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Early registration for Global Insurance Symposium ends March 31

Early-bird registrations are being accepted through March 31 for the 2015 Global Insurance Symposium to be held May 26-28 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown. The second annual event will provide a forum for insurance …

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The Elbert Files: Dissing the Iowa utilities board

Gov. Terry Branstad’s decision earlier this month to effectively fire Iowa Utilities Board member Sheila Tipton and demote Board Chair Libby Jacobs is one of the more bizarre actions he’s taken since returning to office …

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Gitomer: What are you learning everyday?

When I was 20, I knew everything.

By the time I reached 21, I realized how stupid I actually was.

Somewhere between the ages of 20 and 21 (personal enlightenment), I rededicated myself to education, …

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McLellan: Your visuals need your attention

No matter what kind of marketing we’re producing, it seems like we give most of our time and attention to the words. We agonize over the messaging and each and every syllable. And rightly so …

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A Closer Look: Laura Holms

Long before she led Amanda the Panda, the organization had left its mark on Laura Holms.

Eight years ago, Holms lost her father. Following his death, she and her family became acquainted with the West …

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Miles on Money: The less-than-patient Fed

The Federal Reserve has run out of patience. Since December, the Federal Open Market Committee’s statement following each meeting has included the phrase “the committee judges that it can be patient in beginning to normalize …

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Deflated Budget

The issue at a glance

– Iowa businesses have done such a good job of cutting air pollution, state fee collections for the emissions have dropped sharply.

– Those fees, paid on each ton of …

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Piece by piece

Jon Troen describes the printing industry as a “$70 billion iceberg melting at 35 degrees.” In other words, print may be shrinking somewhat, but it’s not going away anytime soon. 

In an industry that’s shrinking, …

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Business Record 3-20-15

Educating women business owners
Classes, startup boot camps, help women overcome gender-specific challenges to owning a business

Focus: Women in Business

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LaValle, tired of fighting river, looks to move charter boat to WDM

 

The Jon Anderson White charter boat may have cruised the flood-prone Des Moines River for the last time.

 

Capt. Michael LaValle of Port of Des Moines LLC, who runs the 83-passenger craft when …