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Two state agencies will work together to administer state historic tax credit program

The Iowa Economic Development Authority and the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs are meeting to work out the details of how they will oversee the state’s historic tax credit program.

For the past two weeks, representatives …

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How will Iowa be affected by market turmoil in China?

To shake things up this year, our newsroom brainstormed a list of key questions that we thought business people should know the answers to in order to do business better in 2016. Then we went…
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The Elbert Files: Cranking up the GOP turnout

If you wonder why Donald Trump seemed so atypically gracious Monday night with his second-place finish in the Iowa Republican caucuses, it could be because he realized that the 45,427 votes he received was nearly…
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Hubbell planning nine- to 10-story residential tower for Riverfront Y site

Hubbell Realty Co. and city of Des Moines planners and economic development experts are working their way, slowly, toward a design for the former site of the Riverfront YMCA that will include a nine- to…
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17 insights from our Economic Forecast Luncheon

The full Business Record newsroom was on hand for our 2016 Economic Forecast Luncheon on Thursday. There were a number of great insights shared by the panelists, way more than we could possibly write about.…
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VIDEO: Insider wrap – Economic Forecast 2016

After moderating the 2016 Economic Forecast, Business Record Editor Chris Conetzkey sums up what he learned from this year’s panelists. The main takeaway? Despite some of the uneasiness in the news affecting optimism, 2016 isn’t …

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The Elbert Files: Iowa caucuses: Turnout is key

After next week’s Iowa caucuses, we can turn our attention to more important matters, like whether the Iowa State and Iowa basketball teams might face each other in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

Until then, here …

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McLellan: Realistic business development

In last week’s column, we started to identify some key financial metrics that you need to have a handle on as you plan for the upcoming year in a smart way. If you did the …

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A Closer Look: Gage Kent

Gage Kent has been on the board of the Cultivation Corridor since its inception, and it makes sense. The corridor — Central Iowa’s answer to North Carolina’s Research Triangle — focuses on the biosciences; Kent …

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2016 Deloitte CFO of the Year – David Brown

When David Brown received a call from a headhunter several years ago pitching an opportunity to interview with Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Iowa wasn’t anywhere on his list of places he thought he’d …