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Rosenbloom named ISU economics chairman

Joshua Rosenbloom, a professor of economics at the University of Kansas, has been named chairman of the economics department at Iowa State University, beginning Aug. 1. He succeeds John Schroeter, who has served as interim chairman since …

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Hey Fortune 500 CEO, what’s on your mind?

Fortune 500 CEOs anticipate substantial change over the next five years, idolize the leadership abilities of former President Ronald Reagan and pay scant attention to startups as a serious threat to their companies.

 

How …

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Whitney to head state’s Consumer Protection Division

Attorney General Tom Miller announced Wednesday that Assistant Attorney General Jessica Whitney will serve as the next director of the Consumer Protection Division. She succeeds Bill Brauch, who will retire July 15 after 20 years …

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Safe Kids Greater Des Moines to host gas can exchange

Blank Children’s Hospital, Metro Waste Authority and Safe Kids Greater Des Moines will host the second annual Christopher Allsup Gas Can Exchange on June 6 from 8 a.m. to noon at Metro Waste Hazardous Dropoff …

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West Central plans $27 million expansion

West Central Cooperative plans a $27 million expansion that will increase its soybean processing capacity at its Ralston plant by 50 percent. The project also will add grain storage. At full capacity, the expansion would create demand for …

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Name that art

The city of Clive is asking its residents and businesses to its newest public art project. In 2013, the family of longtime art instructor Peter Marasco donated the design for an 18-foot sculpture that the …

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Stephen Orr named editor-in-chief of Better Homes and Gardens

Stephen Orr, current executive editor of Conde Nast Traveler, has been named the next editor-in-chief of Better Homes and Gardens, Meredith Corp. announced Wednesday. Orr will succeed Gayle Butler, who after 30 years with Meredith …

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Rich got richer: new evidence on wage earners

A new analysis of wages by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the highest-paid workers gained an average of 33 percent over the past 35 years, while the lowest-paid workers showed basically no gain.

 

Overall, “real,” …

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UI study finds effective ways to reduce surgical infections

A multicenter study led by infection control experts with University of Iowa Health Care finds that implementing a series of simple interventions before surgery can reduce the rate of surgical-site infections by up to 40 percent. The …

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Services set for former state lawmaker and Clive Mayor Gene Maddox

Gene Maddox, a Greater Des Moines lawyer and longtime mayor of Clive and Iowa lawmaker, died Tuesday at Ramsey Village in Des Moines. He was 76. Maddox was an Illinois native who moved to Des …