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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read:Disney movies score nearly 40% of the market

Disney and a recently acquired subsidiary accounted for nearly 40% of the movie market in the first nine months of this year, CNBC reported. Anyone with kids, grandkids or a soft streak for Disney in general …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Oct. 18 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the Oct. 18 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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NOTEBOOK: She said it, and she’s right

Newly promoted Great Outdoors Foundation CEO Hannah Inman mentioned in a recent Closer Look interview that she’s from Lawrence, Kan., but passed up KU to attend the University of Iowa. “I’m like Iowa State’s worst …

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NOTEBOOK: Climate trouble?

Longtime University of Iowa climate watcher Jerry Schnoor, while releasing a joint statement with other scientists that there is little, or no, time to prevent catastrophic damage from climate change: “We are on the road …

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NOTEBOOK: Driving, D.C. style

Monte Shaw, who directs the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, recalled a while back how he and his wife left Washington, D.C., to move to Lake Panorama when he took the Iowa job way back when. …

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NOTEBOOK: The changing sports fans

Last year was a big year for my mother’s family ? the last relatives living in Wisconsin moved across state borders. Starting when my mom and her siblings left for college, the family spread out …

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NOTEBOOK: Iowa small business owners decry ‘government health care takeover’

New data shows if there’s one thing most Iowa small business owners in Iowa are adamant about, it’s their opposition to any type of arrangement that could be construed as a “government takeover of health …

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NOTEBOOK: 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes: What we took away

We hope you enjoyed the engaging dialogue from our 90 Ideas in 90 Minutes as much as we did. Each year the panelists bring a new perspective, and what they share is always inspiring. For …

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NAMI Greater Des Moines launches workplace classes

Greater Des Moines organizations have a new set of resources for educating their employees about mental health topics. 

NAMI Greater Des Moines, an affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is launching a series …

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McLellan: How do they see you?

I accidentally initiated a fascinating social experiment that I found very telling in terms of how others perceive us. It served as a timely reminder that I think is worth examining.

I recently had new …