Archive for September 2018
Company disputes report Lakota and Superior ethanol plants will close
Radio Iowa: Officials with Green Plains Renewable Energy are rejecting a Reuters report this week claiming the company is shutting down a pair of Iowa ethanol plants in Kossuth and Dickinson counties. “We are not closing …
Read MoreIowa Medicaid’s per-member cost increases nearly triple since privatization
Des Moines Register: The average cost of insuring an Iowan on Medicaid has climbed nearly three times as fast since the state hired private companies to manage the program, when compared to the previous six years, …
Read MoreFareway to build on Southeast 14th, relocating store at Southeast 22nd
Fareway Stores Inc. has property under contract to build a new store at 6157 S.E. 14th St. in Des Moines to relocate its current store at 3000 S.E. 22nd St., which has operated there for over 20 …
Read MoreCalibrate sets schedule
The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Calibrate series will include four sessions in October and November. The interactive best-practices sessions will be:
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 21 Issue
Here’s a list of local people in the September 21 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 More6 takeaways and more from the #MeToo Power Breakfast
There were great questions and lessons shared at the Sept. 12 Business Record Power Breakfast, “Best Business Practices in the #MeToo Era.” Here are six takeaways from Business Record staff writers and notable quotes from …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: MBAs going pro
With the advent of distance learning, MBA degrees from many of the nation’s top universities are available online. Many feature at least some short residency on campus, and many others offer an offshore component to …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Airport 101
Kevin Foley, Des Moines International Airport’s general manager and executive director, briefed reporters last week on basic airport operations.
The tour included a behind-the-scenes look at a cramped but reworked baggage screening area that would …
NOTEBOOK: Some of you are lousy at taking lunch
If your shop is anything like Business Publications Corp., you probably see a variety of approaches to the lunch hour. We encourage everyone to take a break, and some do — to have lunch with …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Did you know?
Bill Cherrier, who runs the Central Iowa Power Cooperative, or CIPCO, recently completed a 300-mile bike ride with his buddies, with 12,000 to 14,000 feet of climb. “Sometimes I’m hanging on for dear life,” Cherrier …
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