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STOCK WATCH: Blizzard of red ink hits Iowa Index

Let’s just say January wasn’t kind to Iowa stocks.

The Iowa Index, an unweighted average price of 22 Iowa-based public companies, ended January down 7.8 percent, with individual stocks dropping as much as 33 percent.…
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Not up to full speed yet, but vehicle sales accelerated last year

Auto sales increased 3.5 percent last year to 147,447, according to a report from the Iowa Legislative Services Agency. New vehicle registrations peaked at 155,460 sales for the 12 months ending September 2004 and bottomed …

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Dad: Blunck was collecting debt before death

Someone owed Des Moines architect Kirk Blunck “a lot of money,” and Blunck was planning to collect the cash hours before his body was found at the bottom of some stairs in his office building …

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Creighton business conditions index rises for first time since June

The nine-state Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index for January expanded for the first time since June of last year but remained below growth neutral. The index, which ranges between 0 and 100, improved in January to …

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Service industry growth picking up in middle market

The burgeoning service economy is significantly outpacing more traditional industry sectors in its rate of business growth among middle-market companies, according to a new report from American Express Co. and Dun & Bradstreet Inc.


While…
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Five takeaways for women from the World Economic Forum

Internationally influential leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, two weeks ago for the World Economic Forum. BizWomen.com compiled five takeaways from the event, which addressed topics like gender disparity and the growing impact of technology.Read the…
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SPEAK UP: Giving up accountability

Rowena Crosbie, president of Tero International Inc., writes about the importance of a leader building a culture of accountability within her organization. To not be accountable, she writes, causes us to miss a lot of…
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Even in the millennial hiring sector, women are falling behind

BizWomen.com: As corporations wring their hands over how to hire and retain millennials, a new survey reveals some of the factors that lead members of this valuable age group to flee a company. Millennial men…
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Speaker series to feature lessons from three unique women

Des Moines-based Chrysalis Foundation will host an event called Conversation Speaker Series: Dream Team on Feb. 23. The event at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden will feature a panel of three speakers: Rae Fehring,…
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VIDEO: Women in business — entirely unremarkable?

  Kirsten Hall speaks at TED@StateStreet   Kirsten Hall, regulatory project manager within global markets at State Street, recently gave a TED Talk on her view on celebrating women in business.

In the video, Hall has a…