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SBA backed 11 Central Iowa loans totaling $10M in October

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 11 private loans for Central Iowa businesses, for a combined $10.4 million.

The businesses pledged to create 52 jobs and to retain 76. 

The total amount SBA has backed …

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Drake considering graduate courses in CRE finance

Drake University is considering the addition of a commercial real estate concentration under its Master of Business Administration graduate program in the College of Business and Public Administration.

College Dean Daniel Connolly said addition of …

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Cedar Rapids insurer’s earnings take hit from hurricane season

Corridor Business Journal: United Fire Group reported a net loss of $17.9 million, or 72 cents per diluted share, in its third quarter as it struggled under the weight of hurricane catastrophe losses and more severe …

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Wells Fargo Advisors moves to level fees on 401(k) services

Wells Fargo Advisors is requiring that financial advisers servicing 401(k) plans do so in a level-fee arrangement for new business, as have other large brokerage firms, in response to the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule, InvestmentNews …

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Downtown Winter Market to be held Nov. 17-18

The Downtown Farmers Market announced that the Winter Market will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Nov. 18, at Capital Square at 400 Locust St. and Kaleidoscope …

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Right Dose Pharmacy joins Atlanta-based Guardian

Guardian Pharmacy Services, the third-largest U.S. long-term care pharmacy company, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Right Dose Pharmacy, an independent long-term care pharmacy that operates locations in Cedar Rapids and …

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UnityPoint Health may end Medicaid contract with Amerigroup

Iowa’s largest health system is considering ending its contract with one of the two remaining companies that insure Medicaid patients in the state, Radio Iowa reported. UnityPoint Health announced today that it will end its contract with …

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Mercy-Des Moines names new president

Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines has selected a health executive who has led hospitals through extensive physical and program changes — including recovery from a major flood — as its next president. 

Karl Keeler, currently president …

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NOTEBOOK: Ted Cruz vs. Kim Reynolds

The fight over Bill Northey’s nomination as undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has turned into a T-shirt-wearing, letter-writing free-for-all between ethanol and oil interests.

And a direct battle of wits between U.S. Sen. …

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Nov. 30: W.D.M. Chamber Business Roundtable

Host: West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
About: Join the West Des Moines Chamber as it hears from Jodi Essex, government contracting specialist with ISU’s Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS). Essex will give …