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Educating conscientious leaders
Across the country, business schools are integrating conversations into their curriculum about corporate social responsibility, sustainability and empathetic leadership. The markets, and the next generation of leaders seeking a business education, are prioritizing corporations that …
Read MoreTyson closure reflects the tight labor market
In spring 2018, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. requested the state of Iowa’s help with financing a $43.7 million project to modernize the company’s decades-old processing plant in Perry.
The approved request was expected to provide …
Read MoreISU economist: 2024 could end closer to break-even for pork producers, packers
2023 was so disastrous for U.S. pork producers that analysts were left to predict that 2024 couldn’t possibly be any worse.
Tyson’s announcement that it will soon close a Perry processing plant, putting nearly 1,300 …
Read MoreBusiness Record 4-5-24
Cover Story: Tyson closure reflects the tight labor market
Focus: Human Resources
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Read MoreAfrican American Museum of Iowa to hold reopening celebration
The African American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids will hold a grand reopening event on May 11 to celebrate the completion of the renovation, which began in 2019. Renovations to the building include a …
Read More41 Iowa communities receiving grants to plant 1,300 trees
Alliant Energy named 41 Iowa communities to receive grants totaling nearly $145,000 through the company’s Community Tree Planting program, part of its One Million Trees initiative. Since the program began in 1980, Alliant Energy has …
Read MoreDes Moines Music Coalition announces dates, theme for 2024 80/35 Music Festival
The Des Moines Music Coalition opened ticket sales for the 2024 80/35 Music Festival, which will take place on July 12-13 at Water Works Park in Des Moines. The theme for the 2024 festival is …
Read MoreTeree Caldwell-Johnson dies after battle with cancer
Nonprofit leader and community activist Teree Caldwell-Johnson died Sunday morning after a battle with cancer, Oakridge Neighborhood Services shared in a statement. She was 68. Caldwell-Johnson announced her cancer diagnosis in 2023.
In 2004, she …
Read MoreA look back at Letters from Women of Influence: Teree Caldwell-Johnson’s letter to herself at age 20
Editor’s note: When the Business Record marked the 20th anniversary of Women of Influence in 2019, we asked members of the early classes, including 2002 honoree Teree Caldwell-Johnson, to write a letter with the advice …
Read MoreCrane removes iconic sign at former George the Chili King diner
The red-and-white sign that once illuminated the George the Chili King diner near the intersection of Hickman and Merle Hay roads was pulled from its pole on Thursday afternoon by a crane and a team …
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