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Morning business headlines: 2-19-15

Apple sued for poaching auto engineers to build battery division

Reuters: Electric-car battery maker A123 Systems has sued Apple Inc. for poaching top engineers to build a large-scale battery division, according to a court filing …

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Merchants Bonding opens Phoenix office

Merchants Bonding Co. will open a contract underwriting office March 2 in Phoenix that will serve Arizona and the Las Vegas metro area.  The office will be led by Iowa native Chris Bachman, Merchants’ assistant …

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Merchants Bonding opens Phoenix office

Merchants Bonding Co. will open a contract underwriting office March 2 in Phoenix that will serve Arizona and the Las Vegas metro area.  The office will be led by Iowa native Chris Bachman, Merchants’ assistant …

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Bridgestone Agricultural Tire names new president

Bridgestone Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, today announced that Tony Orlando has been appointed to lead the company’s agricultural tire operations. He succeeds Ken Allen, …

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Bridgestone Agricultural Tire names new president

Bridgestone Agricultural Tire, U.S. & Canada Commercial Tire Sales, a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, today announced that Tony Orlando has been appointed to lead the company’s agricultural tire operations. He succeeds Ken Allen, …

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Leadership institute seeks nominations for 2016 class

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is seeking nominations for the Community Leadership Program Class of 2016. The nine-month Community Leadership Program engages participants in a curriculum that offers a view of Greater Des Moines …

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Des Moines QuikTrips launch full service counters, made-to-order menu

Convenience store chain QuikTrip today officially launched its new made-to-order menu at 17 Greater Des Moines locations, according to a news release. At each store’s QT Kitchens full-service counter, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. …

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Export-Import Bank chairman urges Iowa small businesses to use its services

 

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, was in Des Moines this morning to pitch his agency’s services as a playing-field leveler for small businesses seeking to broaden …

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D.C. group calls for added road spending in Iowa

 

Iowa’s roads and bridges are in decay, which hampers economic development, an advocacy group said Wednesday.

 

More than a quarter of major urban roads are in poor condition, and more than a quarter …

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Register publisher takes job in Cincinnati

Gannett Co. Inc. today announced that Rick Green, the president and publisher of The Des Moines Register, has been named president and publisher of the Cincinnati Enquirer, which is also a Gannett publication. Green will also …