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RDG will help with properties near Kum & Go’s new headquarters

RDG Planning & Design has been selected by Kum & Go LLC to help plan the future of properties that the convenience store giant owns near its new headquarters, which is under construction in the…
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KCCI anchorman Kevin Cooney retiring after 33 years

KCCI anchorman Kevin Cooney, 63, will retire Nov. 24 after 33 years in the job. He will be replaced by colleague Steve Karlin. A Des Moines Register profile of Cooney notes that he joined the…
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2 ISU architecture programs rank in top 20 nationally

  Iowa State University’s undergraduate programs in landscape architecture and architecture are ranked in the top 20 in the nation, according to a new survey of practitioners by DesignIntelligence. The survey placed Iowa State’s undergraduate…
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Greater Des Moines foundation ranks well nationally

The Foundation Center recently ranked the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines in the top 55 of more than 750 community foundations across the nation in all four categories of its CF Insights: Benchmarking Beyond Asset…
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Workiva, OutcomesMTM make Deloitte Fast500 list

Two Central Iowa companies, Ames-based software firm Workiva and West Des Moines biotech company OutcomesMTM, were ranked on the Deloitte Fast500 list of North America’s 500 fastest-growing companies in technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy technology.…
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USDA awards value-added grants to nine Iowa businesses

Nine Iowa-based businesses will receive U.S. Department of Agriculture grants worth a combined $1.2 million, the agency announced. The money is from the USDA Rural Development’s Value-Added Producer Grant program, which encourages new products. Among the recipients will…
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Strable elected chair of insurance industry trade group

Deanna Strable, president of Principal Life Insurance Inc.’s U.S. insurance solutions, has been elected chair of LL Global Inc., the nonprofit parent of trade associations LIMRA and LOMA, which have a combined membership of more…
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Morning Business Headlines: 11-13-15

  Smarter robots put 50 percent of jobs at risk – British bank warns CNN Money: The Bank of England has warned that machines could take over 80 million American and 15 million British jobs…
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Merck to buy Ames-based Harrisvaccines

Merck & Co. Inc.’s animal health unit will buy Ames-based privately held Harrisvaccines Inc. to expand its portfolio of animal vaccines as the U.S. livestock industry seeks new defenses against diseases, Reuters reported.


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Events drawing visitors to Greater Des Moines, week of Nov. 16

Company Lead Name Arrival Date Departure Date Attendance Meeting Venue City Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities 21st Annual Water & Wastewater Operators Training Workshop 11/17/2015 11/19/2015 250 Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites – Des Moines…