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Des Moines Register names new executive editor

Carol Hunter, an award-winning editor with a passion for watchdog and political journalism, today was named executive editor of The Des Moines Register and a regional editor for seven other news organizations in Gannett’s Plains …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2016
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DART adds route along East University to Pleasant Hill

Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority will launch a route Nov. 21 that will provide all-day service along East University Avenue to Pleasant Hill. The new route, Route 10, will be free to ride through …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2016
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A WesleyLife could fit in the East Village

Rob Kretzinger isn’t listening to “all the noise” that rises from investors and developers and demographers who measure the market for senior living, but one sound he does hear carries to the Johnston offices of…
By KENT DARR | Nov 15, 2016
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Health insurance open enrollment fair scheduled Wednesday

The Polk County Health Department and several Greater Des Moines health care organizations will host a health insurance enrollment and renewal fair on Wednesday in Johnston. The fair, aimed at assisting individuals and families who …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2016
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C.R. mayor: State should raise wage before telling counties they can’t

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett, a potential 2018 candidate for governor, said Monday that if lawmakers want to stop local governments from raising their minimum wage levels they need to boost the state’s …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2016
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Wink’s adds sales data query capability

Wink’s Sales & Market Report announced it has added a sales data query function to enable its subscribers to analyze more than 20 years of data for indexed annuity and indexed life insurance sales. The …
By BPC Staff | Nov 15, 2016
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UI study: New lights, reflectors could cut farm-vehicle accidents by more than half

University of Iowa College of Public Health researchers found that Midwestern traffic accidents involving farm vehicles would drop by more than 50 percent if state policies required more lighting and reflectors on the equipment.


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By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 15, 2016
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Nov. 16: November Startup Stories

Host: Square One DSM About: Serial Entrepreneur Gabriel Glynn Takes a Seat at Startup Stories Sharing the Insights Earned on his Six Startups When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Where: Greater Des Moines Partnership

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By BPC Staff | Nov 14, 2016
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University of Iowa names Jim Leach as interim art museum director

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach was named today as the interim director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. Leach, a Republican who served in Congress for three decades, currently is a …
By BPC Staff | Nov 14, 2016
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Voya Financial Advisors launches practice management tool

Voya Financial Inc. announced today that its retail broker-dealer and registered investment adviser, Voya Financial Advisors Inc., has launched Business Builder, the latest addition to its expanding suite of practice management resources. The new tool, …
By BPC Staff | Nov 14, 2016