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Thin details of scaled-back convention center hotel go before IEDA today

The Iowa Economic Development Authority will receive an update today on scaled-back plans for a convention center hotel in Des Moines.

 

The review comes at a time when leaders from the public and private …

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University of Iowa president to retire in August

University of Iowa President Sally Mason announced today that she will retire after eight years at the school’s helm. 

Mason, 64, became UI’s 20th president in August 2007, less than a year before the campus …

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Van Meter Inc. to acquire Miller Electric Supply

Miller Electric Supply Inc. and Van Meter Inc. today announced they have entered into an agreement for Van Meter to purchase Miller Electric, a leading electrical distributor with locations in Dubuque and Clinton. The transaction, …

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Immigration nonprofit to host fundraiser for refugee kids

Iowa Justice For Our Neighbors and its Circle of Friends will host a benefit from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 28 at Dorsey & Whitney law firm, 801 Grand Ave., Suite 4100, to expand immigration …

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Statewide house sales dropped slightly last year, prices rose

Iowa house sales dipped 0.4 percent in 2014, while prices increased 1.5 percent, the Iowa Association of Realtors said today in its year-end report. “This is the third consecutive year with an increase in home …

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Leadership Institute team partners with YESS to furnish expansion

One of four teams within this year’s Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute’s Community Leadership Program has partnered with Youth Emergency Shelter and Services to better the nonprofit’s ability to serve kids in need. For the …

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Today is National Thank Your Mentor Day

To highlight National Mentoring Month, today is Thank Your Mentor Day. People all over the country and right here in Greater Des Moines are encouraged to reach out to those who have supported and encouraged …

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Mediacom ready to cut the cable on Obama’s broadband initiative

Note: Updated with comment from Mediacom about Gov. Terry Branstad’s initiative to expand broadband services in rural areas. 

President Barack Obama’s call for government-sponsored Internet connectivity failed to connect with Mediacom Communications Corp.

During an …

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Morning Business Headlines 1.15.15

Obama pushes for increases in family leave, sick pay benefits

New York Times: President Obama will announce today that he is directing federal agencies to give their employees up to six weeks of paid leave …

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Athene Holding acquires German financial services company

Athene Holding Ltd. announced today that it will acquire Delta Lloyd Deutschland AG and its subsidiaries, which are the German arm of Delta Lloyd NV, an Amsterdam-based financial services provider. Terms of the transaction were not …