oil processing
The Iowa Department of Public Health has issued a notice of intent to license Iowa Relief LLC, which plans to grow and process cannabis oil in Cedar Rapids, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The firm’s parent …
Read MoreSTEM Internship program opens applications for participating companies
The Iowa Economic Development Authority is accepting company applications for the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Internship program, which will award companies grants up to $50,000 per employer, with the goal of transitioning interns to full-time …
Read MoreIowa economy in a ‘very healthy’ zone
The Iowa economy showed modest improvement in June, according to a report today from Creighton University.
The Mid-America Business Conditions Index, which evaluates economic conditions in a nine-state region, scored Iowa at a “very healthy” 62.6, …
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Read MoreAnniversaries Special Section 2018
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Read MoreA nagging problem
For more than three decades, Des Moines has been the can-do city, reshaping and rebuilding its downtown and grabbing national attention for its efforts. In many of its neighborhoods, however, the city didn’t.
As if …
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the July 6 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the June 15 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 MoreMcLellan: Era of ‘we’re sorry’ advertising
There’s an interesting trend that speaks to a significant change in how brands are evaluated and how quickly they can go from hero to goat. In this week’s column, I want to explore the origins …
Read MoreElbert: Encomium for a cat family
We had to put down Teeny, our 23-year-old feral cat, the other day.
She’d been with us since her mother showed up carrying three kittens across our backyard in 1995. The mother was a black …