Archive for January 2019
McLellan: Deepening your circle
Marketing introduces us to audiences who either don’t know who we are or want to know more about us as they move through the buyer’s journey, but the handoff between marketing and sales is all …
Read MoreDOT warns that growth of electric cars could jeopardize Iowa’s road fund
Cedar Rapids Gazette: In about 20 years, the growing use of electric vehicles could take a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year hit on a state fund relied upon to finance better roads, the Iowa Department of Transportation said Tuesday. Iowa’s …
Read MoreDeep chills delay mail delivery
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the couriers of the U.S. Postal Service, but wind chills between minus 20 and minus 50 in Iowa have done just that, reports Radio Iowa. …
Read MorePrincipal fourth-quarter net income down; 2018 operating earnings up 8 percent
Principal Financial Group on Tuesday announced results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2018. Fourth-quarter net income attributable to Principal was $236.5 million, or 83 cents a share, compared with $841.8 million, …
Read MoreRaftis to receive Tippie College young alumnus award
Jon Raftis, an account executive with the Dana Co. in Clive, will receive the Young Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business for his service to the college. …
Read MoreAd agency Maclyn acquires Saturday Mfg.
Maclyn, a 25-year-old advertising and marketing agency based in suburban Chicago, has expanded its footprint in Iowa by acquiring Des-Moines based creative agency Saturday Mfg. Maclyn has been actively engaged in the Iowa business community …
Read MoreMay 18: Great Strides Des Moines
Host: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
About: Great Strides is the CF Foundation’s largest fundraising event. It provides opportunities for all people within a local community to get involved forming teams with friends, family and colleagues. Walk …
Primary Health Care to open wellness center at East Side Clinic
Primary Health Care Inc. is launching a wellness center at its East Side Clinic in Des Moines. The Primary Health Care Wellness Center will begin seeing patients on Feb. 15, with a focus on providing preventive …
Read MoreStudy: Truckload of cash paid to drivers
Iowa’s trucking industry pays $4.3 billion in wages for 98,540 jobs, new data from the American Transportation Research Institute and the Iowa Motor Carriers Foundation show. The Iowa trucking industry pays over $4.3 billion in …
Read MoreGregg, Naig join IEDA trade mission to South America
A trade mission to Colombia and Panama Feb. 3-9 will include Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg, Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig and representatives of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and agricultural groups. The trip marks Gregg’s first …
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