Archive for January 2019
Tauscheck named national 40 Under 40
Greater Des Moines Partnership executive Tiffany Tauscheck has been selected as a 40 Under 40 Award winner in a program managed by New York-based Development Counsellors International and executive search firm Jorgenson Consulting. Winners were …
Read MoreRoundup of McLellan’s 2019 marketing plan tips
Marketing guru Drew McLellan offered a series of columns in the Business Record offering tips on marketing plans for 2019. We’ve collected them in case you missed one or want the full set in one …
Read MoreOct. 4: Many Hands Business Breakfast
Host: Many Hands for Haiti
About: The Many Hands Business Breakfast is back in 2019, bringing together business leaders from across Iowa. This year, Wall Street Journal best-selling author and speaker Jon Gordon will join …
Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action; it affects 7.2 million tickets in 19 states
Des Moines Register: A judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that claims people who purchased at least 7.2 million lottery tickets in 19 states were scammed by a former national lottery IT director who …
Read MoreGreat-West sells life and annuity business to Protective Life
Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Co. has reached an agreement to sell substantially all of its individual life insurance and annuity business to Protective Life Insurance Co. Great-West’s retirement and investment management divisions, Empower Retirement and Great-West …
Read MoreFarmers to get less tariff aid than expected
U.S. farmers apparently will get less federal aid than expected to offset their loss of sales due to tariffs, a senior U.S. agriculture official said last week. Successful Farming reported that former Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey …
Read MoreIowa Insurance Division launches Senior Medicare Patrol to take fraud reports
The Iowa Insurance Division is launching a new resource for Iowans to report Medicare fraud, Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen announced this morning. The Senior Medicare Patrols (SMP) will empower Medicare beneficiaries, families and caregivers to detect …
Read MoreIBC recommends economic actions
The Iowa Business Council released its competitive dashboard today, and called for a series of actions to improve the Iowa economy.
The analysis of local and national data showed the state’s performance average in these categories: economic …
Lift IOWA: Events to note in February
Host: Iowa Center for Economic Success
About: On the first Friday of every month, join us to hear the savvy, successful business owners and entrepreneurs of Des Moines…Read More
Guest opinion: Honor those who encouraged your journey
By Caroline Quinn | Student, Iowa State University
When I first chose business at Iowa State, it was due to attending the Young Women in Business Conference on campus in high school. At the conference, I met …