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Building up a legacy

Jim Hubbell has presided over the transformation and second boom of a family business that has been a household name in Iowa for more than a century, but it’s unlikely you’ll get him to take …

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Hubbell and Tollakson: Different styles, same mission

If Rick Tollakson had been calling the shots at Hubbell Realty Co. back in 1983, chances are the Kaleidoscope at the Hub and the Hub Tower wouldn’t have been built.

“It was a risky project,” …

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Hubbell patriarch builds family’s wealth in late 19th century

Let’s say you are plotting a career of achievements. There are a lot of examples to follow in Greater Des Moines, but it would be tough to beat the example of the Frederick M. “F.M.” …

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Hubbell Timeline

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. …

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AIB sells three apartment buildings to California investment group

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 …

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The Elbert Files: Deceiving your way to success

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 …

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STEM grows at Drake

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 …

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McLellan: Show a little gratitude

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 …

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A Closer Look: Robert Warren

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 …

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Business Record 11-27-15

Raise the minimum wage?
Retailers say they already have

Focus: Retail

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