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October construction spending reached 8-year high

Construction spending in October reached the highest level in nearly eight years, with growth in all major categories, the Associated General Contractors of America said today in a release. Construction spending totaled $1.1 trillion at…
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B2E Direct Marketing announces nonprofit grants

B2E Direct Marketing is offering grants to help nonprofit organizations use big data to meet their goals. Company President Keith Snow noted while serving on three community boards that nonprofits aren’t using data as much …

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Branstad claims 200,000-job goal met; critics claim he’s cooking the books

Gov. Terry Branstad claims he’s met his goal of 200,000 newly created jobs in Iowa, but critics say he’s using creative accounting, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. Beth Townsend, director of Iowa Workforce Development, claimed in a …

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Wells Fargo grants $200,000 to Drake business programs

Wells Fargo & Co. recently renewed its long-standing commitment to Drake University’s College of Business and Public Administration with a five-year, $175,000 grant to the university’s Professional and Career Development Center. The grant enhances Drake’s …

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#GivingTuesday is underway

Via dsm magazine: OK, we’ve made it through Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And today? Today is Giving Tuesday — a day to celebrate with generosity. Now in its fourth year, #GivingTuesday encourages philanthropy ranging from …

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Zimpleman to retire from Principal on Jan. 4

Principal Financial Group Inc. announced today that Chairman Larry Zimpleman will retire from the company on Jan. 4. He will continue to serve on the board of directors as non-executive chairman.


“In his 44 years…
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Business leaders more optimistic about state economy, but less so than this time last year

The level of optimism among state business leaders is edging up but still lags the enthusiasm they expressed last year.

The Iowa Business Council said today that its index of business leaders’ sentiments for the…
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Social Money acquired by Austin-based firm for $10.6 million

Q2 Holdings Inc., an Austin, Texas-based cloud-based banking software company, has acquired West Des Moines-based Social Money, the company that developed the SmartyPig social savings product.


Q2 acquired all of the outstanding interests of Social…
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Ryan building new corporate headquarters in downtown Minneapolis

  A rendering of Ryan Companies’ new headquarters in downtown Minneapolis

Ryan Companies US Inc. is building a new corporate headquarters in a part of downtown Minneapolis where it has led the redevelopment of a …

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Northey seeks money for water quality work, fight against bird flu

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey this week asked for $10 million for water quality initiatives and $500,000 for efforts to fight bird flu. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship made the requests in …

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