Posts by pherteen
Business Record 1-19-24
Cover Story: Deloitte CFO of the Year 2024: Erin Kuhl
Focus: Economic Forecast
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Read MoreThe Elbert Files: Historic Women
In 2023, I met Edith Wilson, Sarah Polk, Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt courtesy of their biographers Rebecca Boggs Roberts, Amy S. Greenberg and Charlotte Gray.
Women have written books as far back …
Read MoreWhat they’re checking out: Week of Jan. 12
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des …
Read MoreBuild on the ‘Borlaug legacy’
Business Record 1-12-24
Cover Story: Boesen: Economic development a priority
Focus: Legislative issues to watch
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Read MoreIowa House GOP leader ‘pretty confident’ 2024 will bring more action on taxes
With four days to go before the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate gaveled in the 2024 legislative session, House Speaker Pat Grassley told the Business Record he felt “pretty confident” that the GOP majority …
Read MoreLawmakers’ predictions, priorities for 2024 session
Iowa lawmakers returned to Des Moines this week to start the 2024 legislative session with agendas that include a possible faster timetable for state income tax reduction, enhanced child care aid, affordable housing solutions, and …
Read MoreCreighton Business Conditions Index bounces back above growth neutral in December
The Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index climbed above growth neutral in December, increasing to 50.3 from 42.2 in November.
The index is a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota to …
Read MoreBusiness Record 1-5-24
A Closer Look: Jay Byers
In one of Central Iowa’s most notable 2023 leadership transitions, Jay Byers departed his role leading the Greater Des Moines Partnership to take the helm of his alma mater, Simpson College, as president.
Byers started …
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