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If you see a handful of people at a Des Moines area trailhead peering down at what looks like a PDA and chatting excitedly about “waypoints” and “caches,” you might have stumbled upon a group …

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been likened to an 800-pound gorilla — impossible to ignore and downright painful for some publicly traded companies that might happen to get sat upon.       As president …

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Dear Mr. Berko:

Please tell me what you think of Sara Lee. In the past few years, when it was trading around $21-$22, you would not recommend the stock because you had a low opinion …

John Patterson was a visionary. After buying the patent for the cash register in 1880, he created the foundation for the American salesperson and sales force that we know today. Patterson was a thinker, a …

During his journey from project manager to president of Graham Construction, Steve Hauschilt has learned that building relationships is as important as building the structures themselves.

Hauschilt started at the company in 1998 and was …

The Business Record spoke with Steve Simpson, a consultant at Alliance Technologies, regarding the current state of computer viruses and related trends Alliance has noticed while providing information technology services in Iowa. Alliance serves more …

When we wanted an atomic bomb to win a war, the federal government invented one. When we decided to visit the moon, the government bought us a ticket. But it’s clear by now that a …

Some years back, a friend of mine was interviewing for a job. The interview was going well, and Chris felt a connection to his could-be boss.   At the end, they shook hands warmly and, as …

The American Institute of Architects’ Iowa chapter recently co-sponsored two days of facing harsh facts about Iowa and developing ideas to improve the state. The annual spring meeting, called “Imagine Iowa, Designing Iowa’s Future,” was …