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On The Rise: 3-12-18

      Jamie Milne (pictured)
Happy Medium
Hired as director of connections strategy
Des Moines

Kathleen Sullens
Community 1st Credit Union
Promoted to branch manager
Cedar Rapids

Angie Cobb
Pioneer Bank
Joined the bank …
By BPC Staff | Mar 12, 2018
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SEC reaches $3.6 million settlement with Voya

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday announced a $3.6 million settlement with investment adviser subsidiaries of Voya Holdings Inc. for a securities lending practice that harmed mutual fund investors, Investment News reported. In its order, the SEC …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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Massachusetts launches investigation of Wells Fargo Advisors

Wells Fargo’s wealth management business is facing a fresh investigation into whether clients were sold inappropriate investments and steered into high-cost advisory accounts, Financial Planning reported. On Thursday, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin announced that …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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EPA awards grants to 16 Iowa school districts for school bus upgrades

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today awarded $532,000 in rebates to 16 Iowa school districts to help them replace 28 older diesel school buses, including three in the Bondurant-Farrar Community School District. The awards are part of …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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Feed Energy offers ‘Excellence in Ag’ scholarships

For a seventh year, Pleasant Hill-based agribusiness company Feed Energy Co. is offering two $2,500 “Excellence in Ag” scholarships to students studying agriculture at a college or university in nine Midwestern states. Recipients will include …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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As Trump administration touts coal, renewable energy use rises

Coal is still Iowa’s largest source of energy generation, but ethanol production and wind energy are gaining ground. Coal use in Iowa dropped from 76 percent of power production in 2008 to 47 percent in …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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What’s happening with trade — and how does Iowa fit in?

There’s been a lot of talk of tariffs and trade in national and local headlines in the last week or so. The March 9 Business Record (Insider) tackles the very topic with Managing Editor Perry Beeman talking …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Mar 9, 2018
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March 20-21: 2018 Partnering for Growth Biotech Innovation Showcase & Forum

Host: Iowa Biotechnology Association
About: An investor conference and industry forum that joins innovators, investors and biotech leaders together over the course of a day and a half. It is an event for learning, investing …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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Optimae’s southeast Iowa division receives accreditation

Optimae Home Health Services announced that its Southeast Iowa division, which serves 13 southeast Iowa counties, has received its first three-year accreditation from Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP) Inc. The accreditation process entailed an in-depth …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018
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Iowa State architecture team wins masonry award for 3-D-printed ceramics

A cooling system for buildings using 3-D-printed ceramics earned an Iowa State University architecture team a $10,000 national award in masonry design and construction. Assistant professors Shelby Doyle and Nicholas Senske, lecturer Leslie Forehand and computation/construction lab …
By BPC Staff | Mar 9, 2018