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Deere announces layoffs in Quad Cities

Deere & Co. has announced a new round of layoffs at its Quad Cities facilities, including 150 from its Harvester Works in East Moline, Ill., the Quad-City Times reported. The affected workers in East Moline make combines …

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Event Sept. 16: Benjamin Lefever to appear at StartUp Stories

Benjamin Lefever, founder of of Certintell, will take questions at this month’s StartUp Stories, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 16 in Conference Room 101 at Ruan II, 601 Locust St. Certintell, now 2 years old, provides a cloud-based …

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Iowa Business Council: Economy slowed in Q3

Iowa Business Council members expect a good Iowa economy in the next six months, but they aren’t as excited as they were the past few quarters.


“The reach of global economic concerns may finally be…
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Gallup: Worker fears over pay cuts decline

About one in five U.S. workers is concerned about facing a pay cut soon, according to new data from Gallup, The Hill reported. That’s a sharp decline from the years directly after the 2008 fiscal crisis, when …

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Convention center board gets first look at management agreement with Hilton

Hilton Worldwide Inc. could receive nearly $1.2 million in management fees annually after revenues stabilize in the fifth year of operation of a proposed $100 million, 330-room convention center hotel in downtown Des Moines.

Hilton…
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Principal completes acquisition of AXA’s Hong Kong pension business

The Principal Financial Group Inc. today announced it has completed the acquisition of AXA’s pension business in Hong Kong. Principal in November 2014 said it had a definitive agreement to acquire AXA’s Mandatory Provident Fund …

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AIGA Iowa gala to celebrate design project with nonprofits

AIGA Iowa will host a gala exhibition and presentations for its annual Design Assign program from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 1 at the Windsor Heights Community Center. As part of the national AIGA Design …

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Small business groups start campaign to hire young U.S. workers

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Small Business Majority are starting a campaign to help reduce persistently high unemployment among young workers, by encouraging small businesses to hire them. The companies participating in the national sign-on …

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Event Sept. 17: Financial author to speak at Simpson College

Financial analyst James Grant, the publisher of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, will discuss his new book, “The Forgotten Depression,” on Sept. 17 at Simpson College in Indianola. In his book, subtitled “1921: The Crash that …

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Initiative to add broadband to 90,000 homes

A multi-company initiative backed by $53.2 million a year in FCC grants will expand broadband service to 90,000 Iowa homes, Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday.


“In Iowa, technology and access to broadband Internet is the great…
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