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Ricochet game lounge, bar set to open in long-vacant space at Capital Square

This first-floor space at Capital Square, 400 Locust St., has been vacant since the Embassy Club moved to the Ruan Center about 15 years ago. Ricochet Game Lounge & Social Bar is slated to open …

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Coon Rapids, Nevada named Main Street Iowa communities

Coon Rapids and Nevada have been named Main Street Iowa communities by the Iowa Economic Development Authority. 

The communities were chosen in a selection process that started last fall. They join 53 other communities that have won …

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Kruger named CFO for Kinzler Construction Services

  Breanne Kruger, pictured, has been appointed chief financial officer of Ankeny-based Kinzler Construction Services, a family and employee-owned construction subcontractor that installs and distributes building materials in Iowa, Minnesota, Colorado and Texas. Kruger, an…
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R&R Realty Group brands interior design team

Spark Design is the new brand name for R&R Realty Group’s in-house interior design team. Spark Design, a division of the West Des Moines-based real estate company, provides design services to customers leasing space in the company’s …

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Limouisine company plans construction of two garages

Luxxor Limousine & Coach Bus, a Des Moines transportation business, plans to build two large buildings on 4.7 acres at 1601 E. Army Post Road to store its vehicles and house offices. A site plan…
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Hubbell steps down as Hubbell Realty’s chairman; Ingham named new chairman

                              Jim Hubbell III, on the left, has stepped down as Hubbell Realty Co.’s board of directors chairman. Fred Ingham, right,…
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Dow rattled by recession fears

It’s been an up and down week for the stock market, with new signs of recession sending Dow futures reeling by as much as 410 points before today’s session started. 

Economists reacted to bond yields …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: How hobbies can improve your happiness, productivity at work

“Work-life balance” is a term that’s increasingly thrown around the workplace, and for good reason. This Fast Company article discusses how having hobbies provides happiness and increases productivity, thus hopefully decreasing worker burnout. According to the article, …

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Transamerica’s Dutch parent Aegon names new CEO

Less than three months after reappointing Alex Wynaendts to a new four-year term as chief executive officer, Netherlands-based international life and pension group Aegon NV said he is to be replaced by Lard Friese, CEO …

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Johnson to lead rights commission

Gov. Kim Reynolds nominated Administrative Law Judge Elizabeth Johnson of Iowa Workforce Development as executive director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission. Johnson, who previously was a staff member at the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, …