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Guest Opinion: Release your hidden entrepreneur

BY LIZ MYERS | Founder, The Myers Method Inc.   If you’ve considered starting your own business, or dreamed of being your own boss, you may be a hidden entrepreneur.   Until this year, Iowa…
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Funding available for minority advanced manufacturing projects

The U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency has announced a competitive solicitation for candidates interested in operating four new MBDA advanced manufacturing projects. MBDA will award four cooperative agreements totaling $5 million during …

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Scientific Games plans expansions in Des Moines, Cedar Falls

Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corp. plans expansions of its facilities in Des Moines and Cedar Falls that are expected to create 51 new jobs in the state. The Iowa Economic Development Authority today awarded tax …

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Three Greater Des Moines startups receive funding

The Iowa Economic Development Authority board today also provided funding to three Greater Des Moines-based startups based on recommendations from the Technology Commercialization Committee: My Diabetes Home LLC in Des Moines was awarded a $25,000 proof…
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Iowa construction employment advanced 13.5% over the year ending in April

All of the construction cranes towering over downtown Des Moines might have left the impression that construction employment is on the rise. In this case, looks aren’t deceiving. Iowa was among 23 states that added …

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Census: Ankeny among nation’s fastest-growing cities

Ankeny was the third fastest-growing city in the country in the year that ended July 1, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. The suburb grew by 6.5 percent in a year, to 56,764. Des Moines ranked …

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Iowa unemployment rate rises to 3.9 percent

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent in April from 3.8 percent in March. That’s up from 3.7 percent a year ago. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 5 percent in April. “Although Iowa’s …

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IPR request for farmers’ conservation records denied

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and other farm leaders often praise the conservation work farmers do, going so far as to suggest those voluntary efforts are enough to solve Iowa’s water quality problems — a …

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Deere sales, net income down in second quarter

Deere & Co.’s second-quarter net income was down sharply compared with its year-ago results, reflecting the continuing impact of the global farm economy and further weakness in the construction equipment industry, the company reported today. …

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Medica makes cautious start on the Iowa, Nebraska exchanges

Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Minnesota-based Medica saw revenue of about $8.7 million during the first quarter of 2016 selling individual market coverage in Iowa and Nebraska, primarily through new health insurance exchanges. That’s not a huge number considering …