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SEC approves equity crowdfunding rules

After a delay of more than three years, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday issued a set of final rules for equity crowdfunding, which will allow small investors to receive shares of a private…
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DM Roosevelt graduate makes list of top young science minds

Des Moines Roosevelt High School alum Feng Zhang is on ScienceNews’ “bright young minds” list, based on a survey of 30 Nobel Prize winners. When Zhang was a graduate student at Stanford University, he found ways to …

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Palmer study predicts healthy raises here in 2016

Palmer Group’s annual study of its data from job ads and its work with clients shows that many Central Iowa workers could see raises of 3-4 percent on average, with some as high as 26…
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Drake ranked 17th in value by The Economist newspaper

A new ranking by The Economist of all U.S. four-year non-vocational colleges and universities places Drake University 17th in the nation for value. Drake was the only Iowa college to rank in the top 100 in the …

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SBA backed 444 loans totaling $169 million in Iowa

The U.S. Small Business Administration guaranteed 444 loans totaling $134.9 million in the year that ended Sept. 30, part of loan packages that totaled a combined $169.8 million. That was up from the previous year’s …

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Deere to acquire precision planter maker Monosem

Deere & Co. announced this morning it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Monosem, the European market leader in precision planters. The purchase includes the company’s four facilities in France and two in the United States. …

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Rebuilding the World Trade Center will pay off by 2036

The rebuilding of the 16-acre World Trade Center site will pay for itself in two decades, according to a study by New York University’s Rudin Center, Crain’s New York Business reported. The Port Authority of New York …

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DuPont marks opening of Nevada cellulosic ethanol plant

DuPont Co. officially opened its cellulosic biofuel facility in Nevada today. The company bills the biorefinery as the world’s largest cellulosic ethanol plant, with a production capacity of 30 million gallons a year. The plant, …

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Report examines high turnover in U.S. service industry

Service organizations now serve more as pit stops for hourly workers than as places for building long-term careers. A new study by WorkJam, an employee relationship management platform, found that 34 percent of service companies have a …

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Event Nov. 5: Free workshop on clean energy startup

The Iowa Energy Center and Iowa Innovation Corp. have arranged a free workshop on clean energy startup initiatives, to be held 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Nov. 5 at the University of Iowa Pappajohn Education …