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Exclusive insights from four TEDWomen speakers

To herald the moment feminism finds itself in following the past year, the Huffington Post decided to interview a few of this year’s TEDWomen speakers for their advice and encouragement for women to be brave, …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: What’s better than 1 good read? 11 good reads

Business Record readers likely know by know that data-journalism news site FiveThirtyEight.com is one of my favorite sources to read. At the end of 2017, I spent much of my 40-plus-hour holiday car ride to …

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Miller: Eliminate fees on freezing credit reports

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is proposing legislation to eliminate fees most Iowa consumers pay to freeze unauthorized access to their credit reports. He also wants to end the fees — currently the highest in …

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ISU President Wintersteen to speak in D.M.

Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen will speak at a luncheon Feb. 7 at the Iowa Events Center as part of the Iowa Soybean Association’s Farmer Research Conference. Wintersteen, ISU’s former agriculture dean, will provide …

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Big freeze = better corn prices

Reuters reports that the deep freeze that has hit the Midwest and much of the rest of the nation bumped up commodity prices as exporters worry about supplies. The Illinois River froze, and many expect trouble …

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Legislature opens Monday; business groups prepared

The Iowa Legislature reconvenes Monday. For business groups, that means renewed hope of legislation addressing tax cuts, long-term funding for water quality issues, workforce attraction and retention, development incentives, and other issues.

Here are links …

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2018 Book of Lists unveiled

The 2018 Book of Lists was revealed Thursday night at a party hosted by Iowa State University at Capital Square in Des Moines.

Published annually in January, the Business Record’s Book of Lists is the …

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On The Move: Week of Jan. 1

Katherine Beenken

Ahlers & Cooney PC

Elected as shareholder

kbeenken@ahlerslaw.com


Nicholas Pellegrin

Ahlers & Cooney PC

Elected as shareholder

npellegrin@ahlerslaw.com


Ann Smisek

Ahlers & Cooney PC

Elected as shareholder

asmisek@ahlerslaw.com


Madi Short

American Heart Association…

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Urbandale Kmart to close, along with another Iowa Kmart and a Sears

The Des Moines Register: Iowa will lose two Kmart stores and one Sears store this year, parent company Sears Holdings announced Thursday. The Kmart at 7501 Hickman Road in Urbandale will close in early April. That …

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LifeServe Blood Center opens larger Urbandale location

LifeServe Blood Center is growing and has relocated its Urbandale Donor Center to a larger location at 10469 Hickman Road. The new center, which is two doors from its previous location, opened Dec. 20. “We …