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This is no hot air: how to profit from climate change

CNN Money reports that companies that have been aggressive about reducing carbon emissions since 2012 have outperformed those that are merely blowing hot air about reducing their carbon footprints, according to a report by asset manager…
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We picked food over clothes in the fourth quarter

We apparently were either rummaging through the closet for last year’s summer clothes, bargain hunting or going slightly threadbare in the fourth quarter of the state’s fiscal year, according to sales tax data released today…
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Meredith to launch Fit Pregnancy and Baby magazine

Meredith Corp. announced today that it will launch Fit Pregnancy and Baby beginning with the February 2016 issue. Fit Pregnancy and Baby will cover a range of topics important to this audience of millennial women and new …

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Deere acquires Precision Planting’s equipment business

Deere & Co. has signed definitive agreements to acquire the Precision Planting LLC equipment business from The Climate Corp. The agreements represent the industry’s first and only near real-time in-cab wireless connection to John Deere …

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Office services company Marco acquired

Marco Inc., a St. Cloud, Minn.-based company that provides copiers and printers, business information technology services, phone systems and other office services to more than 25,000 customers in the Midwest, has been bought by a …

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Ankeny and Urbandale among the best for ‘small-city living’

Financial services website WalletHub has a habit of looking for the best and worst in just about everything, and its latest adventure has been an evaluation of what it calls “small-city living.” WalletHub identified 1,268 …

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STEM council seeks candidates for scale program

The Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council is accepting applications for a partnership that will help programs grow across Iowa during the 2016-17 academic year. Each year, the STEM council helps pay for programs delivered to …

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Event Nov. 18: Caven to speak at Start-up Stories

Elizabeth Caven, founder of UpCraft Club, will join Square One DSM’s Mike Colwell for Start-up Stories at 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18 at Two Ruan Center. UpCraft Club is a curated e-commerce shop that sells digital sewing patterns …

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Many companies making acquisitions out of their primary sector

A new Ernst & Young survey found that 93 percent of U.S. companies seeking acquisitions are doing so outside their own business sector.


That means the usual industry boundaries are blurring, EY reported.


Key findings of the…
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Should employers stop asking job applicants about felony convictions?

President Barack Obama on Monday ordered federal agencies to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal histories early in the application process, and in a speech, he said millions of Americans are prevented from joining…