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Global Insurance Accelerator seeks new managing director

Four years after its launch, the Global Insurance Accelerator is kicking off a search for the program’s second managing director after Brian Hemesath announced plans to step down in 2019.

Hemesath has committed to stay with the…
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Foley: Bill in Congress would leave D.M. airport project searching for cash

Des Moines airport chief Kevin Foley has said more forcefully that it would be difficult at best to put together the financing for a nearly half-billion-dollar overhaul of Des Moines International Airport, including a new terminal, if …

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NOTEBOOK: Why trees matter in business

A few weeks ago, a press release hit the newsroom’s inbox about a Trees Forever event coming up. I didn’t know much about the organization, so I kept reading. And then I started an email …

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Foley: Bill in Congress would leave D.M. airport project searching for cash

Des Moines airport chief Kevin Foley has said more forcefully that it would be difficult at best to put together the financing for a nearly half-billion-dollar overhaul of Des Moines International Airport, including a new terminal, if …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the September 21 Issue

Here’s a list of local people in the September 21 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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6 takeaways and more from the #MeToo Power Breakfast

There were great questions and lessons shared at the Sept. 12 Business Record Power Breakfast, “Best Business Practices in the #MeToo Era.” Here are six takeaways from Business Record staff writers and notable quotes from …

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NOTEBOOK: MBAs going pro

With the advent of distance learning, MBA degrees from many of the nation’s top universities are available online. Many feature at least some short residency on campus, and many others offer an offshore component to …

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NOTEBOOK: Airport 101

Kevin Foley, Des Moines International Airport’s general manager and executive director, briefed reporters last week on basic airport operations. 

The tour included a behind-the-scenes look at a cramped but reworked baggage screening area that would …

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NOTEBOOK: Some of you are lousy at taking lunch

If your shop is anything like Business Publications Corp., you probably see a variety of approaches to the lunch hour. We encourage everyone to take a break, and some do — to have lunch with …

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NOTEBOOK: Did you know?

Bill Cherrier, who runs the Central Iowa Power Cooperative, or CIPCO, recently completed a 300-mile bike ride with his buddies, with 12,000 to 14,000 feet of climb. “Sometimes I’m hanging on for dear life,” Cherrier …