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The Elbert Files: A history of farm tenancy laws

Roughly half of all Iowa’s farmland is under contract to tenant farmers, and anyone familiar with agriculture knows that two significant dates for farmland leases are Sept. 1, the deadline for giving notice of termination, …

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Gitomer: Show me the value

How do you make a sales presentation?

No I don’t mean warm up, probe, present, overcome objections, close. I mean, what’s the big picture of your sales presentation? What’s the content of your sales presentation? …

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McLellan: Metrics that matter

One of the most famous quotes about advertising is from a merchant named John Wanamaker and he said, “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.”…

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50/50: Will Water Works lawsuit get settled? Flip a coin

Des Moines Water Works might be willing to settle its lawsuit against three northwest Iowa counties over nitrate pollution if the utility is compensated for ratepayers’ expenses and there is a firm agreement to take …

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Ready for a baby? Lessons from a hyper-involved YP couple

Editor’s Note: 
Both Mike and Kate Banasiak are Forty Under 40 winners. They’ve been hopelessly involved in various young professional groups, hold or have held leadership positions in groups all over the city, donate their …

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A Closer Look: Ryan Wise

Ryan Wise was appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad as director of the Iowa Department of Education on July 1. Wise, who earlier in his career taught in teacher shortage areas in Mississippi and Texas as …

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Business Record 8-21-15

40 wise ways
to be a successful YP in Greater Des Moines

Focus: Young Professionals

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40 wise ways to be a successful YP in Greater Des Moines

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Development agreement would clear the way for new construction on once-troubled Urbandale site

Signature Real Estate Services and Urbandale city officials are moving closer to a development agreement that will help the city abate what was considered a nuisance property through a new commercial development.


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VOTE NOW: 2016 Most Influential Business Leader

We want to know who the business community thinks is the most influential business leader in the Des Moines metro area. From your responses, we’ll tally up the votes and reveal in the 2016 Book …