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Funnelwise now has raised $10.5 million

Funnelwise has completed a $7 million round of Series A funding, raising its total to $10.5 million. The software company, with offices in Des Moines and Chicago, is developing a revenue predictability solution. The software …

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Coopera to offer expanded Hispanic outreach to credit unions

Coopera has expanded a credit union outreach program to Iowa that will target the state’s 174,000 Hispanic consumers. The program, Juntos Avanzamos (Together We Advance), has been offered successfully in three states for the past …

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Event Feb. 8 : ISU holds seminars for women

Iowa State University will hold a series of seminars for women interested in marketing grain. The sessions will be Feb. 8, 15, 22, and 29 at Marshalltown Community College. Each session runs 6 to 9:30 …

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Planned layoffs up 42 percent from year ago; unemployment rate drops to 4.9 percent

Planned layoffs are up, yet the unemployment rate is down. Confused? Here’s a look at the two latest job reports.   Heavy downsizing in the retail and energy sectors pushed monthly job cut announcements to…
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Pork producers name Wulfekuhle new president

Hog producer Al Wulfekuhle of Quasqueton has begun his one-year term as president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. He has been member of the IPPA board since 2012 and has raised pigs for more …

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Lee Enterprises profit rises, revenue down

Revenue slid by 5 percent in the first quarter for Davenport-based Lee Enterprises Inc., parent of the Quad-City Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. Louis newspaper reported. Total operating revenue for the period ended Dec. …

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Jackson elected president of Healthiest State board

The Healthiest State Initiative board of directors has elected Laura Jackson as president of its board. Jackson, who is executive vice president of health care innovation and business development for Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue …

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Kemin, Workiva among Iowa firms struggling to find workers

Workiva Inc.’s Ames campus features an indoor basketball court, foosball tables and a fireside lounge, but also a large prize wheel that can only be used by employees who refer new hires, The New York Times …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …

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Chesnut named dean of Drake’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  Renae Chesnut

Renae Chesnut, professor of pharmacy practice, has been named dean of the Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, effective immediately. She has been interim dean since June 2015. Chesnut earned …