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VIDEO: Ignite Des Moines 2015

 

Below are links to videos of all of our presenters at our Oct. 14 Ignite Des Moines Power Breakfast. Below each video you’ll see icons that allow you to quickly share their Ignite talks.…
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Oct 15, 2015
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Meredith allows proposed merger partner and its suitor to exchange information

Meredith Corp. has agreed to wait in the wings as its proposed merger partner, Media General Inc., exchanges information with Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. Under the agreement, Media General can exchange information with Nexstar that …
By BPC Staff | Oct 15, 2015
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U.S. Bank earnings up through third quarter

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp, parent of U.S. Bank, said today profits grew 1.2 percent in the year that ended Sept. 30 to $1.49 billion from $1.47 billion. The increase in net income year-over-year was due to …
By BPC Staff | Oct 15, 2015
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IWD receives approval to expand trades apprenticeship programs

Iowa Workforce Development announced the expansion in scope of a $6.175 million construction trades apprenticeship program. The Iowa Construction Trades Apprenticeship Job Driven National Emergency Grant, originally approved by the U.S. Department of Labor for …
By BPC Staff | Oct 15, 2015
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Credit unions added $1.1 billion to the state economy in 2014

Every $1 spent by Iowa credit unions added 77 cents elsewhere in the state economy, and every job at an Iowa credit union supports an additional 1.28 jobs in the rest of the economy, according …
By BPC Staff | Oct 15, 2015
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Broadlawns breaks ground for expansion project

Broadlawns Medical Center on Wednesday hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new medical clinic building, residency housing and inpatient behavioral health remodel and expansion.

The 72,000-square-foot medical clinic building is being erected on the eastern…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 15, 2015
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Chelsea Clinton in DM: Girls need more encouragement in STEM

     Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton’s parents always encourage her to speak her mind and to take action. So naturally, when she was 5 years old and had a beef with President Ronald Reagan…
By PERRY BEEMAN | Oct 15, 2015
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Details of Des Moines tax abatement program are falling into place

A sprawling blob of Des Moines that for years guaranteed a 100 percent, 10-year abatement of property taxes could morph into a spiderlike shape, with the body in the downtown core and its legs following…
By KENT DARR | Oct 14, 2015
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Pleasant Hill officials want residents to discuss pending comp plan

The city of Pleasant Hill will host an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 29 at Riley Resource Group, 4400 E. University Ave., to discuss the city’s draft comprehensive plan and a parks, …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2015
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CRE loans near pre-recession peak

Commercial real estate loans are on the verge of surpassing their pre-recession all-time peak of $1.731 trillion, InvestorPlace.com reported. Based on data from the Federal Reserve, loan value most recently measured $1.723 trillion, within 0.5 percent of …
By BPC Staff | Oct 14, 2015