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Economic Forecast: What’s coming in 2019

The main course at Thursday’s Economic Forecast Luncheon: what’s going to happen with Iowa’s economy this year.


Here’s one takeaway from the event (below), hosted by the Business Record, with the following panelists: Robin Anderson, …

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SCI plans mental health awareness events with ‘Mind Matters’

The Science Center of Iowa’s newest traveling exhibition that opens Feb. 5 will be complemented by a wide variety of community events centered on mental health awareness. 

The exhibition, “Mental Health: Mind Matters,” is attracting a “phenomenal …

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Business Record 2-1-19

Joe Ceryanec: CFO of the Year

Focus: Banking, investments and finance

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 1 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 1 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: Bombs away at Merle Hay

Among the improvements planned for Merle Hay Mall, the city’s first shopping center and like many retail centers, one that seems under constant attack from shifting consumer tastes, is expansion of Merle Hay Lanes. Liz …

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NOTEBOOK: Are you supporting grown children? Study says many are

When it comes to money matters, are we mollycoddling our adult, out-of-the-house children? A new study from Merrill Lynch certainly suggests this possibility.

There are 173 million of us parents in the U.S., and Merrill …

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NOTEBOOK: Training and education: Did you know?

The push for added training and education in Greater Des Moines is largely due to this: 55 percent of Central Iowa jobs require postsecondary education up to an associate degree. Just 32 percent of the …

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Joe Ceryanec

The past year has been both exciting and challenging for Joe Ceryanec, as he and his financial team at Meredith Corp. integrate two complex media companies into one following the $2.8 billion acquisition of Time …

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A Closer Look: Douglas Fiore

Doug Fiore’s enthusiasm for Mercy College of Health Sciences and higher education is somewhat contagious, as I found after sitting down with the college’s new president. A seasoned college administrator, Fiore was taking what was …

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Guest Opinion: Making laws should not be about lawmakers’ convenience

One of the biggest contrasts in public access to state and local governments in Iowa came into focus last week, and Iowans should be concerned by what occurred.

A bit of context: Iowans have long …