Archive for January 2020
University of Iowa staff support entrepreneurs working to end ‘fish for sex’ trade in Kenya
Two directors at the University of Iowa are using federal funds to train a group of 30 women in Kenya on the entrepreneurial skills to break into the local fishing business, disrupting the unofficial “fish …
Read MoreGrinnell Mutual offering 80 $1,000 college scholarships
Grinnell Mutual announced it is again partnering with its independent agents to continue the Road to Success Scholarship program. Eighty $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to college-bound high school seniors with good driving records throughout …
Read MoreRenewable Energy Group, Phillips 66 pull plug on Washington renewable diesel project
Phillips 66 and Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. announced they are discontinuing their joint effort to construct a large-scale renewable diesel plant in Ferndale, Wash. The project has been canceled due to permitting delays and …
Read MoreCosta named CEO of Knapp Properties
Chris Costa, pictured, president of Knapp Properties LC, is also now the real estate management company’s CEO, a leadership change that was effective Jan. 1.
Costa, who has been with Knapp Properties for more than …
Business Record 1-24-20
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 24 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 24 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 at businessrecord.com/insider and …
Read MoreMcLellan: Touching a heart requires multiple touches
In last week’s column, I described my experience with local nonprofits this past holiday season that I suspect was not unique to me. Random requests from charities I’d never heard from before, multiple asks from …
Read MoreThe Elbert Files: A move that never happened
A friend asked a question recently about Des Moines University, the osteopathic medical school at 3200 Grand Ave. that will spend up to $200 million in the next three years to build a new 88-acre …
Read MoreIowa insurers among institutions bulking up on structured debt
A type of investment that performed remarkably well during the Great Recession has become quite popular with institutional investors hunting for yield in a low-rate environment — so much so that it’s sparking increased scrutiny …
Read MoreHow is the local economy doing? Business Record readers answer.
We asked our readers to give us their thoughts on Iowa’s economy in year ahead – do they think it will improve, regress or stay at the same level? The 2020 results of the survey, …
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