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Apartment building could be part of Merle Hay Mall redevelopment

The owners of Merle Hay Mall, Anawim Housing and the city of Urbandale are weighing a plan to place apartments on the west side of the shopping center, where large anchors Younkers and Sears were…
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Making Greater Des Moines a ‘stickier’ destination for diversity

When Central Iowa business and community leaders travel to Washington, D.C., next year for the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s 40th annual lobbying trip, they’ll be joined by a particularly enthusiastic group of 24 young professionals …

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NOTEBOOK: Today is a ‘seller’s market’ for business owners

If you’ve toyed with the notion of selling your business, now might be a good time. A great time, actually, says merger-and-acquisition expert Eric Lohmeier, as selling prices of companies he’s working with are at …

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NOTEBOOK – Grinnell Prize winner’s gift to college:Boeuf bourguignon and gratin dauphinois

Say you live in Paris and you are making your first trip to Iowa, in this case to pick up the Grinnell Prize, a top honor in the social responsibility world awarded by Grinnell College. …

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NOTEBOOK: No takers yet on association health plans

Raising the capital required to start an association or multiple-employer health plan may prove to be the biggest “show stopper” that keeps the concept from gaining renewed interest in Iowa, says Rick DeBartolo, senior vice …

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NOTEBOOK: ‘NAIP’

Suku Radia, who retired a little more than a year ago from leading Bankers Trust, continues to plug in to the Greater Des Moines business community even while traveling in Europe. He congratulated the Business …

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NOTEBOOK: Some quick takeaways from the Denim Summit

I sat in Oct. 25 on a couple of the morning sessions of the second annual Denim Summit hosted by Denim Labs. The conference — created by Denim founder Gregory Bailey — brings together insurtech …

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A Closer Look: Justin Glisan

Justin Glisan, the state’s new climatologist, comes in with several years of teaching and research, three college degrees and the drive you need to have to get questions about weather trivia from everyone from farmers …

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McLellan: Stop selling, start helping

A couple of weeks ago, my column explored some of the key takeaways from the new content marketing trends report produced by the Content Marketing Institute, and I identified some trends worthy of more in-depth …

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The Elbert Files: State benefits from ‘tax cuts’

Here’s a curious bit of financial irony: Tax cut legislation is the reason state government is flush with money leading up to Tuesday’s election, and it’s why state tax receipts will continue to grow next …

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