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Stock Watch 2019

The majority of Iowa’s publicly traded companies gained ground in 2019, as the wider U.S. stock market continued surging higher.  

Thirteen of Iowa’s 20 public companies ended the year with gains in their stock prices, …

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EveryStep brings ‘very special story’ under one name

Caring for a 14-year-old girl who doesn’t speak English and is frightened because she’s going to be a mom. Supporting a 95-year-old veteran who is nearing the end of his life in hospice care. Helping …

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City officials growing impatient over slow pace to clean up contaminated 40-acre site

Des Moines city officials and others are growing impatient over the snail’s pace it’s taking to transform a contaminated 40-acre site south of downtown into property that can be redeveloped.

Dico Inc., a closed manufacturing …

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NOTEBOOK: National Skills Coalition seeks to ramp up Iowa business connections

The leader of a national business group focused on closing the skills gap for American workers says it’s frustrating that funding more skills training doesn’t seem to be a top issue for any presidential candidate, …

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“I guess they see the potential in me.”

After dropping out of college, getting involved with the wrong crowd and making some bad choices, Sabreen Al-Hameed ended up being incarcerated at the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women. 

“I thought it was the worst …

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Expert: New state law is not a guarantee your company won’t be sued for hiring an ex-offender

Many employers in Iowa are rethinking their policies on hiring individuals with criminal records. But they’re also treading very carefully, says a legal expert. 

From a legal perspective, the complexities of hiring an individual with …

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Preparing for reentry

Take away the 20-foot-high chain-link fence and concertina wire, and the Iowa Correctional Institute for Women might be mistaken for a slightly dated corporate campus, or perhaps the commons area of a community college. But …

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A Closer Look: Jeff Plagge

Jeff Plagge likes to joke that he’s been “a bit of a bank junkie for a long time.” His appointment as Iowa banking superintendent caps a career that has spanned more than three decades, including …

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Business Record 1-10-20

Preparing for reentry

Focus: Public Companies

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 10 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 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 at businessrecord.com/insider and …

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