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Here’s a quick roundup to get you caught up on the news that China has decided to strike back at the U.S. and impose higher tariffs on U.S. goods.
China to impose tariffs on U.S. …
The president of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, was given a DMACC cap presented by Rob Denson, president of Des Moines Area Community College. Denson is visiting Kosovo this week as part of an …
If everything is on schedule, by the time you read this the charter flight carrying nearly 200 of your colleagues and friends will have arrived in the nation’s capital for the Greater Des Moines Partnership’s #DMDC2019, …
Optimism among U.S. small business owners is strong, according to the latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. The overall second-quarter index, surveyed April 1-5, was 129, up from 106 in both the year-ago second quarter and …
Des Moines Register: The U.S. Agriculture Department cut five Iowa cities from its short list of possible homes for two major agricultural research headquarters. The USDA chopped Ames, Ankeny, Council Bluffs, Des Moines and West Des …
Catch Des Moines has contracted with consultants Jones Lang LaSalle to craft a Destination Master Plan by late this year. JLL’s tourism and destinations division surveyed businesses, developers, planners, city officials and other stakeholders following …
Capital Crossroads has formed the Central Iowa Water Trails Incubator to guide planning and to continue quiet-phase fundraising for a $100 million-plus plan to bring more recreation to 150 miles of Central Iowa waterways. Principal chief Dan Houston, chairman, …
Creighton University’s April survey of Midwest business managers predicted solid growth, but showed Iowa’s economy slowing, Radio Iowa reported. Creighton economist Ernie Goss said labor shortages pushed the overall business conditions index lower for the month, …
Building on Greater Des Moines’ $2 billion tourism industry will mean listening to diverse voices, building new attractions and luring people for a first visit that typically will mean they are sold on the metro, …
Grant Menke grew up working the family corn and soybean farm near Calumet. A political science graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, he later worked as policy director for the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.…
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