Archive for October 2018
INSIDER NOTEBOOK — One Good Read: U.S. passports fall from No. 1
Rockwell Collins finds buyer for flight stabilizer business
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A French aerospace company plans to buy one of the businesses Rockwell Collins has been ordered to divest by the U.S. Department of Justice before United Technologies Corp. can close its acquisition. Paris-based …
Read MoreMuscatine grain processor to pay more than $50M in class-action settlement
Muscatine Journal: After years of legal action over pollution problems, a proposed agreement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against Grain Processing Corp. in Muscatine. If the settlement is approved by the court, GPC will …
Read MoreYPC board applications now open
Young Professionals Connection is seeking to get the word out to young professionals in different fields that it is accepting applications for its board of directors. YPC is a metrowide organization of 550-plus members with …
Read MoreYoung professionals sought for UnityPoint Health advisory council
UnityPoint Health-Des Moines is seeking young professionals to serve on its Young Advisory Council. The group was formed in 2017 to engage young professionals in Central Iowa with UnityPoint Health-Des Moines board members and senior …
Read MoreWhy communication is essential on job sites
NOTEBOOK: Treasuries: Short- vs. long-term & the inverted yield curve
Is the economy headed down? Well, maybe, if you believe in the inverted yield curve.
The yield curve charts the difference between the interest rate paid on short-term Treasury notes and long-term Treasury bonds. Long-term …
NOTEBOOK: Let’s cover this topic — Greater D.M. -tree canopy
While perusing news releases recently, one on trees caught my eye. I contacted Leslie Berckes, program development and innovation director for Trees Forever. She provided some information and city-by-city comparisons on tree canopy, which she …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Grinnell Prize winner: It’s not just about reducing your carbon footprint
Melanie Marcel, this year’s winner of the $100,000 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize, runs SoScience in Paris and spends her days trying to match companies with nongovernmental organizations and others who are trying …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Momboss at Principal
Working Mother magazine released its list of 100 Best Companies recently. It included a lot of large employers; some have Iowa operations, such as Bank of America, Deloitte and RSM, among others.
The list also …