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Workiva integrates generative AI into cloud platform

Workiva announced today it has integrated generative artificial intelligence across its business reporting platform. According to a news release, generative AI gives users the ability to “author, edit, and rewrite content across the company’s entire …

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Downtown Des Moines Chamber of Commerce names new director

Jimmy Olsen, a certified marketing consultant who has over 30 years of experience in radio, was recently selected as the new executive director of the Downtown Des Moines Chamber of Commerce. 

Olsen, who had been …

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Bankrate ranks Iowa best state to retire

In a study based on affordability (40%), overall well-being (25%), quality/cost of health care (20%), weather (10%) and crime (5%), Bankrate – a consumer financial services company – found Iowa to be the best state …

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Manufacturers share challenges they will face in 2024

Keeping pace with advancements in technology, ongoing workforce and supply chain challenges and preparing for fluctuations in demand: Those are some of the challenges the manufacturing sector will face in 2024, according to panelists who …

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Woerdeman named executive director of Home Inc.

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Carrie Woerdeman was named executive director of Home Inc., the oldest private nonprofit housing organization in Des Moines. Woerdeman brings more than 16 years of experience in property management, real estate development and …

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Food Bank of Iowa serves record number of people in FY2023

The Food Bank of Iowa ended fiscal year 2023 by breaking every record in its 41-year history, according to a press release from the Des Moines-based nonprofit.

Across the 55 counties that it serves, the …

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Delta Dental of Iowa appoints new board leadership roles

Delta Dental of Iowa and the Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation have announced the appointment of several new board leadership roles. For Delta Dental of Iowa, Rowena “Ro” Crosbie was named board chair, Donna Grant …

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Principal reports lower than expected second-quarter earnings

Principal Financial Group Inc. on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $389 million, or $1.53 per share.

The earnings per share compare with $1.65 a year ago and did not meet Wall Street expectations. The …

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The Elbert Files: Kaleidoscope era ends

Demolition of the downtown Kaleidoscope Mall on Walnut Street marks the end of an era.

The mall is coming down to make way for a 33-story apartment building.

For much of the 20th century, Walnut …

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On Leadership: Can confronting unexpected fears make you a better leader?

I was recently quite surprised to confront a fear I didn’t even know I had. While driving across a bridge over the Mississippi River on a trip to Wisconsin, I experienced a panic attack, which …