Archive for June 2019
‘No clowning around’ in Slipknot’s Iowa-distilled whiskey
Corridor Business Journal: Celebrity whiskies are big these days, with names like Bob Dylan, Darius Rucker and Drake gracing labels, but Iowa metal band Slipknot will not be outdone. Bourbon critic Fred Minnick lifts his glass …
Read MoreGreen Plains suspends dividend, redirects cash to technology, stock buybacks
Ethanol and feed producer Green Plains Inc. announced Tuesday that its board of directors has decided to suspend its quarterly cash dividend in order to retain and redirect cash flow to the company’s Project 24 opex equalization …
Read MoreReynolds presents Future Ready Iowa initiative at the American Workforce Policy meeting
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds offered attendees a look at the Future Ready Iowa Initiative during the second American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in Charlotte, N.C., Reynolds’ office reported on Tuesday. Reynolds was joined by …
Read MoreA Closer Look: Jennifer Zwagerman
Jennifer Zwagerman is stepping up one rung on the organizational chart at Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center, but it’s a big leap in the sense that she’s replacing a legend — center founder Neil Hamilton. …
Read MoreCRE Update: Urbandale’s rebranding effort starting to take hold
Changing people’s well-established habits is challenging, Urbandale city officials have learned during their campaign to rebrand an area around the 90-degree bend in the stretch of interstate highway that bisects the city.
Commonly called Rider …
Read MoreMcLellan: The age of authority
Look at the world we’re marketing to today. Fake news. Media channels controlled by consumers rather than the advertisers. Rampant distrust of any ad or promotion. It’s getting more difficult to get a prospect to …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Caucus confusion 2020
Iowa’s Democratic caucuses next year will bear as much resemblance to past events as the 1976 caucuses did to ones before it.
1976 was the first year anyone outside Iowa really cared about Iowa’s presidential …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: A mid-year market checkup from Wells Fargo’s chief investment officer
Although growth will likely continue to slow this year, the U.S. economy is on track to attain the longest economic recovery since the late 1940s, as the current expansion extends past the 10-year mark in …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Insurtech’s ties with Principal could spur more growth
Limelight Health, a fast-growing San Francisco-based insurtech company, is progressing with a product collaboration with Principal Financial Group, and by the third quarter expects to release a new digital underwriting app for Principal, said Jason …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: If satisfaction doesn’t drive employee engagement, what does?
Having team members who are disengaged at work is not only bad for an organization’s productivity — it’s actually bad for your employees’ mental health as well. That’s a takeaway I brought back from the …
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