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The Elbert Files: Iowa’s Ironic Governor

“Don’t you love the irony?” said a voice behind me.

My old friend K.C. was walking west on Grand Avenue when we met in front of Terrace Hill. 

“What irony?” I asked. “If you mean …

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Gitomer: How’s your year so far?

How’s it going? I mean this year so far. Accomplishing what you thought you would? On the path to amazing achievement? Or are you stuck in neutral, or worse, reverse?

I am AGAINST “having your …

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McLellan: Will your marketing plan work?

I was sitting with the leadership team of a new client during an onboarding meeting, and we had gotten to the “do you have any questions for me” stage of the meeting. One of the …

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Miles on Money: Why we care about the Swiss and Greeks

My wife and I are avid hikers, and a few months ago we decided to expand our horizons with a January 2015 snowshoeing trip to the Swiss Alps. Ten days before our scheduled departure date, …

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A Closer Look: Ben McLean

Ben McLean has risen through the ranks in one of Des Moines’ standout businesses, Ruan Transportation Management Systems Inc. Chairman John Ruan III is McLean’s father-in-law. McLean, 38, believes in a collaborative, empowering management style. …

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Forecast: 2015 Commercial Real Estate

Greater Des Moines commercial real estate professionals boldly stood before their peers Jan. 27 at Wakonda Club and made their predictions for 2015.

“Our expectation is that a lot of people in this room will …

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Tapping Regional Cooperation

Urbandale’s decision to consider building its own water-treatment plant has set off a lively metrowide debate over forming a regional water utility.

It’s a high-stakes discussion that could mean lower water rates for some area …

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The tracks of a city

When boring through centuries of debris in downtown Des Moines, it helps to hold your breath and have a strong stomach.

Who knows what those 6-foot auger bits will unearth as they plummet through the …

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Business Record 2-13-15

Building Entrepreneurship
Simpson, Drake, DMACC launch new initiatives

Focus: STEM

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Resurgent ape center looks to expand, allow visitors

When scientist Jared Taglialatela arrived at Des Moines’ great ape facility near Easter Lake on a bit of a rescue mission, he was taken aback at what he found.

The language and cognition research center …