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NOTEBOOK: Notes from the Governor’s Scouts Luncheon

Here are some notable takeaways from the Governor’s Scouts Luncheon Feb. 7, atte nded by more than 700 business leaders, lawmakers and Scouting leaders at the Iowa Events Center.

— It was the first time …
By SUZANNE BEHNKE | Feb 21, 2019
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NOTEBOOK:Looking for some ‘weird’ stuff? Follow Alice Cooper to a Brass Armadillo Antique Mall

The 50-some-year career of rock showman Alice Cooper has been all about smoke and mirrors, not to mention guillotines, electric chairs and lots of fake blood, but when Cooper the private citizen goes looking for …
By KENT DARR | Feb 19, 2019
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How They Built it

The Business Record hosted its first Power Breakfast of the year, and assembled a panel of entrepreneurial minded business leaders for the event titled “How They Built It.” 

In an effort to share their wisdom, …
By BPC Staff | Feb 15, 2019
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On the Move: The week of Feb. 11

Natalie Liedman

PolicyWorks Iowa

Hired as public affairs coordinator

natalie.liedman@policyworksllc.com


Alexandra Vosburgh

Heartland

Hired as estimator

aliv@hrtlnd.us


Alisha Martin

McGowen Hurst Clark Smith

Hired as staff accountant

amartin@mhcscpa.com


Sean Larson

McGowen Hurst Clark Smith

Hired …
By BPC Staff | Feb 15, 2019
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On the Move: The week of Jan. 28

Dan Conway

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Hired as senior staff accountant

dconway@insidefb.com


Jenny Deputy

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation

Hired as staff accountant

jdeputy@insidefb.com


Jay Reavis

Holmes Murphy

Promoted to vice president/Waukee market leader, property casualty…
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Feb 15, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Day care for all?

A New York Times opinion piece took a look at an interesting idea: universal affordable high-quality child care. From the piece: “By the time American women are 40 to 44, 86 percent of them are …
By CHRIS CONETZKEY | Feb 15, 2019
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 15 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 8 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 …
By BPC Staff | Feb 14, 2019
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Out – and authentic – in the workplace

For transgender employees and the organizations that employ them, an information void exists. 

In the 2018 Human Rights Campaign study “A Workplace Divided,” HRC reports that 46 percent of LGBTQ workers are closeted at work. …
By KATE HAYDEN | Feb 14, 2019
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Newsmaker Q&A: Mary Mack

Priorities for Central Iowa’s largest employer: Talent recruitment and retention, offering its workforce career paths, restoring trust with customers and among workers, data security.

Wells Fargo’s Mary Mack, the financial and banking firm’s senior executive …
By SUZANNE BEHNKE | Feb 14, 2019
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A Closer Look: Delaney Howell

Feb. 16, 2017, was a day of new beginnings for the 44-year-old Iowa Public Television fixture “Market to Market.” For just the fourth time, it had a new host and for the first time that …
By KENT DARR | Feb 14, 2019