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IRS rolls out electronic authorizations for tax practitioner forms

The Internal Revenue Service on Monday launched a new online feature that gives taxpayers the ability to digitally authorize someone to represent them or view their tax records. The new feature, one of many recent …
By BPC Staff | Jul 20, 2021
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Winnebago to acquire Indiana-based pontoon boat maker in $300M-plus deal

Winnebago Industries Inc. announced it will buy Barletta Pontoon Boats, an Indiana-based boat manufacturer, for more than $300 million in a deal that will further expand its marine business, Bloomberg News reported. Winnebago, based in Forest City, …
By BPC Staff | Jul 20, 2021
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Cleanup begins on contaminated downtown property

The former Dico Inc. property sits south of West Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Photo by Duane Tinkey

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week began work to remove three buildings from a contaminated site in southwest downtown Des Moines, …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Jul 20, 2021
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On Leadership: Are you an inclusive leader?

Back in the ’90s, I worked at a Wall Street firm where there were only a few women in top leadership. I was excited to have a seat at the table in the big boardroom …
By SUZANNA de BACA | Jul 20, 2021
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VIDEO: Full event – The status of innovation in Iowa

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By BPC Staff | Jul 20, 2021
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Garst farmland near Coon Rapids to be sold at auction, placed in conservation easement

Farmland owned by the Garst family, who hosted Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev in the 1950s, will be sold at auction next month and placed into what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind soil conservation …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2021
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Douglas Avenue to close for repaving project

Douglas Avenue between Merle Hay Road and 30th Street is scheduled to be closed the next two weekends for a repaving project, the Iowa DOT announced today. Douglas Avenue is also U.S. Highway 6, and …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2021
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Clive startup, nine others join Techstars Iowa’s 2021 cohort

The Techstars Iowa Accelerator is welcoming 10 new companies to the 2021 cohort. Nearly all those in this year’s cohort founded their business amid the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns during 2020, said Kerty Levy, managing director …
By KATE HAYDEN | Jul 19, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Would you try mac and cheese ice cream? Now you can

I like mac and cheese. I like ice cream. The two together? As it turns out we now can experience just that with a cool, cheesy ice cream that hit stores last week. The limited …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Jul 19, 2021
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EMC Insurance joins national consortium pledging pay equity

EMC Insurance Cos. announced it has signed the Employers for Pay Equity Consortium’s White House Equal Pay Pledge. The consortium is composed of companies that understand the importance of ensuring that all individuals are compensated equitably for …
By BPC Staff | Jul 19, 2021