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In early December 2001, I experienced what was to be one of the strangest and ultimately best interviews I have ever had.

Having followed my wife here from New Jersey for her job at WOI-TV, …

The high school sports March madness has begun in Des Moines. Downtown skywalks are crowded with fans and players, most of the motels and hotels are filled to capacity, local restaurants have long waits, and …

Ruan Transportation Management Systems, the trucking firm that helped make John Ruan II one of the most powerful men in Iowa business, is undergoing its largest strategic shift in 20 years.

Over the past three …

Robert Shumaker has devoted 20 years of his life to a relationship with Azy and Indah, a pair of orangutans due to arrive at the Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary this summer. He knows their behavioral …

In December 2002, executive recruiter Chris McLinden found himself without a job after his employer, Dice Inc., which operates a job-posting Web site for technology professionals, worked to cut costs and ultimately filed for bankruptcy. …

Dear Mr. Berko:

Would you explain the “Dogs of the Dow” concept to me? How does it work, how the stocks are picked and which stocks are being used for this year? Can you also …

How many of you have ever used America Online as your Internet service provider? How many of you have fired the company as your vendor?

I ask this question of every group I’m in front …

With all the finger-pointing going on between doctors, insurers and trial lawyers in the debate over medical malpractice insurance, we think it’s instructive to back up and take a look at the larger picture.

The …

Last week was bittersweet. I said goodbye to both a former publisher, who provided an important springboard for my career, and a tradition.

Burl Tiedemann, who owned the Dallas County News in Adel from 1965 …

Iowa policymakers are continuing a healthy policy debate over the need for a tax subsidy for billion dollar credit unions operating in Iowa.

These credit unions are a far cry from the small, traditional institutions …