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Allegiant planning more Cedar Rapids flights

CEDAR RAPIDS – Allegiant Air is planning to add flights between Cedar Rapids and destinations in Arizona, Florida and Nevada to meet projected travel demand in coming months. Cedar Rapids …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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Meals from the Heartland packs more than 150,000 meals Monday

In recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Meals from the Heartland held an all-day meal packaging event Monday, bringing more than 740 volunteers together to pack 153,144 meals for the hungry. The event was …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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Registration open for the annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa will kick off its annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser on Jan. 28, and participants can register their four-member teams online and choose from 11 different bowling times. Each participant is …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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Amazon to make movies

Amazon.com Inc. today announced that its Amazon Studios division, which brought us TV shows  including  “Transparent,” will now produce and buy original movies, CNN Money reported. The first movies will enter production later this year. Amazon didn’t …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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UI prof, productivity coach to speak at Women in Architecture meeting

Susan Johnson, a professor at the University of Iowa and author of the Thriving Amidst Chaos blog, will be the featured speaker when Iowa Women In Architecture (iaWia) has its first meeting of the year …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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Facebook generates billions in economic activity

Facebook Inc. generated $227 billion in global economic activity and indirectly created 4.5 million jubs last year, according to a report commissioned by the social media behemoth and conducted by Deloitte, VentureBeat reported.

 

“Our study …
By BPC Staff | Jan 20, 2015
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The fight over clean water continues

 

Branstad, who was in Nevada speaking about a county broadband initiative on Thursday, has faced criticism from environmental activists over his opposition to Des Moines Water Works’ move to sue three rural counties in …
By BPC Staff | Jan 19, 2015
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Cheap gas, inevitably, brings rise in SUV sales

 

TrueCar.com reports that Americans start buying sport utility vehicles when gasoline is around $3 a gallon. 

 

CNNMoney reports that sales of the big vehicles jumped 11.8 percent last year, as gas prices fell sharply. …
By BPC Staff | Jan 19, 2015
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Homesteaders Life hires strategic markets VP

Homesteaders Life Co. announced today it has hired Will Bischoff as vice president for strategic markets. Bischoff is widely recognized as a respected professional in the funeral service realm, having served in various financial, sales …
By BPC Staff | Jan 19, 2015
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Kum & Go completes a property sweep along Grand Avenue

Kum & Go LC’s Linden Street Investments LLC has completed its acquisition of the 1400 block of Grand Avenue as part of a nearly $4 million purchase of six properties in the Western Gateway from …
By BPC Staff | Jan 19, 2015