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Business Record 3-12-21

Cover story: Iowa’s health care system stretched — but not broken — by pandemic

Focus: Health care

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The Elbert Files: Creating wealth

Iowa needs more wealth.


Few would argue with that statement. 


But when it comes to achieving it, many refuse to consider one obvious solution, raising the minimum wage.  


That’s too bad because failing to act …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A look at how COVID spread through the U.S.

William Frey, a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, has studied data showing COVID-19’s spread through the U.S. during the past 12 months. The analysis includes several maps depicting a month-by-month look at COVID’s …

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McLellan: Influential versus influencer

Over the past few years, the rise of influencer marketing has changed the landscape of endorsement or testimonial advertising. Twenty-plus years ago, celebrities endorsed products and services, but it was usually in a TV spot …

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Much at risk if shopping centers remain the same

Twenty years ago, West Des Moines’ Valley West Mall was a regional magnet, attracting shoppers from throughout Iowa to its stores and nearby restaurants and hotels. 


The mall, with its mix of white and reddish-brown …

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A Closer Look: Tim Nelligan

Tim Nelligan joined Continental Western Group as its president in October 2020. Based in Urbandale, Continental Western Group is an operating company of W.R. Berkley Corp., one of the largest commercial insurers in the United …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Changes in consumer buying habits creating chaos for worldwide shipping

There’s a growing crisis in the shipping industry as we’ve changed the way we shop and because of the things we’re buying as people have been stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. This New York …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Dr. Seuss books are pulled, and a ‘cancel culture’ controversy erupts

The estate of Theodor Geisel – more commonly known as Dr. Seuss – made a decision to discontinue sales of six of his books this week because of racist depictions in them, the New York Times reports. …

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Business Record 3-5-21

Cover story: Reputation challenges

Focus: Global Business

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Toymaker’s ‘My Home Office’ lands ‘somewhere between dark satire and meme’

One of my favorite business article bookmarks is Marker, a site that bills itself as “pop business for the intelligent reader.” Today on Marker the top story happened to be contributor Rob Walker’s Object of the …