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Kirkwood Community College to host 2020 Iowa Rural Summit

The Hotel at Kirkwood Center at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids will host the fourth annual Iowa Rural Summit in 2020, the Iowa Rural Development Council announced this week. The summit is sponsored by …

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Iowa soybean growers meeting with leaders in China and Japan

A delegation of Iowa soybean growers is in Asia, meeting with agricultural leaders in the key trading nations of China and Japan, reports Radio Iowa. Iowa Soybean Association CEO Kirk Leeds says the visit comes at …

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Targeting successes

Hannah Elliott is one of the faces of a streamlined and updated Iowa Targeted Small Business Program operated by the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

Last year, Elliott and her family opened Lola’s Fine Kitchen in …

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Grassley and Vilsack together in D.C., touting trade pact

Radio Iowa: Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, joined forces Tuesday in the nation’s Capitol — making the case for ratification of the USMCA, which would replace the North American …

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IWD investigates trucking company’s closure

Iowa Workforce Development is investigating Lakeville Motor Express Trucking after the company closed its doors without issuing a notice to workers that is required by state law, the agency said. IWD also is encouraging laid-off workers …

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A recession is coming (eventually). Here’s where you’ll see it first.

The Fed is planning to cut rates, the yield curve is inverted, GDP slowed in the second quarter, and that has many peering into their crystal balls in an effort to spot the next recession. This …

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Everyone at Work, Harkin Institute partner to recruit untapped workforce

Everyone at Work, a national nonprofit seeking to connect employers with ready and able workers with disabilities who are currently out of the workforce, announced today its inaugural event will be held Aug. 13-15 in …

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U.S.-China trade negotiations to resume

Negotiators from the United States and China will resume talks on a new trade deal July 30, Reuters reported. That is particularly important for Iowa, where the agriculture economy has taken the brunt of financial damage …

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Byers named to chair chamber association board

Jay Byers, CEO of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, has been elected to lead the board of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. The organization representing more than 9,000 professionals is based in Alexandria, …

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Report: U.S. foreign direct investment decreases in 2018

U.S. direct investments abroad decreased in 2018, due largely to repatriation of prior earnings by U.S. multinationals from their foreign affiliates, according to a report released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

The U.S. direct investment …