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Iowa unemployment rate steady at 2.4%


Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stayed at 2.4% in April, well below the national figure of 3.6%. Beth Townsend, director of Iowa Workforce Development, said in a statement that Iowa’s unemployment has been at historically …

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Borlaug Dialogue opens registrations


World Food Prize Foundation President Kenneth Quinn took the stage at a conference in Beijing Thursday to announce the opening of registrations for the next Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium Pax Agricultura: Peace Through Agriculture. “From …

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ISU Startup Factory cohort PK Biosciences receives SBIR funding


The Iowa State University Startup Factory announced that one of cohort companies, PK Biosciences Corp., has been awarded a $224,912 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and …

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IEDA approves aid for Facebook, Vermeer


The Iowa Economic Development Authority board today approved aid for Facebook’s expansion in Altoona and Vermeer’s reconstruction from tornado damage in Pella. The Facebook package included a 20-year local property tax exemption through a program …

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Franklin school project faces an uncertain future

Concerns by at least four Des Moines City Council members about a proposal to transform a former west-side school into an entertainment venue have the potential to quash the $8 million project, the project’s developer …

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Deere’s revenues up 6% in second quarter


TheStreet: Deere & Co. posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings today and lowered its full-year profit outlook as “softening” agricultural market conditions and reduced export market access clouded its near-term forecast. Deere reported net income of $1.135 …

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Overall, the rural economy is in the dumps

The negatives outweighed the positives in a monthly survey of bank presidents and CEOs in a 10-state area that includes Iowa, according to the survey’s co-founder, Ernie Goss, the Jack A. MacAllister chair in regional …

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Warren County Small Business Grant Contest seeks applications

Warren County Economic Development Corp. is now accepting entries for the Warren County Small Business Grant Contest. The contest awards $6,000 to an existing small business and $4,000 to a startup business. All Warren County …

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Healthiest State kicks off Make It OK awareness campaign

The Healthiest State Initiative formally launched the Make It OK awareness campaign for Iowa this week during its annual conference, which was held Tuesday at the Scheman Center on the Iowa State University campus. The …

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Iowa AG sues Purdue Pharma over alleged deceptive Oxycontin marketing

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller joined four other states today in suing Purdue Pharma and its former president and board chairman, Richard Sackler, alleging that the drug company engaged in unfair, deceptive and unlawful practices …