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On The Move: Week of Dec. 11

Todd Utter

Central Bank

Hired as mortgage loan officer

tutter@centralbankonline.com


Tyler L. Coe

Whitfield & Eddy Law

Hired as associate attorney

coe@whitfieldlaw.com


Kalsa Parker

Iowa State Extension and Outreach, Polk County

Hired as customer service …

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Reynolds, SBA’s McMahon see rosy ‘18

Gov. Kim Reynolds (at left in photo) and U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon (right) tag-teamed an interview with the Business Record this morning in which they were bullish on 2018 prospects for business, especially small business. 

McMahon, who also met…
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Cyberattack! Now what?

We read about cybercrimes — some rising to the level of attack — all the time. Department stores, government agencies, universities, private companies and others are hacked, and students, customers and clients are put at …

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What leaders say about affordable housing

There’s construction all over Greater Des Moines on homes, condos, townhomes and apartments. And real estate sales are pretty brisk, too.
But how much of it is affordable for the workers who live here or …

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Newsmaker Q&A: Mary Kramer

After a lifelong career in human resources and advocating for women in the workplace, Ambassador Mary Kramer is beginning her next task to ensure one of Iowa’s most public workplaces is safe and professional for …

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NOTEBOOK: How to be a snowbird

Johnny Danos and Teresa Van Vleet-Danos didn’t just wander into Rancho Mirage, Calif., and decide to spend the winter there. The couple spent years testing warmer, sunnier-than-Iowa spots, such as Palm Beach, Fla.’s Gulf Coast …

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NOTEBOOK: Reichardt steps down from longtime chairmanship of Iowa Sports Foundation

After nearly 25 years leading the Iowa Sports Foundation as its board chairman, Doug Reichardt is passing on that baton. 

The retired Holmes Murphy chairman and CEO was a founding board member of Iowa Sports …

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NOTEBOOK: The road to success by cookie

When Dereck Lewis was a budding entrepreneur — before he hit it big with Thelma’s cookies and ice-cream sandwiches, he bought a pallet of glow necklaces and sold them at a giant spring festival at …

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NOTEBOOK: Iowa banks fly south

Banks, it seems, are snowbirds, too.

If you run low on cash in Phoenix during your wintertime sojourn there, feel free to swing by any of the area branches of Des Moines-based Bankers Trust Co. …

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NOTEBOOK: Keynoter gives up fee, helps local charity

One of our favorite Des Moines Brits, Sam Hoyle, passed along a nice story from the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s recent Executive Forum on Diversity and Inclusion.
       
Keynote speaker Yasmine Mustafa …