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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Hospital pricing mandate not loosening the blindfolds yet

Des Moines’ hospital systems are complying with new federal rules that require them to post estimated costs for medical procedures, but the results are far from enlightening, writes David Lind in his blog on health …

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Closer Look: Les Sulgrove

When Via Group Realtors President Ken Clark said last month that veteran residential real estate agent Les Sulgrove had been named vice president of the West Des Moines firm, he left out a key piece …

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NOTEBOOK: Throwback to ‘02

Nate Heinrich, head of John Deere’s Precision Ag Product Marketing and Innovation department, appreciates the throwback music medium of CDs. 

Heinrich was the first speaker of 2019 for the Technology Association of Iowa’s TechBrew series, …

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NOTEBOOK: Mandelbaum’s present to council colleagues examines poverty and housing

Des Moines City Councilman Josh Mandelbaum gave his council colleagues each a copy of  “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” for the holidays. The council has a tradition of exchanging gifts at the …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the January 18 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the January 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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Parent and Professional at the Same Time

Three years ago, Beth Shelton took over as chief executive officer at Girl Scouts of Greater Iowa. 

Employees there say internal operations improved in that time, with several new employee benefits among the changes. The …

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McLellan: Remember current clients

“Dance with the one that brung ya.”

Ronald Reagan made that phrase a part of our vernacular during his presidency, quoting a song from his youth. It’s also smart marketing advice.

As you build out …

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The Elbert Files: Karns, Cochran and Brown

You may have heard about the seven Des Moines Register journalists who took the company’s recent buyout — five reporters, an artist and a photographer with a combined 195 years of service.

Three others who …

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Next Steps

Before the Iowa Legislature convened on Jan. 14, Business Record Editor Suzanne Behnke and Managing Editor Perry Beeman interviewed Gov. Kim Reynolds, now elected to her first full term as governor, in her formal office …

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NOTEBOOK:Reynolds lauds Vermeer security chief

At the beginning of her Condition of the State address today, Gov. Kim Reynolds paid tribute to Central College graduate and Army veteran Billy Fox, who as head of security at Vermeer was key in …