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ONE GOOD READ: Current housing boom different from one in early 2000s

The pandemic has ignited a housing boom, but it’s different from the one that occurred in the early 2000s, writes Nicole Friedman for the Wall Street Journal. The current housing boom is more stable than the last …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Mar 24, 2021
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McLellan: How much are you willing to invest?

Over the last several weeks, we’ve focused on how brands can leverage people of influence to advance their marketing with the influencer’s audience. This week, I want to look at the same opportunity, but from …
By DREW MCLELLAN | Mar 24, 2021
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The Elbert Files: The first electric car

William Morrison, creator of the first practical electric car in 1890, may be Des Moines’ most underappreciated inventor. 


His battery technology work was widely heralded at the time, and the dozen electric cars he designed …
By DAVE ELBERT | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Four takeaways on failure, intersectionality, social justice and awareness from ISU Women’s Week

One of the benefits of the pandemic forcing many of us to isolate ourselves and work from home has been the sudden shift toward virtual programming, panel discussions, webinars and lectures. These types of events …
By EMILY BLOBAUM | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Two ways the pandemic, social justice may change employment law

In a recent interview with Kelsey Knowles, a shareholder and attorney at Belin McCormick, we talked about changes to employment law since the start of the pandemic. As we talked, I also asked her about …
By EMILY BARSKE | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Four takeaways on failure, intersectionality, social justice and awareness from ISU Women’s Week

One of the benefits of the pandemic forcing many of us to isolate ourselves and work from home has been the sudden shift toward virtual programming, panel discussions, webinars and lectures. These types of events …
By EMILY BLOBAUM | Mar 18, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: The unexpected rise and agonizing fall of Dos Equis’ ‘Most Interesting Man’

Remember Dos Equis’ ad campaign, “The Most Interesting Man in the World”? The campaign, which propelled a once-obscure Mexican beer to mainstream popularity, featured a mysterious bearded world-traveling, bear-wrestling, marlin-catching guy whom the police often …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 17, 2021
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Microsoft, ChangeX offer $75,000 in grants to Central Iowa community groups

Community groups in Central Iowa have 30 days to launch one of 15 potential initiatives in their region, with the support of a combined grant from ChangeX and the Microsoft West Des Moines Data Center …
By KATE HAYDEN | Mar 17, 2021
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What legal trends should employers be thinking about?

On March 11, 2020, Kelsey Knowles, a shareholder and attorney at Belin McCormick, was among a group of panelists for what would be the Business Record’s last in-person event before having to switch to virtual …
By EMILY BARSKE | Mar 17, 2021
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On Leadership: Male Leaders

Two men changed the course of my life in my early 20s. When I was the executive director of a small nonprofit organization, these two board members took me out for lunch and suggested I …
By SUZANNA de BACA | Mar 17, 2021