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Volunteers to frame house for Habitat for Humanity

About 80 Bankers Trust and Ruan employees will spend Friday framing walls for a house for Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity. The “panel build” will take place at Cowles Commons, 221 Walnut St. The …

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Byers named to chair chamber association board

Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has been elected to lead the board of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The organization representing more than 9,000 professionals is based in Alexandria, …

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Association of Fundraising Professionals names Philanthropy Day award winners

The Central Iowa Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals has announced the 2019 Philanthropy Day award winners. The Philanthropy Day awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the quality of …

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InvestDSM meeting set for this week

The first meeting of InvestDSM, a new nonprofit corporation that will oversee an expanded effort to revitalize Des Moines’ neighborhoods, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the Des Moines City Council Chambers at 400 Robert D. Ray …

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Price for temporary repairs to levees hits $123 million and is still climbing

The cost to make temporary repairs to levees affected by spring flooding along the Missouri River continues to rise, reports Radio Iowa. John Leighow, chief of readiness and contingency operations with the U.S. Army Corps of …

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Tighter swine biosecurity at State Fair aims to keep diseases out

The threat of a deadly hog disease is prompting state officials to tighten security at swine events during the Iowa State Fair, reports Iowa Public Radio. For nearly a year, U.S. pork producers have watched African …

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UNI hits the road to help family-owned businesses

The University of Northern Iowa will host the Family Business Reunion Tour, a traveling series of forums for businesses to share their successes, challenges and opportunities. Among the five businesses on the tour will be …

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Report: U.S. foreign direct investment decreases in 2018

U.S. direct investments abroad decreased in 2018, due largely to repatriation of prior earnings by U.S. multinationals from their foreign affiliates, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

The U.S. direct investment …

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Cedar Rapids airport posts record month; passengers up almost 20%

Cedar Rapids Gazette:  A total of 127,333 passengers boarded commercial flights, up 19.5% from June 2018 and the highest number of boardings in a single month. The June figure is 4.6% more than the number …

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Iowa’s second Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses class graduates

Des Moines Area Community College, along with Iowa’s 14 other community colleges, today announced the completion of the second Iowa class of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. The 36 scholars from across the state represent a diverse …