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2018 a record year for commercial construction in Ankeny

Ankeny recorded $142 million in commercial construction in 2018, setting a record and accounting for 31 new buildings, according to a release. Overall, 2,339 permits for commercial and residential construction exceeded $322 million, marking the …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 11 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 11 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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Iowa City, Coralville, North Liberty to sign formal ‘no poaching’ plan this week

Iowa City and two suburbs will formally sign an agreement to refrain from encouraging area businesses to migrate from one community to another, reports the Corridor Business Journal. The mayors of Iowa City, Coralville and North …

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Iowa ethanol producers set another record

Iowa ethanol plants produced a record 4.35 billion gallons in 2018, up from 4.2 billion the year before. The plants fell short of reaching their 4.5 billion capacity. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte …

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EMC takes a step on possible path to going private

EMC Insurance Group Inc. said in a release that a special committee of its board of directors has retained Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP as its legal counsel and Sandler O’Neill + Partners LP as …

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St. Kilda restaurant expanding into Temple for the Performing Arts

Des Moines Register: Des Moines’ first Australian cafe has become known for its breakfast, lunch and coffee drinks — and now you’ll have a second location to enjoy all it offers. St. Kilda Cafe and Bakery, …

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Federal court throws out Iowa’s ‘ag gag’ rule

U.S. District Judge James Gritzner has thrown out a 2012 Iowa law supported by livestock interests that was intended to stop undercover investigations of animal cruelty at confinements. 

Gritzner ruled that the state had failed …

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December pummeled Iowa stocks

All but one of 37 companies based in Iowa or running major operations here saw their stock prices fall in December, a Business Record analysis found.

United Fire Group Inc. was the lone winner, posting …

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Iowa in top 10 for economic clout of businesses owned by women

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Women-owned businesses are doing quite well, thank you, according to a new study of business trends. The 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses Report, commissioned by American Express and prepared by research and training …

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Salotti named Ivy College associate dean for undergraduate programs

The Ivy College of Business at Iowa State University has selected Valentina Salotti as the new associate dean for undergraduate programs, effective immediately. Salotti, a faculty member with the college for more than a decade, …