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Gerhart pledges prompt action on CoOportunity

 

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said Wednesday he expects to reach a decision soon on whether CoOportunity Health will be liquidated.   

 

“My hope is we’re going to be able to make a …

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Google adds time to prevent ‘leap second’ crash in June

Google is combating a feared Internet crash this year by adding small increments of time to its system clocks, Techie News reports. It’s doing so because 2015 is going to be longer: Scientists at the International Earth …

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Johnston to unveil economic development guide

The Johnston Economic Development Corp. will unveil a new development guide during its annual meeting from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Stoney Creek Hotel. The guide will serve as resource for developers and …

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Blood center asks for donations amid critically low supply

LifeServe Blood Center, the sole supplier of blood products to more than 100 hospitals in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota, said today it urgently needs donors to give blood to increase the blood supply. Recent …

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Trade deficit shrinks, hiring up at end of 2014

The smallest trade deficit of the year in November and increased company hiring last month provided hints the U.S. economy is rising above a global slowdown, Bloomberg reported.

 

The trade gap, or the difference in …

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Commercial real estate backfill could be no fill

 

 

Attorney Jim Carney is taking a look at state of Iowa budget figures and wondering where the dollars will come from to pay for funding commitments made by previous legislatures.

 

He sees …

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Indianola retools its brand

The city of Indianola has a new logo, retooled website and a series of four videos to help attract residential and commercial development to the Warren County

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WalletHub ranks Des Moines as good place for job seekers

Des Moines is the nation’s second-best city for job seekers, according to a 2015 survey by personal finance website WalletHub.  Seattle took the No. 1 spot. Des Moines was not on the list in 2014.…

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Startup signs license agreement with UI Research Foundation

Iowa Adaptive Technologies Inc., a University of Iowa startup that is developing devices and solutions to help critically ill and disabled patients take a more active role in communicating and participating in their own care, …

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ISU economist: Gas tax increase would be cheaper than new shocks, tires

Iowa State University economist David Swenson said most Iowa motorists would pay less to cover a proposed 10 cents per gallon increase in the gas tax than they would to fix vehicle damage caused by …