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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: The case for a robust attack on the tax gap

Some individuals among America’s super-wealthy are serious tax scofflaws, a high-ranking Treasury Department official said this week. As MarketWatch reported, a U.S. Treasury article makes the case for increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service to step …

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Business Record 9-10-21

Cover story: Adding some ‘PEP’ to multiemployer retirement plans 

Focus: HR Trends: Employee Benefits

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On The Move: Week ending September 5


Melissa McCarroll

Trilix

Hired as account manager

mmccarroll@trilix.com


PJ Myers

Trilix

Hired as copy editor

pjmyers@trilix.com


Brandon R. Underwood

Fredrikson & Byron

Promoted to shareholder

bunderwood@fredlaw.com


Jackson O’Brien

BrownWinick Law Firm

Hired as associate attorney…

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A look at the family that owns a share of the Bond franchise

Like James Bond movies? Then you’ll love a piece by The Hustle’s Mark Dent who writes about the family who secured a cut of the Bond movie rights in 1961 and have since raked in hundreds of …

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The future of corporate culture

The needs for more talent and strategies to welcome, include and retain a diverse workforce have been top concerns for business leaders in the past few years. Then a global pandemic, remote working and a …

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Marketing: How is AI being used by marketers today?

Last week’s column explored some of the benefits of artificial intelligence when used in marketing and some of the reasons more marketers haven’t experimented with it, let alone adopt it.


But of course some have, …

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Mary Lincoln’s USDA

“An American Marriage,” Michael Burlingame’s book about the tumultuous marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, contains interesting insights into how Mary Lincoln profited from the creation of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1862.


Before …

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Adding some ‘PEP’ to multiemployer retirement plans

As a former military pilot, financial adviser Brian Thompson is accustomed to viewing the landscape from a 30,000-foot level. Now, he’s providing small-business clients in Iowa with a big-picture view of a new approach to …

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Closer Look: Amy Kristof-Brown

Amy Kristof-Brown chose the University of Iowa as her academic home 23 years ago, and while she has had numerous professional opportunities to move, she has elected to build her academic career at Iowa. As …

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RecPlex ‘much more than I ever imagined,’ early backer says

The idea Ryan Opp pitched to West Des Moines city officials in the late summer of 2017 was a bit unconventional, particularly for Iowa: Build a city-operated facility to serve the burgeoning youth hockey industry.…