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Facebook bus to make stop in Altoona

Facebook’s Boost Your Business Bus will make a stop at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse in Altoona on Tuesday to host a small-business seminar. The free seminar aims to teach local small-business owners how to optimize their …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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MidAmerican Energy to buy up to 1,000 wind turbines from Vestas

MidAmerican Energy Co. has reached a conditional agreement with Vestas Wind Systems to purchase up to 1,000 wind turbines for its 2,000-megawatt Wind XI project in Iowa, the Denver Business Journal reported. It’s the largest order ever …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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Miesblock new name for project at 7th & Grand

Nelson Construction & Development’s mixed-use project that will fill the east side of Seventh Street north of Grand Avenue will operate under a new name and two addresses when it is taken up for consideration…
By KENT DARR | Jun 20, 2016
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Guest Opinion: Paid maternity leave is the right thing

BY KRISTEN COREY | Program planner, Iowa Commission on the Status of Women

I remember the moment clearly. It was the moment I realized things were different for women in the working world than they …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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VIDEO: What works for women at work (Part 1)

Joan C. Williams, professor of law at the University of California and co-author of “What Works for Women at Work: Four Patterns Working Women Need to Know,” recently kicked off a video series shared at …
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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Women a growing presence at business schools globally

Between 2006 and 2015, the number of women worldwide taking the business school admission test jumped 38 percent (more than triple that for male test takers), according to the Graduate Management Admissions Council. By 2014,…
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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Research: Women-led firms have more female board members

Women in positions of power have a lot less trouble than men at finding other female executives for key roles, according to an analysis of 1,000 U.S. corporate boardrooms. When women hold key leadership posts like…
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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New book features Iowa State female leaders in family and consumer sciences

At least 15 Iowa State University leaders are featured in a new book that recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the field of family and consumer sciences. “Leaders in Family and Consumer Sciences”…
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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Guest Opinion: How to respond to difficult conversation

BY KIM STAMATELOS & ASHLEY TOLLAKSON | Attorneys and mediators, Stamatelos & Tollakson PLLC This is the second piece in a two-part series by Ashley Tollakson and Kimberly Stamatelos. Part one, which published last week, focused on initiating…
By BPC Staff | Jun 20, 2016
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WorkHound co-founder is delegate to Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Max Farrell, co-founder of Des Moines-based startup WorkHound, has been selected as a delegate for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit hosted by President Barack Obama on June 22-24 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. As …
By BPC Staff | Jun 17, 2016