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90,000 Wellmark records compromised in Anthem cyberattack

Approximately 90,000 current and former Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield members in Iowa and South Dakota had personal data accessed as a result of the cyberattack against Anthem Inc., a Wellmark official confirmed today. …

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VIDEO: Cultivating the Future Greater Des Moines

The Business Record’s Power Breakfast on the Cultivation Corridor on Feb. 25 brought together four development heavyweights who are fully versed in collaboration, working on a regional scale and promoting an area. All four said the …

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VOTE NOW: Would you support unlimited time off?

Some high-profile national companies such as Netflix Inc. have decided to give employees unlimited paid time off.  

 

The idea is to trust employees to do their work and to take the time off …

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NewLink Genetics has profitable year

NewLink Genetics Corp. ended its fourth quarter and 2014 in the black. The Ames-based biopharmaceuticals company today reported fourth-quarter net income of $126.9 million, or $4.05 per share, compared with a net loss of $8 …

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Principal announces $150 million stock repurchase

Principal Financial Group Inc. announced Wednesday that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $150 million worth of the company’s outstanding common stock. The Des Moines-based financial services company had 293.9 …

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Development group seeks nominations for Excellence in Business awards

Warren County Economic Development Corp. is accepting nominations for its Excellence in Business awards. Nominations in nine categories, including Business of the Year, are due by March 6. Online voting will run from March 17 …

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GDMLI Community Leadership Program accepting nominations

The Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute is accepting nominations for the Community Leadership Program class of 2016. The nine-month program engages participants in a curriculum that offers a view of Greater Des Moines from divergent …

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Neugent first director of convention center hotel group

  Knapp Properties Inc. President and CEO Gerry Neugent is the first and only member, so far, of Iowa Events Center Hotel Corp., the nonprofit organization that will own and operate a proposed $101 million,…
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West Glen owners to add retail building

The owners of West Glen Town Center in West Des Moines are in the planning and leasing phases for a three-bay, 8,400-square-foot retail building that will front Mills Civic Parkway.

 

Carson Hughes, associate vice …

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Brunch planned at Americana to benefit Leadership Institute project

Americana Restaurant and Lounge will host a community brunch on Feb. 28, an event that will support the Beacon of Life “Room for Giving, Room for Living Campaign,” a class project coordinated by members of …