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EBay demands investor exit strategy

Dear Mr. Berko:

Some months ago, before eBay split 2-for-1, I was going to buy 100 shares but lost my nerve. Now it has split and I’m thinking about buying 200 shares.Please let me have …

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Understanding thanks to better give it

Well, it’s that time of the year again. Gobble gobble. Eveyone has eaten more food and more leftovers than the year before. Families have gathered and (some thankfully) departed.

Many people are now practicing the …

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Kluesner finds youths mentors, funds

Volunteering shapes Stacy Kluesner’s life. During the day she works as volunteer coordinator for Orchard Place, and in the evening and on weekends, she volunteers with her husband, Corey; and son, Brady, in their community …

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Picket Fence Creamery’s Jill Burkhart

The Business Record ran a profile May 12 on Picket Fence Creamery, a Woodward-based dairy-farm-turned-dairy that Jeff and Jill Burkhart created to find a profit, despite low milk prices, by bottling and selling their own …

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Merger frenzy

The last several weeks have been nothing short of euphoric for those who track the multitude of economic indicators compiled by academics, pollsters and the government.  The economy continues to add jobs and manufacturing activity is …

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The Northwest’s allure

My friend split more than a dozen and a half years ago and headed for the Northwest. His career would have advanced just as quickly in Iowa, perhaps even more quickly, but he left Iowa …

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New leaders value visibility

On July 11, the first day he was named president of Allied Insurance, Kirt Walker began a 24-hour barnstorming tour of the company’s five regional offices.

From Sacramento, Calif., where he had been vice president …

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Getting the big (interactive) picture

Imagine a large interactive window that can act like a movie screen, a computer screen and a touch screen. Your hand is the mouse, and by brushing the screen you can manipulate images on it. …

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Restaurants cope as beef prices rise

When the board of the Iowa Hospitality Association, the state affiliate of the International Restaurant Association, convened for its November meeting, most discussion centered on the rising cost of beef and how members could retain …

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Inventors’ ice cream hits store shelves

BOONE – Two engineers-turned-entrepreneuers who came up with a low-cost ice cream machine say they’ve now found a better model for selling their super-smooth ice cream.

Will Schroeder and T.J. Paskach, founders of Nitro Ice …