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McLellan: Should you gate your content?

Your website is your marketing workhorse. The more people who visit it and find the content compelling, the better. It should reflect not only what you sell, but also who you are as a company …

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The Elbert Files: Weitz book loaded with tales

Few people realize it now, but there was a strong connection between Prohibition and Camp Dodge, the military compound north of Des Moines that was built in 1917 to train World War I soldiers.

Des …

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A Closer Look: Adam Plagge

Adam Plagge has been on the job as the city of Johnston’s economic development manager for a little more than two months. He has seen economic development from the ground up, working on the development …

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What to expect: 2017 health insurance rates

For budget-conscious small businesses in particular, it’s the $64,000 question: How much will your company’s group health insurance rates increase in 2017? 

As brokers begin visiting employers for their annual benefits update, some companies could …

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The Jobs Issue: Outlook ’17

Steady.

That’s about as short a synopsis as we can give for the 2017 jobs outlook after speaking with employment agencies, economists, the Iowa Business Council and others.

Most expect to see pay raises in …

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NOTEBOOK: Wide traffic lanes are the “cigarettes of our era”

Pretty much everyone in town who likes the idea of making Greater Des Moines a more walkable place largely devoid of one-way streets that encourage speeding and confuse visitors was at a recent meeting launching …

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NOTEBOOK: Making the case for expanded inpatient rehab facilities

Here’s an interesting statistic: It’s estimated that more than 500 Iowa residents each year seek rehabilitation care outside the state after discharge from a hospital because there aren’t sufficient in-state facilities available.

That figure is …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the November 11 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the November 11 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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Business Record 11-11-16

The Jobs Issue: Outlook ’17
Steady. Modest raises, tight workforce.

Focus: The Jobs Issue

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NOTEBOOK: Trombino: ‘It was just time to move on’

Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino said in an interview this afternoon that he wasn’t pushed out of his job.

He wasn’t in a snit over budget cuts. He wasn’t pressured by Gov. Terry …