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Airport to host Global Entry application interviews

The federal government’s Global Entry program will interview approved applicants at Des Moines International Airport Feb. 5-7. Successful applicants are allowed to bypass passport control lines and paper customs declarations when traveling internationally. “The Global …

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2019 Top 25 Influential Business Leaders announced

Dan Houston, chairman, CEO and president of Principal Financial Group, has been voted by Business Record readers as the Most Influential Business Leader in Greater Des Moines. 

Houston topped the annual list of the top 25…
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Gun maker moving to Eldridge is bringing huge contract for Estonia

Quad-City Times: A gun-making group moving to Eldridge this spring is bringing with it a $25 million contract to make rifles for a European military. Lewis Machine & Tool, which is relocating from Milan, Ill., to …

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Brazil’s soybean farmers could see more crop losses

Brazilian soy farmers face the prospect of more crop failures, a grain growers group said Friday, as a leading agribusiness consultancy revised its forecast for the country’s crop this year due to a drought that …

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China to negotiate in ‘good faith’

China’s Foreign Ministry said today it plans “good faith” negotiations with the United States on ending a long-running trade dispute, Reuters reported. Talks are being held this week in Beijing. U.S. President Donald Trump and China …

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Future hemp growers in Iowa idle until government shutdown ends

Iowa farmers ready to take advantage of the Hemp Farming Act can’t do so until the partial federal government shutdown lifts, reports Radio Iowa. President Donald Trump signed the farm bill into law last month, which …

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Report: Wage gap significantly wider than we know

A new study released by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research claims we may be underestimating the gender wage gap we’ve come to know and often cite in arguments.

According to the study, titled “Still …

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Guest opinion: Children teach us the value of being

By Terry Hernandez | Executive director, Chrysalis Foundation

Children repeatedly teach us about the wonder and magic of life. If you’ve ever taken a small child on a walk down the street, you know this is …

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Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa seeking inspiring women

Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa currently is accepting nominations for Inspiring Women of Iowa. Nominees should be women who exhibit courage, confidence or character. A total of three women will receive the distinction. Nominations are …

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Miller-Arlt named executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Siouxland

Sioux City Journal: Kristie Miller-Arlt has been named executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Siouxland (BBBS). Before her appointment at BBBS, she served as director of development and communications with the Diocese of …