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Des Moines local sales tax would likely pay for public safety, neighborhoods, street repairs and tax relief

The Des Moines City Council voted Monday to call for a March 6 ballot measure on a 1 percent local option sales tax that would net the city $37 million a year.

Because West Des …

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Corporate Games registration opens


You don’t have to be a Heisman Trophy finalist to compete in next year’s Des Moines Corporate Games, but it couldn’t hurt. Registration is open for the games, which run June 1 through July 31. “The Des …

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Applications open for Borlaug-Ruan International Internship program

The World Food Prize is accepting applications for the 2018 Borlaug-Ruan International Internship program. High school students from across the U.S. will travel abroad this summer to gain real-world experience in STEM fields at international …

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Iowa-based companies’ stocks up more than 4% in November

Iowa companies largely had a November to be thankful for, with a majority recording share price gains last month. 

Media companies Gannett Co. Inc. and Meredith Corp. were among the top gainers for the month, …

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Creighton: Iowa business conditions strengthen

Creighton University’s Business Conditions Index for Iowa rose slightly in November, hitting 55.2 after an October reading of 55. Anything above 50 indicates growth. 

The monthly survey of supply managers found that the index for …

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Koch brothers didn’t ask for Meredith board seat

The Koch brothers didn’t ask for a board seat at Meredith Corp. when they invested $650 million in Meredith’s purchase of Time Inc., the Des Moines Register reported. Meredith’s $2.8 billion acquisition of Time Inc. …

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Deere completes acquisition of the Wirtgen Group

Deere & Co. announced Friday that it has completed its acquisition of the Wirtgen Group, a global manufacturer of road construction equipment based in Germany. In June, Deere announced a definitive agreement to purchase the …

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Iowa Leading Indicators firing on all cylinders in October

The Iowa Leading Indicators increased 0.4 percentage points to 108.2 in October from 107.8 in September. For the first time since December 2010, all eight components of the index contributed positively to the index. Among …

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Guest Opinion: Gentlemen deserve headlines too

By Michelle DeClerck | President, Conference Event Management

It might be entirely possible that headlines regarding women’s issues resonated across the world more so in 2017 than in any year of memory. While many of the …

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Central Iowa executives graduate from Drake leadership academy

Fifteen executives from 13 Central Iowa organizations recently graduated from the Executive Education Center at Drake University’s Leading Others program, a group that included 10 women, according to a release. 

The intensive 18-month program is …