Archive for September 2022
SBA opens nominations for 2023 Small Business Week Awards
The SBA’s Iowa District Office is now accepting nominations for the 2023 National and District Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year Award. Iowa District Small Business Week categories …
Read MoreReport: Share of Iowans employed by small businesses dips
Iowa had a net increase in the total number of business openings in the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but total jobs lost outpaced total jobs added during that same period, according to the …
Read MoreOn The Move: Week ending August 28
Grant Thompson
Genus Landscape Architects
Hired as firm associate
gthompson@genus-ia.com
Tim Morris
F&G
Hired as marketing specialist
tim.morris@fglife.com
Derek Mueller
F&G
Hired as director, FP&A – STAT projections and analysis
derek.mueller@fglife.com
Warren Snell
F&G…
Read MoreMild winter buoys Iowa pheasant population
Iowa Capital Dispatch: A lack of snowfall this past winter was likely a boon for Iowa pheasants, which were seen in roughly equal numbers as last year by state officers for their recent annual population survey. …
Read MoreEthanol plant fined for ongoing excessive air pollution
Iowa Capital Dispatch: A southwest Iowa ethanol plant has been ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for its repeated air emissions of excessive, cancer-causing compounds in the past five years, according to the Iowa Department of …
Read MoreF&G nears $5B in institutional market sales, boosted by pension transfers
Des Moines-based F&G Annuities & Life Inc. recently closed two significant pension risk transfer transactions that have propelled the company’s institutional market sales to nearly $5 billion since that product channel’s launch by F&G just …
Read MoreMutual Med becomes part of BenefitMall — which is merging with CRC Group
BenefitMall, a leading insurance brokerage firm based in Dallas, has acquired Mutual Med, a Davenport-based insurance distributor that provides sales counseling and support for benefits agents serving large groups, small groups and individuals. In early August, BenefitMall also …
Read MoreTrinity Health completes acquisition of MercyOne
Trinity Health, one of the largest not-for-profit Catholic health systems, announced Thursday that its agreement to fully acquire MercyOne is completed, and the Clive-based health system is now a full member of Trinity Health, based …
Read MoreIowa economy slows behind ongoing labor shortages, continued concerns with supply chain, inflation
Supply chain disruptions and labor shortages continue to be top concerns for Iowa’s economy, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers.
Creighton University’s MidAmerican Business Conditions Index showed that Iowa’s index for August fell to …
Read MoreDespite concerns, Iowa corn growers group backs carbon-capture pipelines
Des Moines Register: A group representing about 7,000 Iowa corn growers says it supports efforts to build pipelines that will be used to sequester carbon dioxide from dozens of ethanol plants across the state in an …
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