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What will happen to the local economy in 2021?

Business leaders’ outlook on the economy for 2021 varies greatly – depending in large part on what industry they work in and how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their companies. That outlook also varies by …

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McLellan: The online consumer’s mindset

Even if you do not sell a single thing online, odds are:

• You have a website.

• People are “shopping” you on that site, even if they know they can’t buy there.

As consumers, …

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The Elbert Files: Running out of money

“Boy, were you wrong,” said a muffled voice that approached from the east as I neared Terrace Hill on my daily walk. Beneath the furry hood and orange scarf, I could barely make out the …

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2020 was record-setting year for some Des Moines-area communities

Commercial building permits, collectively valued at more than $1.1 billion, were issued by Des Moines-area communities in 2020, a total some consider surprising given the year’s unexpected disruptions caused by the outbreak of COVID-19.

For …

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A Closer Look: Ahmed Agyeman

Ahmed Agyeman will always remember the positive experience he had when he first visited the Boone Campus of Des Moines Area Community College. It was 1993, and there weren’t many other people on the campus …

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Catch of the day

If you want fresh seafood, where do you go? Iowa, of course.

Iowa is best known for growing corn and soybeans and raising hogs. But there’s a new kid knocking on the barn door if …

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Business Record names Community Foundation’s Jones-Weber as Deloitte CFO of the Year

Growing up in Des Moines, Karla Jones-Weber would spend after-school time at her parents’ business, helping with simple bookkeeping tasks beginning when she was about 10. She quickly discovered that she enjoyed accounting, and after …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Apollo CEO to step down after firm finds $158M in payments to Jeffrey Epstein

One of the world’s largest private equity firms, Apollo Global Management, found that its chairman and CEO, Leon Black, had paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $158 million, which triggered an attempt to remove him …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Baby boomers are fastest-growing category of online shoppers

I can attest that those of us with more “life experience” are buying more online, but this story from the Washington Post helps back up my assertions. As more people have turned to the internet to buy …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Youth poet laureate overcame personal challenge to deliver speech

As I was watching the presidential inauguration on Wednesday, I particularly enjoyed hearing the youth poet laureate, Amanda Gorman, recite the poem that she had written for the occasion — “The Hill We Climb.” I …