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MetaBank partners to provide financing for health care lender

MetaBank announced today that it recently entered into an agreement with San Diego-based ClearBalance, a leading provider of consumer-friendly patient loans. The Sioux Falls, S.D.-based financial services company said it will provide financing for a…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Dental foundation donated 300,000 toothbrushes

In 2015, the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation donated more than 300,000 toothbrushes to schools, clinics, hospitals and other organizations to encourage brushing and dental health education. The foundation’s long-term goal is that every Iowa…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Report: Holiday sales up 7.9% this season

Strong online sales and demand for furniture and women’s apparel helped U.S. retail sales grow by a “solid” 7.9 percent this holiday season, according to the MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse report, Reuters reported.
U.S. retail sales, excluding automobiles…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Report: Iowa has lowest teen drug use

A new federal report ranks Iowa as having the nation’s second-lowest overall rate of current illicit drug use, and the lowest rate of illicit drug use among middle school- and high school-age youths.   However,…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Event Jan. 12: Iowa BIO legislative reception

The Iowa Biotechnology Association plans a legislative reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the State Historical Building. The event, co-sponsored by the Iowa Communications Alliance, Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of America, the Iowa Association…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Pot growing is a buzz kill at power plants

Turns out pot is associated with hunger even before someone smokes it.  A hunger for power.   The $3.5 billion U.S. cannabis market is becoming one of the most power-hungry industries in the United States, Bloomberg…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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IPR: Why 2015 was so toasty

Climate experts tell National Public Radio that 2015 likely will go down as the warmest year on record. The cause, they say, is a combination of climate change – caused in large part by burning…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Guest Opinion: What’s your 2016 theme?

BY CHRISTI HEGSTAD | President, MAP Professional Development

A decade or so ago, I had “one of those weeks”: a crashed computer, ill children, a new business to get off the ground, several deadlines approaching…
By BPC Staff | Dec 28, 2015
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Research shows hidden inequality in gender wage gap


Most of you know the numbers: Women, on average, make 77 cents for every dollar a man earns doing the same job.

That number comes from U.S. Census Bureau data that indicates what the typical…
By LIFT IOWA STAFF | Dec 28, 2015
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Female billionaires increase sevenfold in 20 years


The number of female billionaires worldwide has increased nearly sevenfold in the past 20 years to 145, and Asian entrepreneurs are driving this growth, according to a study.

The report, which builds upon UBS/PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Billionaires…
By LIFT IOWA STAFF | Dec 28, 2015
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