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Business Record 8-19-16

Keeping talent in Greater Des Moines:
Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain.

Focus: Talent Retention & Development

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27891

Business Record 8-19-16

Keeping talent in Greater Des Moines:
Leaders offer ideas to stem brain drain.

Focus: Talent Retention & Development

View issue…

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NOTEBOOK: Vilsack: More women in farming

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with young farmers and ranchers in Ames on Wednesday as part of a whirlwind stop that also included his keynote address at a small-business innovation conference. Vilsack said he …

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Key Market District site is under contract

Rowat Cut Stone & Marble Co., a company that was founded in 1882 by a Scottish stone mason who came to Des Moines to work on construction of the Iowa State Capitol, could be sold…
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Vilsack warns Iowa: Pass ‘significant’ water quality plan in ‘17 or “there is going to be hell to pay’

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told an Ames audience at a small-business conference today that Iowa political leaders of both parties need to pass a major water quality and soil conservation plan next year, or…
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NOTEBOOK: Moving ahead in Des Moines Market District

Just a week after the Des Moines City Council approved submitting a Market District site for development of a $130 million federal courthouse, another piece of potential development ground is for sale in the area.…
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NOTEBOOK: Of Boji, Boz and blue water

Last weekend’s Okoboji Blue Water Festival at the Iowa Great Lakes treated a huge crowd on a spectacularly nice weekend to table after table of information about how volunteers and their government and nonprofit organization…
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NOTEBOOK: Boomer mom confession: I created your millennial worker

One of the upsides of being a journalist is constantly learning new things. In working on our Aug. 12 Business Record cover story and video, I learned that many bosses consider millennials hard to manage.…
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McLellan: Hiding in plain sight?

Who doesn’t want to be found? Whether you have a retail shop or sell your time and talent, every business needs to be findable. There’s an expression that says, “If Google doesn’t know you exist, …

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The Elbert Files: A new slogan for Iowa?

“So Iowa needs a new slogan,” said a familiar voice as I approached the John and Mary Pappajohn Sculpture Garden on my morning walk. It was my old friend K.C., who sounded like he was …

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