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Deere reports first quarter earnings

Deere & Co. reported net income of $1.224 billion for its first quarter ended Jan. 31, or $3.87 per share, compared with net income of $517 million, or $1.63 per share, for the quarter ended Feb. 2, …

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American Equity reports net loss in fourth quarter; quarterly sales up 100%

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter net loss available to common stockholders of $6.3 million, or 7 cents per diluted common share, compared with net income available to common stockholders …

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Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce owner selected as a top entrepreneur by Lowe’s

Taufeek Shah, who owns Lola’s Fine Hot Sauce, will soon see his products in more than 1,300 Lowe’s home improvement stores after being named a top entrepreneur in “Making it … with Lowe’s,” the company’s …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How much of your money do you want working for you?

More and more people have large sums of money in savings – and it’s way more than any financial-planning manual or guru will tell you to have, writes Brian Hood, who is a certified financial planner and …

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Applications underway for health care education scholarships

The Iowa Hospital Association, through its subsidiary the Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation, will award 60 health care scholarships of up to $7,000 ($3,500 per year for up to two years) and $1,000 specific …

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Workiva names Jill Klindt as chief financial officer

International data compliance software firm Workiva has named Jill Klindt as chief financial officer following Stuart Miller’s retirement as executive vice president and chief financial officer after seven years, the Ames company announced this week. Klindt …

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Power Breakfast takeaways: What health care leaders see in the future

As health systems across the country have been battling the pandemic for the past year, the fabric of Iowa’s health systems has been stretched to the limit, but has proved resilient due to the tremendous…
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Davenport’s lone Black alderman to step down, calling council ‘tone-deaf’ on race

Quad-City Times: With 10 months left in his first term, Davenport’s lone Black alderman announced his resignation, saying his colleagues are “tone-deaf” when it comes to addressing racial inequality and discrimination in the city. Alderman Patrick …

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DMACC, DREAM Iowa partner to offer immigrant student scholarships

Des Moines Area Community College and DREAM Iowa have established a partnership in which each will provide $500 scholarships for a total of $1,000 to as many as 10 DMACC students. This year, DMACC and DREAM Iowa …

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Little change in number of unemployed Iowans, state reports

The number of Iowans who filed unemployment claims in the week that ended on Saturday was changed little from the previous week, according to Iowa Workforce Development.


The state agency reported that 53,935 Iowans filed …