Archive for March 2019
Leading from the Top 2019
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Read MoreSBA backed loans for nearly $1M in February
The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 14 private loans for Central Iowa businesses that borrowed a combined $966,700 in February.
The businesses planned to create nine jobs and retain 36.
Among the bigger loans was …
Business Record 3-8-19
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the March 8 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the March 8 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 MoreGlobal Gridlock
The next few years will be critical to Iowa’s solid but perhaps underdeveloped export markets, and to shoring up international relations, export watchers said.
“The international markets are crucial to Iowa,” said Peggy Kerr, the …
McLellan: Amazon is winning big
There’s no question that Amazon has changed the retail landscape. In 2018, the online retailer had over $230 billion in sales. Today, the lion’s share of its revenue comes from selling retail products, but the …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Heroes: Marshall, Story, Warren
Recent biographies of founding fathers John Marshall and Joseph Warren provide fresh insights into the namesakes of three Central Iowa counties.
Marshall, after whom Marshall County is named, is the best known. As the fourth …
Read MoreCloser Look: Karen Kedrowski
Karen Kedrowski plans to rest once 2020 is over. The new director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University figures the trifecta of major events and milestones between …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Wanna be a hipster? You’re not alone. And BTW, here’s why you all look alike.
One of my favorite scenes of all time is from the film “A Beautiful Mind,” in which Russell Crowe, in character as the brilliant mathematician John Nash, rips into a competitive classmate at a soiree …
Read MoreAlliant proposes increase in electric, gas base rates by as much as 25% in north Iowa
Alliant Energy has proposed an electric and gas rate increase for Iowa customers, citing costs for expanding wind farms and new meters, reports the Mason City Globe Gazette. Electric and gas base rates would increase in …
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