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NCCI recommends 9.2 percent reduction in workers’ comp rates

The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 9.2 percent reduction in Iowa’s overall voluntary and assigned risk rate level for workers’ compensation, effective Jan. 1. The filing, released last week, marks the third straight year …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Partnership opens Inclusion Award applications

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will accept applications for the Inclusion Award through Aug. 31. Nominees must be regional members or investors in the Partnership. The top three selected will be featured at the Inclusion Forum in November. Note: The …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Sept. 11: Expert Advice: Differentiate Your Business!

Host: Gravitate Coworking
About: Join as Michael Kremer from Eighty 35 Marketing talks about what it means to differentiate your business. We go into business because we believe we have something to offer. Something different. …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Meet the 23-year-old Bettendorf-born designer behind Target’s new clothing brand

Quad-City Times: A 23-year-old Bettendorf native is the designer of a new line of clothing sold by Target. Cassidy Glynn, a graduate of Bettendorf High School and Iowa State University, was part of a small of …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Construction on Locust Street bridge replacement to begin Aug. 20

Construction on the Locust Street bridge replacement project in downtown Des Moines will begin on Monday, Aug. 20, at 9 a.m., city officials announced. Locust Street between Second Avenue and Robert D. Ray Drive is …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation awards more than $90,000 in grants

Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation provided grants totaling more than $90,000 to 17 nonprofit organizations in Iowa in the first half of 2018. These grants were part of the foundation’s mini-grant program, which reviews grant …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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July airport traffic up 12.3 percent

A month after setting an all-time record for monthly passenger traffic, Des Moines International Airport reported that July’s count was 12.3 percent above July 2017. That’s double to triple the percentage gain in most recent …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Restaurant Week 2018 is coming

Restaurant Week provides you the opportunity to dine at Greater Des Moines’ top restaurants Aug. 17-26 for just $28 for two lunches or one three-course dinner. The metro area’s innovative and talented chefs will create special fixed-price menus …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 13, 2018
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Guest Opinion: Get in the game and learn to let go

By Kirsten Anderson | Founder, Equitas Solutions

I love to play racquetball. My dad taught me how to play when I was a kid and I have been fascinated with the sport since. Regardless of age and …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018
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Report ranks Iowa seventh-best state to start a business

Corridor Business Journal: Iowa recently placed seventh in FitSmallBusiness.com’s ranking of the best U.S. states to start a business. The New York City-based online research firm, which examined seven different metrics, placed the Hawkeye State sixth for …
By BPC Staff | Aug 13, 2018