Archive for April 2020
Guest opinion: Improving workplace relationship: A counterculture approach through the eyes of a local businesswoman
Lifelong learners know that growth tools come in many forms. For Emina Hastings (pictured), human resources consultant with Affiliates Management Co. (AMC), she’s experiencing what a growing number of people are realizing — that horses…Read More
Beyond sexual harassment training: Know how to respond when survivors open up to you
This month is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and while many businesses may have formal sexual harassment policies and trainings, there is less often discussion about empathetic language to use when someone is disclosing an …
Read MoreBusiness Record Hiring: Advertising account executive
Company: Business Publications Corporation – Business Record
Position: Advertising Account Executive
Des Moines
Job Status: Full-time
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Primary Role:
Business Record is hiring an account executive to join our …
Read MoreLawsuit reveals Science Center of Iowa’s ongoing battle to repair Imax theater
Des Moines Register: Des Moines’ lone Imax theater remains closed due to water damage from nearly two years ago because the company that insured the structure is acting in “bad faith,” according to allegations made in …
Read MoreOutlets of Des Moines to host LifeServe Blood Drive
Outlets of Des Moines will host a blood drive donation in partnership with LifeServe from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. The drive will be held in the outlet’s parking lot, in space 325 …
Read MoreFour candidates for Tippie College of Business dean to interview virtually
Candidates seeking to become the new dean of the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business will now visit campus virtually over the next three weeks, beginning Thursday, the Corridor Business Journal reported. The college announced …
Read MoreWest Bank first-quarter earnings up; bank lends more than $200 million through PPP
West Bancorporation Inc., the West Des Moines parent company of West Bank, today reported first quarter net income of $8.1 million, or 49 cents per share, compared to first quarter 2019 net income of $6.9 million, or …
Read MoreIowa home sales up 8% compared with a year ago
More single-family houses and townhomes were sold in Iowa during the first three months of 2020 compared with a year ago, new data released from the Iowa Association of Realtors shows. Specifically, 7,428 houses and …
Read MoreFriends of Des Moines Parks receives new Variety grant for swim lesson scholarship
Variety — the Children’s Charity granted $15,000 this year to Friends of Des Moines Parks in support of swim lesson scholarships to metro families, Friends of Des Moines announced today. The grant will support 600 …
Read MoreAmergint reaches deal to buy Raytheon optics business
Corridor Business Journal: Amergint Technologies Holdings Inc. on Monday announced a definitive agreement to acquire Raytheon Technologies Corp.’s space-based precision optics business, headquartered in Danbury, Conn. The business, which is part of Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon …
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