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Courting your staff

Salaries and perks may get a modest bump in 2019 as businesses navigate a labor market that continues to tighten, a panel of local experts assembled by the Business Record concluded.

At least one of …

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Big projects

In a little more than a week’s time, a building that has piqued the imaginations of architecture enthusiasts opened in the Western Gateway and a revised plan for the location of what will be one …

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A Closer Look: E.B. Updegraff

E.B. Updegraff, the new CEO of Des Moines game studio Hatchlings, has a message for other game designers in the industry: “Your grandma is hardcore,” she told an audience at the 2018 Midwest Game Developers …

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NOTEBOOK: How much are women spending?

Seven trillion dollars a day is being spent or influenced by female consumers, we learned at the Iowa Women Lead Change Central Iowa Conference on Nov. 6-7. For the specifics, women control: 89 percent of …

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NOTEBOOK: Barbie’s big mistake

Network security analyst Antoinette Stevens posed a question for her audience: How much could a speaking Barbie doll influence young girls’ view of mathematics?

At the Iowa Women Lead Change Central Iowa Conference Nov. 7, …

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NOTEBOOK: In recent years, Greater Des Moines hotel tax revenues have lagged growth in rooms

Greater Des Moines has proven a bit of a garden spot for hotel building in recent years, but the extra rooms aren’t generating significant growth in hotel-motel tax revenues, according to a report presented to …

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The Elbert Files: Searching for ‘better angels’

“The past is never dead; it’s not even past.” 

That line from a William Faulkner novel inspired historian Jon Meacham to write “The Soul of America, the Battle for Our Better Angels,” a new book …

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McLellan: Community building

Last week’s column looked at the idea that content marketing efforts often stop short of actually building a community and by doing so, brands miss out on the incredible benefits of that strategy. The phrase …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Richard Branson offers prize for efficient AC

Fast Company reports that people who work their way out of poverty tend to buy three things as soon as they can — TVs, refrigerators and air conditioners. This has become increasingly the case in India,…
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: In photos unpublished for 100 years, the joy of war’s end

Sunday was Veterans Day, which marks the end of World War I. The New York Times shared these photos and their cutlines from their archives. The images depict a unity and happiness and relief that…