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3 global business trends to have on your horizon

Here are three global business trends to have on your horizon. The first – regarding the economic implications of coronavirus – is timely with current events, while the other two, on sustainability and immigrants in …

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MercyOne deepens its cancer care mission

MercyOne’s Dr. Richard Deming chose to study medicine because he was good at it — he was the top student of both his graduating college class as well as his medical school. However, he chose …

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A Closer Look: Amy Campero

Amy Campero wasn’t sure what she wanted to do after graduating from the University of Northern Iowa, so she began working for Dan Deery Motors in Cedar Falls.

She was the second female to sell …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Lawsuits accuse hotels of ignoring sex trafficking activity on their properties

Last year I had the opportunity to attend Garden Gate Ranch’s Spring Charity Gala.

What’s Garden Gate Ranch? It’s a faith-based organization that provides safe housing and restorative and transitional services for women who have …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: An experiment in outsourcing to Fiverr

I once listened to a song someone commissioned off of the digital outsourcing platform Fiverr, and it was fine. I don’t know anything about songwriting or playing guitar, but I thought the jingle was good …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Black in business: Celebrating the legacy of black entrepreneurship

This is really two good reads, but who doesn’t need homework for the weekend? Just yesterday I was reading a column from a newspaper colleague in northwest Iowa. Ty Rushing is the managing editor of the Sheldon Mail-Sun …

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NOTEBOOK: Three more thoughts on nonprofits and corporate giving

The cliche of nonprofit consolidation By Chris Conetzkey

There’s no question there are a lot of pressures on nonprofits. Many of the challenges — technology, fighting for funding, wages and employment pressures — seem like …

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NOTEBOOK: Maybe it’s in the genes: Meyer’s son named Julliard provost

The Partnership’s Gene Meyer is a proud papa. His son, 1998 Valley High School grad Adam Meyer, was just named provost of the Juilliard School, the prestigious New York City-based private performing arts conservatory. In …

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Alchemy Community Transformations has new name to reflect its work in rural America

It’s easy for an outsider to understand what the water and transportation teams at Clive-based McClure Engineering Co. do. They deal with civil engineering and other work related to, you guessed it, water and transportation. …

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Judge: New federal courthouse has more space, more security

Before Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger was confirmed as a federal judge, she received a phone call from a mentor.

“My mentor judge called me in December of 2015 and said, ‘You know if you get this …