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SBA opens nominations for 2023 Small Business Week Awards

The SBA’s Iowa District Office is now accepting nominations for the 2023 National and District Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year Award. Iowa District Small Business Week categories …
By BPC Staff | Sep 6, 2022
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Report: Share of Iowans employed by small businesses dips

Iowa had a net increase in the total number of business openings in the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but total jobs lost outpaced total jobs added during that same period, according to the …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Sep 6, 2022
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On The Move: Week ending August 28

 

Grant Thompson

Genus Landscape Architects

Hired as firm associate

gthompson@genus-ia.com


Tim Morris

F&G

Hired as marketing specialist

tim.morris@fglife.com


Derek Mueller

F&G

Hired as director, FP&A – STAT projections and analysis

derek.mueller@fglife.com


Warren Snell

F&G…
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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Mild winter buoys Iowa pheasant population

Iowa Capital Dispatch: A lack of snowfall this past winter was likely a boon for Iowa pheasants, which were seen in roughly equal numbers as last year by state officers for their recent annual population survey. …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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Ethanol plant fined for ongoing excessive air pollution

Iowa Capital Dispatch: A southwest Iowa ethanol plant has been ordered to pay a $10,000 fine for its repeated air emissions of excessive, cancer-causing compounds in the past five years, according to the Iowa Department of …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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F&G nears $5B in institutional market sales, boosted by pension transfers

Des Moines-based F&G Annuities & Life Inc. recently closed two significant pension risk transfer transactions that have propelled the company’s institutional market sales to nearly $5 billion since that product channel’s launch by F&G just …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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Mutual Med becomes part of BenefitMall — which is merging with CRC Group

BenefitMall, a leading insurance brokerage firm based in Dallas, has acquired Mutual Med, a Davenport-based insurance distributor that provides sales counseling and support for benefits agents serving large groups, small groups and individuals. In early August, BenefitMall also …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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Trinity Health completes acquisition of MercyOne

Trinity Health, one of the largest not-for-profit Catholic health systems, announced Thursday that its agreement to fully acquire MercyOne is completed, and the Clive-based health system is now a full member of Trinity Health, based …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022
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Iowa economy slows behind ongoing labor shortages, continued concerns with supply chain, inflation

Supply chain disruptions and labor shortages continue to be top concerns for Iowa’s economy, according to a monthly survey of supply chain managers.

Creighton University’s MidAmerican Business Conditions Index showed that Iowa’s index for August fell to …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Sep 2, 2022
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Despite concerns, Iowa corn growers group backs carbon-capture pipelines

Des Moines Register: A group representing about 7,000 Iowa corn growers says it supports efforts to build pipelines that will be used to sequester carbon dioxide from dozens of ethanol plants across the state in an …
By BPC Staff | Sep 2, 2022