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Few retailers opt to impose credit card ‘checkout’ fees

Will retailers in Iowa and around the country begin passing along credit card processing fees to their customers?  As of Jan. 27, stores in most states, including Iowa, could start charging a “checkout fee” whenever…
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Dice unveils social media tool for recruiters

New York-based technology jobs website Dice Holdings Inc., which bases its operations in Urbandale, has rolled out a new tool called Open Web, Crain’s New York Business reported.

Open Web compiles information from millions of …

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GDP unexpectedly falls at the end of 2012

The economy shrank unexpectedly in the fourth quarter, hurt by the biggest drop in defense spending in four decades, Bloomberg reported.

Gross domestic product, the volume of all goods and services produced, dropped at a …

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Iowa Index: Small business jobs down in January

Iowa small business employment decreased by 0.08 percent in January, according to the Intuit Payroll Small Business Index.

The index, which draws data from about 171,000 small business customers nationwide of Intuit Online Payroll and …

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Financial burdens rise for middle-aged Americans

Financial burdens and responsibilities for middle-aged Americans are increasing because of their aging parents and grown children who are struggling to achieve financial independence, Pew Research Center reported.

Almost half, 47 percent, of adults in …

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Unemployment continues to drop in cities

Fewer workers in most of America’s larger cities were unemployed last month compared with a year earlier, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.

All of the Iowa cities surveyed …

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Canstruction event back in March

The American Institute of Architects’ Iowa chapter will hold its Canstruction event from March 2 to 9 at the Science Center of Iowa.

The competition, in its 17th year, is designed to put a visual …

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State entrepreneurs plan to increase workers

The majority of Iowa entrepreneurs plan to hire more workers in the next six months, according to a survey by The Entrepreneurs’ Organization.

Survey results show that 73 percent of the state’s entrepreneurs expect to …

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Women’s golf group holds membership event

The Des Moines Executive Women’s Golf Association will host a social and membership drive event on March 7 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.at the Longview Golf Centre in Grimes.

Networking will kick off the event …

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Voting now open for sports awards

The public can now cast their votes for the best athletes in Greater Des Moines. Voting for the 2012 Central Iowa Sports Awards is open until Feb. 10.

The Central Iowa Sports Awards recognize the …