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Report: Farm Bureau’s ‘skinny’ health plan may hurt farmers

The Iowa Farm Bureau’s tailored health insurance plans might be harmful to the state’s insurance market and to the farmers the plans are meant to cover, according to a national analysis on “skinny” health insurance, …

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West Des Moines Leadership Academy names class of ’19

The West Des Moines Leadership Academy, a program of the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce, has announced its 2018-19 class. Members will take part in a nine-month leadership boot camp. They include: Kelli Alexander, …

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HNI Corp. net sales up 5.7 percent in second quarter

Muscatine-based HNI Corp. announced that consolidated net sales for the second quarter increased by $29.1 million, or 5.7 percent, to $543.6 million. The company said the net impact of closing and divesting small office furniture …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

Urbandale advances
The newly named Urban Loop has logged eight new projects. Learn more 

First Fleet, People’s to …

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Aug. 1: Artificial Intelligence: Capturing the Voice of the Consumer

Host: Iowa Chapter of the American Marketing Association
About: Artificial intelligence and its applications are proliferating across industries and within every department of leading corporations and organizations. Join Tim Hoskins, president of Quester, to learn …

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United Technologies raises outlook as profit jumps

Wall Street Journal: United Technologies Corp. reported that second-quarter profit rose 42 percent, and it raised its full-year outlook as sales grew in all its major divisions. The Farmington, Conn., conglomerate said revenue growth was driven …

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Damaged by tornado, Lennox plans to rebuild in Marshalltown

Lennox International, one of Marshalltown’s largest employers, plans to rebuild after its facility took a direct hit from a destructive tornado Thursday, the Des Moines Register reported. In a statement Monday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said …

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Vermeer employees return to work after Pella tornado

Despite several plant buildings sustaining structural damage from an EF-3 tornado outside of Pella last week, Vermeer Corp. employees are back at work to begin limited production, the Des Moines Register reports. Two manufacturing plants have significant …

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Funds established for Marshalltown tornado relief

In cooperation with other community leaders, the Community Foundation of Marshall County has established the Rebuild Marshalltown Fund to provide an opportunity to give to support long-term rebuilding efforts as the community recovers from the …

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Majority of Iowa workers’ wages stagnant during economic recovery

Iowa’s slow growth in jobs has not been matched by increases in workers’ paychecks, according to a new report from the Iowa Policy Project. 

In the “State of Working Iowa Wages: Iowa Needs a Raise” report released …