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Iowa ranks 24th in middle market firms

A new Middle Market Power Index from American Express and Dun & Bradstreet ranks Iowa 24th among the states in the share of firms that are in the middle market. Iowa has an estimated 1,596 middle market …

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Premier Credit Union branch comes home to the Partnership Building

Premier Credit Union will have an open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 to mark the reopening of its skywalk branch, which was displaced after the fire in March 2014 at the …

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Wells Fargo lending margin falls below 3 percent as profit declines

Bloomberg: Wells Fargo & Co., the most valuable U.S. bank, said low interest rates pushed first-quarter lending margins below 3 percent for the first time since at least 1994. Net income fell 1.5 percent to $5.8 billion, …

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First quarter profits up at U.S. Bancorp

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp said today its net income for the first quarter increased 2.4 percent to $1.43 billion, or 76 cents per share, compared with $1.39 billion, or 73 cents per share, in the same …

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Urbandale-based Igor wins $125,000 in Clean Energy Challenge

Igor Inc., a Greater Des Moines technology company, won $125,000 in funding on Tuesday during the Clean Energy Challenge held in Chicago. The company received the $100,000 Wells Fargo Prize, as well as the McCaffery …

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Iowa Employment Conference scheduled April 22

Holmes Murphy & Associates Inc. announced that Dr. Tim Church, a leading physician in exercise and obesity research, will deliver the opening keynote address at this year’s Iowa Employment Conference on April 22 in Des …

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Partnership plans new accelerator: Square One DSM

The Greater Des Moines Partnership plans to open a new business accelerator, Square One DSM, on May 1.

The new facility, located in the East Village’s Northwestern Hotel near the Global Insurance Accelerator, will look …

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Junior Achievement of Central Iowa receives grant from State Farm

Junior Achievement of Central Iowa is the recipient of a $40,000 grant from State Farm. The grant, to be presented April 20 in JA BizTown at the nonprofit’s Central Iowa headquarters, will be used to …

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Pappajohn offers awards of up to $25,000 to startups

Venture capitalist John Pappajohn has opened entries for this year’s Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Venture Competition, which offers new and start-up businesses awards of up to $25,000. The competition is designed to stimulate business development and provide …

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Briggs Healthcare lands two exclusive distributorships

Briggs Healthcare, a West Des Moines-based health care industry supplier, was recently awarded two exclusive distributorship agreements by clients. Texas-based ErgoNurse Inc. has made Briggs the exclusive seller in the long-term care market of its …