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Business Record 8-7-20

Airline industry slowly moving toward recovery from record losses inflicted by COVID-19

Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions

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Coding out hunger

Can food insecurity be addressed through a software program? With custom software created for area nonprofits, Polk County’s information technology department is developing the answer. 

Tasked by the Polk County Board of Supervisors in early …

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Iowa Stops Hunger panel discusses pandemic’s effect on food insecurity

Getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and then working on policy solutions to help low-income Iowans were just some of the topics discussed during a recent panel discussion on food insecurity in Iowa as part …

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NOTEBOOK: Takeaways from Mercer’s ‘The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future’

Last week I listened in on a videoconference by Mercer: “The New Shape of Work: Flexing for the Future.” A group of national practice leaders with the human resources consulting firm provided some interesting insights …

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NOTEBOOK: CRE Weekly launches new interactive feature

The Business Record launched a new feature in CRE Weekly – an interactive map and database of commercial building permits issued by 13 Central Iowa communities in the first six months of 2020. https://bit.ly/2F4FJYx 

The …

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NOTEBOOK: Streamline email clutter for a greener cyberspace

Four weeks after receiving it, I finally cracked open my July/August edition of Wired magazine. (You’d think I would be better with all my home time right now.) 

Although Wired dedicated plenty of space to …

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Providing workforce housing in Pella

Pella, Iowa – The housing report confirmed what most in this Marion County community already knew: Thousands of people travel to the city each workday to jobs in manufacturing plants, educational institutions, medical facilities, grocery …

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Hunger Challenges Exposed by the Pandemic

“Without food, you don’t have anything.”  Tara, 43, of Des Moines.

Tara, who lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, an inherited connective tissue disorder that has left her unable to work, has been receiving help from …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Labor board ruling limits protected speech when workers protest

A recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board could result in more retaliation by employers if workers who speak up about harassment and discrimination in the workplace — but could also give employers relief …

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Airline industry slowly moving toward recovery from record losses inflicted by COVID-19

The airline industry could take years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, experts say, as it is heavily dependent on how quickly the rest of the economy recovers.

“Until everyone who considers taking a trip …