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Branstad eyes milestone; events planned

Two events are planned to mark Gov. Terry Branstad’s emergence as the longest-serving governor in U.S. history, which occurs Dec. 14, his 7,640th day in office. A Capitol open house and a privately financed dinner …

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Event Nov 3: Central banks forum at Drake

Drake University will host a panel discussion on “The Changing Role of Central Banks,” sponsored by Principal Financial Group Inc. and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship. The free public event is scheduled …

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Event Nov. 4: AMA luncheon on building connections with consumers

The Iowa chapter of the American Marketing Association will be hosting a luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the West Des Moines Marriott. The luncheon will discuss the topic of building connections with …

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Iowa stock index back to positive territory in Oct.

Iowa’s stock index shook off losses in September with a gain of 5.79 percent in October, according to the unweighted average price of the 22 Iowa-based public companies we track.

All but five of the…
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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. …