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STEM Council executive committee meets

The Executive Committee of the Governor’s STEM Council will meet by telephone at 10:30 a.m. Thursday  to take a roll call vote regarding the approval of the recommended STEM Scale-Up Programs. Access to the meeting …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2015
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Increase in lending boosts Wells Fargo revenues

Wells Fargo & Co. said today that its profits rose slightly in the fourth quarter as it continued to lend more money and decrease the amount it set aside to cover soured loans, The New …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2015
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BirdDog reports double-digit revenue growth

BirdDog, the Urbandale-based company that recruits and tracks applicants for construction industry jobs, experienced 53 percent growth in revenue for the 2014 fiscal year, the largest in the company’s history, according to a release on BusinessWire. As …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2015
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Gallup poll: Poor managers cost nation $450 billion

Poor managers cost the U.S. economy $450 billion to $550 billion per year by disengaging employees, a Gallup poll found. Among full-time employees, 70 percent are disengaged and uninspired, the poll found.

 

Also, more than 2.5 …
By BPC Staff | Jan 14, 2015
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SURVEY: In 2015, I believe the Iowa economy will …

 

The Business Record is surveying its readers to get a sense of where you think the Iowa economy is going in 2015.

 

Answer the multiple-choice question below, then if you wish, elaborate on …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Jan 13, 2015
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Iowa SBA hires new district director

Jayne Armstrong has been named the new Small Business Administration Iowa district director, replacing former director Joe Folsom, who retired last year. Armstrong joined the Iowa district office from the SBA’s office of field operations …
By BPC Staff | Jan 13, 2015
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UnityPoint Health names volunteer services executive director

UnityPoint Health – Des Moines has hired Staci Fry as executive director of volunteer services. She will oversee the volunteer programs at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Methodist West Hospital and Blank Children’s …
By BPC Staff | Jan 13, 2015
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Watch replay of Branstad’s Condition of the State address

Gov. Terry Branstad gave his annual Condition of the State address this morning, calling for bipartisan support for road projects, education and expanding high-speed Internet access in rural Iowa. The speech came on the second …
By BPC Staff | Jan 13, 2015
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Former lawmaker, Prairie Meadows champion Ed Skinner dies

 

Edwin Skinner, a  powerful lawyer and former state lawmaker who was instrumental in the development of the Prairie Meadows horse track, died Monday night after a long illness. He was 78.

 

Skinner, a …
By PERRY BEEMAN | Jan 13, 2015
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Citigroup quietly scales back in consumer banking

Reuters: Citigroup Inc. has been quietly scaling back its consumer banking presence in some of the world’s major cities, pulling out from markets where it does not …
By BPC Staff | Jan 13, 2015