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State girls soccer tournament to stay in Des Moines

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has agreed to hold the Iowa Girls State Soccer Tournament at the James W. Cownie Soccer Park in Des Moines through 2020. The tournament is seen as a …

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SBA backs $1.1 million in loans in April

 

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed $1.1 million in Central Iowa loans in April, creating 12 jobs and retaining 31.

 

For the year, the SBA has approved loans totaling $9.5 million, creating 129 …

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Friday Five: This week’s top business headlines

 

Minneapolis-based Medica to enter Iowa health insurance market

Iowans will have a new option for health insurance coverage in the individual market next year with the entry of Medica Health Plans, a Minneapolis-based regional …

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Cemen Tech announces new leadership

Connor Deering

Indianola-based Cemen Tech Inc., a manufacturer of volumetric concrete mixing equipment, announced Thursday it has hired Connor Deering as the company’s new president and CEO. Deering was most recently vice president of sales …

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Seven insurers to offer health coverage on Iowa marketplace

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart announced today that a total of seven companies have applied to offer Iowans health insurance through the federal health insurance marketplace in 2016. Just two of the companies will offer …

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Former state officials among county nominees to convention center hotel board

Cynthia Eisenhauer, former chief of staff for Gov. Tom Vilsack, and Susan Voss, a longtime Iowa insurance commissioner who is now vice president and general counsel for American Enterprise Group, are among the final appointees …

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Blackbird Investments takes another step toward taking over Wilkins/Younkers building

The Des Moines City Council will be asked Monday to endorse a letter of support for the transfer of $3 million in federal funds to Blackbird Investments LLC for the renovation of the Wilkins/Younkers building …

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Morning Business Headlines: 5-15-15

 

Factory output in U.S. stalled in April on machinery cutbacks

Bloomberg: Factory production stalled in April, as American manufacturers were dealt blows by a strong dollar and cheap oil. The unchanged reading in manufacturing …

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Des Moines Water Works blasts farmers’ media blitz

Des Moines Water Works says the newly formed Iowa Partnership for Clean Water’s advertising campaign supporting voluntary conservation work by farmers won’t help clean up the rivers the utility uses to serve nearly a half-million …

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Nationwide assessed $8 million penalty by SEC

Nationwide Life Insurance Co. will pay an $8 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission after the agency found that the insurer deliberately delayed receipt of variable annuity and life insurance policy orders, resulting …