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Business Record 12-27-19

Business leaders share lessons learned in 2019

Focus: Year in Review

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Mission-driven meals

Eating well-balanced, nutritious meals is often quite literally just what the doctor ordered, as many Americans are finding. 

And regardless of whether those meals are directed for someone recovering from a surgical procedure, living with …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the December 27 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the December 27 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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NOTEBOOK: Mental health parity an elusive goal in Iowa and nationally

Mental health advocates in Iowa are hopeful that legislators will take up bills in the upcoming general session to advance parity in insurance coverage for mental health treatment. 

According to a recent report published by …

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The Elbert Files: Impeachment and the Dow

Twenty-one years ago this week, I wrote about the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in an article that carried the headline “So far, Dow not fazed by Clinton crisis.” 

The purpose was to see how …

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McLellan: Creating intimacy that rings the cash register

In last week’s column, I talked about the power of branding and specifically about creating brand intimacy with your consumers. 

Think about your own life. From the time you were a kid, you were a …

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NOTEBOOK: What’s the buzz? Beeman leaving

By the time you read this, I will be moments away from ending my five-year run as a senior reporter and managing editor at the Business Record. 

On Monday, I start a new job at States …

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Slanted toilets are the logical extreme of hyperproductivity

American culture is all about finding efficiencies. I myself am a big fan of them. But when does it go too far? Well, according to this Atlantic piece, it’s too far when you add in special …

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NOTEBOOK: Weld: Education post would be a ‘crazy-cool opportunity’

On Thursday, a day after Drake University announced that it had recruited Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise to become the next dean of its School of Education, I happened to have the chance…
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Iowa’s first lady of SHIIP to retire

If there’s one thing about Medicare plans, supplements and drug coverage options, they’re exceedingly complicated, and it’s only gotten more so over time. For nearly 30 years, Kriss Gross has been the face of Iowa …