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1856: Frederick M. “F.M.” Hubbell buys 640 acres of farmland in Woodbury County in northwest Iowa.
1880s: Hubbell forms F.M. Hubbell, Son and Co. with his son, Frederick C. Hubbell, and brother-in-law, H. Devere Thompson. …
California investors with a penchant for Central Iowa apartment buildings have paid a little more than $2 million to AIB College of Business for three buildings with a total of 60 furnished one-bedroom apartments along …
A study by the Harvard Business Review with the title “Why Some Men Pretend to Work 80-Hour Weeks” sheds light on one of the more unfortunate aspects of my four-decade career in newspapers.
Before I …
Drake University’s new offerings at a planned tech campus will include one program that is relatively rare in the United States: a doctorate in occupational therapy.
There are six fully accredited doctoral programs in this …
I believe that gratitude is a brilliant marketing strategy. I’m astonished at how many businesses give their customers the distinct impression that they’re a little put out by having to sell them something.
You’ve felt …
If you meet the new executive director of Hoyt Sherman Place and want to engage him in conversation, it won’t be a difficult task.
You can talk sports. He’s a runner, swimmer, triathlon participant and …
Raise the minimum wage? Retailers say they already have
Focus: Retail View Issue…
As the commercialism of Thanksgiving fades into the commercialism of Christmas (or whatever one is allowed to call it these days), several thoughts have occurred to me that will impact you as a person and …
The keys to innovation and cures come from biopharmaceutical companies across the country, including Iowa.
On average, companies working to identify successful cures to chronic diseases like cystic fibrosis, cancer and asthma spend $2.6 …
The momentum toward raising the legal minimum wage is causing fewer Iowa retailers to lose sleep than one might expect.
Iowa is among a minority of U.S. states that have not raised their local legal …
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