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NOTEBOOK: Des Moines professionals not as likely to leave their jobs due to a bad commute

Some new research from Robert Half confirms a common bragging point for us in Greater Des Moines: We have one of the quickest and least-stressful commutes in the country. And twice as many Greater Des …

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NOTEBOOK: Are the media biased or is it you?

All of us in the the media have heard the criticism. We are too liberal. We are too conservative. We are from another planet, whose occupants see things differently. But the New York Times reports …

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NOTEBOOK: Health coach’s book looks at disease reversal through diet

A Des Moines health coach makes a good case for eating healthier as a path toward reversing chronic disease — particularly obesity and Type 2 diabetes — and in the process creating more sustainable communities. …

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NOTEBOOK: Liz Gilman’s day with Cloris

Liz Gilman has seen and heard a lot as the one-woman state government department that tries to lure everything from training films to Hollywood works to Iowa, without the benefit of offering incentives — which …

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NOTEBOOK: Great Recession gave her patience a workout

Julia Lawler says that managing through the Great Recession as Principal Financial Group’s chief investment officer was undoubtedly her biggest career accomplishment. But the biggest accomplishment in her life is raising her two sons, Ross …

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NOTEBOOK: In case you missed it…

In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com.

Voya fined $1M
Des Moines-based broker-dealer and investment adviser Voya Financial Advisors will pay a $1 million federal …

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DART navigates future funding

The commissioners at DART have heard a lot of buzz about the transportation agency’s budget lately, and not all of it has been accurate. 

We sat down with Board Chairman Tom Gayman, an Urbandale City …

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20 years of improving Ingersoll

It’s been 20 years since the beginning of Restoration Ingersoll, a group of leaders, residents and business owners who wanted to upgrade Ingersoll Avenue, make it a nicer place for a stroll.

There was an …

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NOTEBOOK: Is Sam Hoyle invasive?

I sat down with Andrea Woodard of the Greater Des Moines Partnership the other day to discuss her recent promotion, and her esteemed media-assisting colleague, “the Brit” Sam Hoyle, warmed a chair at the end …

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NOTEBOOK: Story behind ‘Monumental Journey’

Recently, I visited with Tim Hickman, principal at Substance Architecture. While there, I passed by smaller replicas of different projects the firm has worked on, including what I spied to be the recently installed “Monumental …

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