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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Surviving social isolation for your personality type

If you’re anything like me, you love personality tests. Yes, I subscribe to multiple newsletters specific to my personality. And yes, it is a highlight of my week. And right now, getting through this pandemic …

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Beyond the donation door

Stuff. All of us have it, and most of us get rid of it at one point or another. 

In today’s throwaway society, the life cycles of apparel, electronic goods and household items are fairly …

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Longtime Des Moines construction firm plans move into downtown office building

The Weitz Co., an architectural, engineering and construction firm with deep roots in Des Moines, is relocating its corporate headquarters and other company divisions to a downtown office building that will soon undergo a $23.3 …

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Business Record 4-10-20

‘Adapt and survive’
Iowa’s 6,200-plus restaurants are dealing with adversity amid steep revenue declines and unemployment due to state-enforced closure

 

Focus: Green Sustainability

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the April 10 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the April 10 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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‘Adapt & Survive’

By early March, indicators were mounting that the unthinkable would happen.

People were told not to gather in groups of 50, then 10 or more. Schools closed as efforts grew to stave off a deadly …

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A Closer Look: Dan Pitcher

Dan Pitcher became CEO and director of FBL Financial Group on Jan. 1, succeeding Jim Brannen, who retired in early 2020. Pitcher, who had been chief operating officer for property casualty companies with FBL since …

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What we’re doing to help your business And yes, there is something you can do to help, too

Many of you have asked us how the coronavirus and economic situation will affect our business here at the Business Record. Following the success of our first free Coping w/COVID virtual event last Wednesday, many …

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NOTEBOOK: Impact of #MeToo movement still making ripples

In our 2020 women’s survey, we asked a question about the impact of the #MeToo movement in retrospect. Here’s what respondents thought. 


In 2017, the social media hashtag #MeToo exploded and became a vehicle for …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Economist: More than half of Americans to be directly subsidized by Uncle Sam

The federal government is now on track to directly subsidize more than half of the U.S. workforce. That eye-popping estimate comes courtesy of economist Martin Sullivan, a veteran of the Treasury and Congress’ Joint Committee …