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Edwards to speak at West Des Moines chamber luncheon

Greg Edwards, president and CEO of the Greater Des Moines Convention and VIsitors Bureau, will be the featured speaker at the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce’s monthly membership luncheon, scheduled tomorrow, Feb. 12. The …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2015
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Applications for Youth Leadership Initiative open

Applications for Greater Des Moines Youth Leadership Initiative Class of 2015-2016 will be accepted until noon April 24. The program provides next year’s sophomore or junior students from both public and private high schools in Central Iowa …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2015
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Voya Financial boosts earnings, plans technology investments

Voya Financial Inc. today reported fourth-quarter after-tax operating earnings of $245 million, compared with $198 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Net income available to common shareholders was $1,395 million, or $5.66 per share, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2015
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Hy-Vee ends triathlon sponsorship; longtime producer to continue event

Hy-Vee Inc. announced Tuesday it is discontinuing its Hy-Vee Triathlon events, which included timed competitions for elite athletes, amateurs and kids. However, the event’s producer, New Orleans-based Premiere Event Management, said it will continue the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2015
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Des Moines airport is $644 million-a-year business

Des Moines International Airport supported 7,156 jobs with an annual payroll of $271 million and gave the economy a $644 million-a-year boost, consultants CDM Smith reported this week.

 

Since a similar report in 2007, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 11, 2015
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Insurers still scrambling to process former CoOportunity members

Some group insurance plan members in Iowa that had to switch coverage from the failed CoOportunity Health to other carriers are still waiting to receive their insurance cards, nine days after their new policies became …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Feb 10, 2015
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New music festival coming to Des Moines

Hinterland Music Festival, a two-day event featuring musicians such as Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Yonder Mountain String Band, will debut in Greater Des Moines this summer. The event is scheduled to be …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2015
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DMACC launches industrial painting program

Des Moines Area Community College’s Center for Career and Professional Development at Southridge Mall  has launched an industrial painting program. “Industrial painters are in high demand, but no one was teaching this highly technical skill. Industrial painting …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2015
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Green chemistry founder to speak at ISU

John Warner, a founder of green chemistry, will be the keynote speaker for Iowa State University’s Symposium on Sustainability Feb. 23. The Environmental Protection Agency defines green chemistry as the design of chemical products and …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2015
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West Des Moines incubator graduates one business, welcomes three more

The West Des Moines Business Incubator will celebrate the graduation of one tenant to its own office space and welcome three startups during an event from 5 to 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at 2829 Westown …
By BPC Staff | Feb 10, 2015