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Workshift campaign to shine light on ‘good jobs’ at Iowa State Fair

A new national campaign that seeks to change the way Americans think and talk about “good jobs” will make a stop at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday. Workshift: Good Jobs for All asks American workers to …
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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Finance specialist named to InvestmentNews 40 Under 40 class

Kellie Masters, 32, operations specialist for Wealth Advisors of Iowa, an affiliate of McGowen, Hurst, Clark & Smith, was named to the the 2015 40 Under 40 Class of the financial publication InvestmentNews. Winners were…
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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Event Sept. 10: Why should millennials care about property taxes, local government?

The Taxpayers Association of Central Iowa will host a Sept. 10 educational panel focusing on why millennials should care about local government and property taxes. The panel consists of three young Central Iowa leaders: Emily…
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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REG completes acquisition of Imperium Renewables

Renewable Energy Group Inc. on Wednesday completed its previously announced acquisition of substantially all the assets of Imperium Renewables Inc. REG paid Imperium $15 million in cash and issued 1.675 million shares of REG common …
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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Lunch speakers to focus on integrated marketing strategies

Webspec Design of Urbandale is sponsoring an Aug. 25 lunch-and-learn forum on integrated marketing tactics. The event, from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., at Hotel Renovo, 11167 Hickman Road in Urbandale, features networking expert Danny …
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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Amgen reaches $72 million drug settlement with states

Pharmaceutical company Amgen Inc. will pay the state of Iowa more than $972,000 to settle allegations that it improperly marketed two of its leading medications, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced Wednesday. The settlement is …
By BPC Staff | Aug 20, 2015
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Hubbell ready to go on Johnston and Des Moines projects

Hubbell Realty Co. has stayed busy this week breaking ground, or watching such activity get washed away by the rain, on projects in Johnston and Des Moines.

Active professionals are the target market for 5Fifty5, …
By KENT DARR | Aug 19, 2015
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Hubbell gives $75K to bridge preservation project

Hubbell Realty Co. has donated $75,000 to help renovate what is called the Jackson Street Bridge over the Raccoon River.


The historic bridge, which goes by a range of names, including the Green Bridge, was…
By KENT DARR | Aug 19, 2015
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Rate hike a ‘live’ option

The minutes of last month’s meeting of Federal Reserve officials suggest that interest rates could go up in September after being held between zero and 0.25 percent since December 2008, MarketWatch reported.


The minutes of the…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Aug 19, 2015
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Philanthropist Melva Bucksbaum dies at 82

Melva Bucksbaum, who helped establish Drake University’s largest and most well-known lecture series, died Sunday at her home in Aspen, Colo., of bladder cancer. She was 82. Melva and her husband, Martin, chairman of General Growth, established…
By BPC Staff | Aug 19, 2015