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Palmer Group needs your help: answer salary question on survey

Palmer Group is working on its 2016 Central Iowa Salary Guide, in collaboration with the Greater Des Moines Partnership. The Salary Guide incorporates salary data from local hiring authorities and candidates. Palmer invites you to …

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Wellmark to offer marketplace plans for 2017

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced this morning that it will participate in the public health insurance exchange beginning with the fall 2016 open enrollment period for coverage starting Jan. 1, 2017. “First and …

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Deere rank and file ratify contract

Deere & Co. employees represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a new six-year agreement Sunday, the Quad-City Times reported. Deere issued a news release late Sunday, which noted that the terms of the contract will not …

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Congress approves reprieve for small-group health threshold

Companies with 51 to 100 employees may get a break from being thrown into the small-group market for health insurance in 2016 under legislation approved last week by Congress, the Washington Business Journal reported. It’s not known…
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U.S. construction employment grows but experienced workers mssing

The number of unemployed workers with construction experience dropped to the lowest total for September since 2000, as hiring continued to slow despite robust demand for construction, the Associated General Contractors of America said today. …

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Gonzalez honored by Bankers Trust during Latino Heritage Month

Retired Des Moines police Lt. Joe Gonzalez was the guest of honor today during a luncheon sponsored by Bankers Trust Co. to celebrate Latino Heritage Month. Gonzalez served 42 years with the Des Moines Police…
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Des Moines Arts Festival opens artist applications

The Des Moines Arts Festival begins accepting applications today from artists who want a booth at the 2016 festival. Iowa residents who are currently enrolled in an institution of higher education anywhere in the country …

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Event Oct. 21: SBA exporting workshop

The U.S. Small Business Administration is hosting an exporting workshop for small businesses from 7:30 a.m. to noon at the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization office, 420 Watson Powell Jr. Way. The free workshop …

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Event Oct. 13: Drake presentation: How food recovery can end hunger

Social entrepreneur Ben Simon will present “Waste Not, Want Not: How Food Recovery Can End Hunger in the 21st Century” at Drake University on Tuesday, Oct. 13. This presentation is open to the public and …

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Does contraction loom for Iowa economy?

An index of state economic activity continues to point toward a coming contraction, according to a release from the Iowa Department of Revenue.


A six-month annualized change in the Iowa Leading Indicators Index below negative…