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Health care sector tops data breaches

An average of 16 online records were breached every second in the first half of 2015, according to a new global report released Wednesday.


A total of 888 data breaches occurred in the first half…
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Nominations for DuPont Pioneer innovationIOWA leader award open

Nominations are open for the DuPont Pioneer innovationIOWA Leader of the Year Award, to be announced in innovationIOWA magazine. The magazine unveiling party will be 5-7 p.m. April 5 at Workiva in the Iowa State …

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Garst family donates more land to Whiterock Conservancy

The family of the late Stephen and Mary Garst has donated another 1,200 acres of prairie, wetlands and working farmland to the Whiterock Conservancy near Coon Rapids. A total of 3,365 acres has been donated to Whiterock …

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Dwolla payments to be used by derivatives exchange

Digital payment network Dwolla Inc. has struck a deal with derivatives exchange CME Group Inc. that will allow the exchange’s users to send and receive collateral payments in real time throughout the trading day, Bloomberg reported. The …

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Event Dec. 3: YPC plans gala at Des Moines Golf and Country Club

The Young Professionals Connection plans its first gala Dec. 3, marking the 15th anniversary of the initiative of the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. at Des Moines …

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Event Oct. 30: New Boys & Girls Club to host grand opening

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa (BGCCI) will host a grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Frank J. Ross Boys & Girls Club at Moore Elementary School from 4 to 6 p.m. on Oct. …

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Study: Drivers don’t pay full cost of roads

A report published earlier this year confirms that drivers don’t come close to paying for the costs of the roads they use, The Atlantic reported.

Published jointly by the Frontier Group and the U.S. Public Interest…
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After several rulings and a trial, surety company still owes $12 million in construction defect case

A company that provides construction insurance is liable for the $12 million still owed to owners of Westlake apartments in West Des Moines, a three-judge panel of the Iowa Court of Appeals said in a …

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Water Works approves 10 percent rate increase

The Des Moines Water Works board on Tuesday approved a 10 percent increase in water rates for all customers effective April 1 to cover a revenue shortfall of more than $3 million. The shortfall comes as residents …

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Wallace elected chair of Property Casualty Insurers Association board

Jim Wallace, chairman, president and CEO of GuideOne Mutual Insurance Co., was elected chair of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Board of Governors on Tuesday during the association’s annual meeting in Hollywood, Fla. …