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Innovative Companies: Making a splash

The problem: Iowans and other Americans eat a lot of salmon. The fish generally have to be frozen and flown halfway across the country. That increases expense, and can make the product less fresh.

The …

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Innovative Companies: Fighting hunger

The problem: The founders worried about the amount of food that is wasted in both poor and affluent areas around the country, especially produce.

The innovation: Kinosol designed a solar-powered food dehydrator that also has …

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Innovative Companies: An app for the road

The problem: The U.S. trucking industry is facing a shortage of drivers and high turnover rates, driven by driver dissatisfaction. On an average annualized basis, trucking companies lose about 95 percent of their drivers to …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the August 26 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the August 26 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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The Insider Notebook: August 26 Issue

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Business Record 8-26-16

Innovative Companies
iEmergent pivots focus from consulting to software.

Focus: Innovative Companies

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NOTEBOOK: Mandelbaums following path they predicted for Mainframe Studios

If Justin Mandelbaum was getting impatient to start converting a telecommunications building into a multipurpose space for artists and nonprofit organizations, he wasn’t showing it.

Mandelbaum, and his father, John, wanted the project to be…
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Ruling could help in construction defect disputes

An Iowa Supreme Court decision could halt the chain reaction of lawsuits that often results from construction defects.


The 4-3 ruling earlier this summer focuses on an insurance settlement dispute between Westlake Investments LLC, owners…
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NOTEBOOK: The numbers game at the airport

We learned Tuesday that the new terminal at the Des Moines airport will cost just north of $500 million if it is built near the present terminal, $641.5 million if it is constructed on the…
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Regional water plant debate shifts, suburbs studying options independently

West Des Moines Water Works and the city of Waukee will vote today to launch a study looking into how they would keep taps running in the growing suburbs, as Urbandale continues work on its…