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Morning Business Headlines – 1.22.15

 

Unemployment applications dropped last week

MarketWatch: The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits in mid-January fell by 10,000 but remained above the key 300,000 mark for the third straight week, the first time …

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Marel, formerly Townsend Engineering to end manufacturing in DM

 

Marel, formerly Townsend Engineering, is moving its manufacturing from Des Moines to Gainesville, Ga., as part of changes that will cost 150 workers their jobs.

 

The company announced it will establish an innovation …

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AMA Iowa event to highlight trends, challenges in the marketing industry

Today is the last day to take advantage of early-bird registration for the American Marketing Association Iowa’s “Iowa Experience” event. The Feb. 6 event will feature a packed agenda of local speakers who will discuss …

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AMA Iowa event to highlight trends, challenges in the marketing industry

Today is the last day to take advantage of early-bird registration for the American Marketing Association Iowa’s “Iowa Experience” event. The Feb. 6 event will feature a packed agenda of local speakers who will discuss …

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Gallup: Health care costs and low wages are worries for U.S. families

Health care costs and lack of money or low wages rank as the most important financial problems facing American families, each mentioned by 14 percent of U.S. adults in Gallup’s annual poll. Higher-income families were more likely …

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Midwest cities at top and bottom of healthy cities list

The Midwest has one of the healthiest cities in the country, according to a new study. Unfortunately, it also has the unhealthiest one, National Real Estate Investor reported. A new survey by BetterDoctor.com ranked Minneapolis as the second healthiest …

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Southwest Ninth corridor plan review is Thursday

The city of Des Moines and Friends of SW 9th are hosting a review of a plan to improve the Southwest Ninth Street corridor at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Christ the King Church parish …

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Boys & Girls Clubs partner to ‘Feed the Future’

Starting Jan. 20, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa will partner with the Child and Adult Care Food Program to provide dinner five nights a week to members of the McCombs Boys and …

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ISU gets $1.9 million grant to study long-term relationships

The National Institute on Aging has given Iowa State University a $1.9 million grant to continue a study of relationships spanning four decades and three generations.

 

Begun in 1989, the study has involved more than 550 …

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Templeton Rye seeking mediation in fraud lawsuits

Des Moines Register: Two class-action lawsuits accusing Templeton Rye of consumer fraud are on hold for mediation, a sign that the embattled Iowa whiskey-maker could be looking to settle before trial. The company faces three class-action …