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Manpower survey: Greater Des Moines businesses bullish on 2016

A quarter of Des Moines and West Des Moines employers surveyed by Manpower expect to hire more employees from January through March.


Another 67 percent will keep current staff levels, 6 percent will reduce them, and 2…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Dec 8, 2015
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Survey: Keep asking job seekers about convictions

Greater Des Moines business readers are divided on whether questions about job seekers’ criminal records should be removed from initial application forms, according to the results of an unscientific survey in the Business Record Daily…
By Business Record Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Ignite winners include Easter Seals, ArtForce Iowa

The Ignite Community Innovation Challenge led by the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines has selected two grant winners from among three finalists that gave pitches. A total of 30 groups applied. The Easter Seals …
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Casey’s earnings increased in its second quarter

Casey’s General Stores Inc. reported earnings of $2 per share for its second quarter, which ended Oct. 31, up from $1.28 per share for the same quarter a year ago. Year to date, earnings per …
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Capital Orthopaedics hires Smith as operations VP

Capital Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine P.C. has hired Ryan Smith as vice president of operations, effective in January. Smith is currently a hospital administrator and regional operations administrator with Mayo Clinic Health System, where he…
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Medicaid to maintain provider pay for 3 months

Iowa health care providers will continue to be paid fully for treating Medicaid patients for the first three months of 2016, whether or not they have signed contracts with new managed care companies, Gov. Terry …
By BPC Staff | Dec 8, 2015
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Small business optimism dips for third quarter

After positive sentiments reached a seven-year high in January, small business owners are feeling less optimistic today than they were a year ago, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.


In the quarterly…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Dec 8, 2015
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Iowa Federation of Labor leader Mark Smith dies

Mark Smith of Des Moines, a longtime leader of the Iowa Federation of Labor and an outspoken advocate for working men and women, died Thursday,DesMoinesRegister.com reported. Smith, who was 71, became secretary-treasurer of the federation, which …
By BPC Staff | Dec 7, 2015
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Hy-Vee showers bowl-bound Hawkeyes with yellow roses

The Iowa Hawkeyes will soon be seeing a sea of yellow. This afternoon, Hy-Vee Inc. will deliver 4,300 yellow roses to the Stew and LeNore Hansen Football Performance Center to congratulate head coach Kirk Ferentz …
By BPC Staff | Dec 7, 2015
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Historic tax credits sought for Hubbell, Register building projects

The renovations of some historic buildings in downtown Des Moines have ground to a halt because of delays in guaranteeing state tax credits for the projects, but that won’t stop two other developers from seeking…
By KENT DARR | Dec 7, 2015