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Voya assesses retirement readiness

Voya Financial Inc. has released an index it believes shows that Americans are generally behind in their financial preparations for retirement. The report incorporated two surveys conducted with Greenwald & Associates Inc. in which workers and recent …

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Dwolla’s Milne to speak April 15

Ben Milne, founder of Dwolla, will speak at the Business Innovation Zone’ Startup Stories event at 11:30 a.m. April 15 in Conference Room 101 of Ruan II. General admission is free; tickets including lunch cost $15. Launched …

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Workiva joins Russell index

Ames-based Workiva Inc., the publicly traded creator of a cloud-based productivity platform, has been added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes. The Russell 3000 Index measures the performance of the largest 3,000 U.S. …

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Reservations due soon for Warren County development group’s business awards event

Reservations are due by Friday for Warren County Economic Development Corp.’s Excellence in Business awards event. The free event is 5 to 7 p.m. April 9 at Simpson College’s Great Hall. Registration can be made …

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Des Moines attorney voted into Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers

Jason Miller, a civil defense attorney with Des Moines-based Patterson Law Firm LLP, has been voted into the Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers, in which membership in by invitation only and limited to 250 lawyers, …

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Falling oil prices led to job cuts last month

Employers planned to trim payrolls by 36,594 in March, with most of the cuts in the energy sector, outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. said.

 

The March total was 27.6 percent lower than …

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Pulitzer winner to appear at Simpson on Thursday

Journalist Sonia Nazario, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her story documenting an immigrant Honduran boy’s search for his mother, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at Simpson College. The event, which is free and …

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Nitefall On The River announces first round of performers

Nitefall on the River, Des Moines’ annual summer concert series, has announced the first round of bands and performers that will headline this season. Performers include Hairball,  The Nadas, Michael Franti & Spearhead with Nattali …

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Senate confirms two Branstad appointments to Iowa Lottery board

The Iowa Senate has confirmed two appointments to the Iowa Lottery Commission board. Connor Flynn Jr. of Des Moines will fill a seat designated by state law for someone having marketing expertise. Mary Rathje of …

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Report: Minority of marketplace plans cover smoking cessation

The overwhelming majority of state health insurance marketplace plans in the United States are not providing the coverage they should be for smoking cessation, according to a new report from the American Lung Association.  Millions …