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Gannett, moving to complete buyouts, buys Journal Media Group Inc. for $280 million

Gannett Co. Inc., owner of The Des Moines Register, plans to buy the owner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for $280 million. Journal Media Group shareholders would receive $12 per share in cash should they …
By BPC Staff | Oct 8, 2015
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Event Oct. 14: Holmes Murphy reputation and crisis management workshop

Holmes Murphy & Associates Inc. will host a series of workshops for business leaders on how to minimize the impact on reputations during a crisis or other adverse event. Attendees will leave with a strategy …
By BPC Staff | Oct 8, 2015
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Two Iowa companies advance in national Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge

For the second consecutive year, Iowa will be represented in the final four of the American Farm Bureau Federation Rural Entrepreneurship Challenge — this time by two companies: AccuGrain LLC, based in Rose Hill, and …
By BPC Staff | Oct 8, 2015
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Deere enters joint venture to expand precision ag offerings

Deere & Co. announced this morning that it has entered into an agreement with DN2K, a Colorado-based data and software firm, to form SageInsights. The joint venture will initially serve the agriculture industry with further…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 8, 2015
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Newton a top small town

Newton is among the “Top 10 affordable small towns where you’d actually want to live,” according to a ranking by housing website Realtor.com. The list was based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s micropolitan areas, which are…
By BPC Staff | Oct 7, 2015
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ia magazine unveiled

The fourth edition of ia magazine was unveiled last night at the University of Iowa John and Mary Pappajohn Education Center in downtown Des Moines.   To read the full issue, visit our website at www.iapublication.com.   Here are…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 7, 2015
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Consumer watchdog seeks partial ban on arbitration clauses

Banks and credit card companies may not force customers to sign away their legal rights to take part in class-action lawsuits, under an early-stage U.S. government proposal that is likely to draw ire from Wall …
By BPC Staff | Oct 7, 2015
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Partnership to honor Economic Impact winners

The Greater Des Moines Partnership has named this year’s winners of the Celebrate Business and Economic Impact Awards, who will be honored at a luncheon Nov. 4.


The Economic Impact Awards honor the influence the companies have…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Oct 7, 2015
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Event Oct. 14: Open house at Homestead CAP Center

The Homestead will hold an open house on Wednesday, Oct. 14, for its newly expanded Children’s Autism Project (CAP) Center in Altoona. The Altoona CAP Center began serving children with autism in 2010 but quickly …
By BPC Staff | Oct 7, 2015
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Event Oct. 21: Square One DSM’s Colwell to take questions

Square One DSM’s Mike Colwell will take questions from entrepreneur Tej Dhawan at the next Start-Up Stories, rather than serve as moderator as he has in the past. “I guess it’s my turn to take…
By BPC Staff | Oct 7, 2015