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World-traveling Byers assesses China, tariffs

Greater Des Moines Partnership CEO Jay Byers visited China April 7-15, and came back optimistic that the trade tensions between the giant Asian country and the United States will ease. 

Byers has been representing the United …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Japan heads for a trade showdown with U.S. (What about Iowa?)

The last few weeks have brought plenty of news on international trade, with the U.S. and China taking center stage. Then there are headlines that the president is reconsidering his stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. …

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House, Senate weigh Iowa tax cuts

There’s a late-session debate among state lawmakers on how much to cut taxes, and whether the corporate rates should be altered in addition to the individual rates, the Des Moines Register reported. The House and Senate …

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Trump considers Depression-era credit program to aid farmers hurt by trade dispute

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a 1933 program to aid American farmers caught in the middle of a trade dispute between Trump and China, the Washington Post reports. The Trump administration is reviewing the Commodity …

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In meeting with Iowans et al., Trump says he may revive TPP

President Donald Trump met with farm-state interests today, leaving open the possibility that the Trans Pacific Partnership, a top priority of Iowa business interests, may be renewed.

Trump had lumped TPP into a group of …

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VIDEO: Visiting expert offers actionable, and sometimes rebellious, ways to make your neighborhood better

I swung by the State Historical Building to hear a presentation by Jason Roberts of the Better Block Foundation, who was brought to town as part of the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Tomorrow …

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The next chapter: Partnership launches succession program

The Greater Des Moines Partnership wants to help the small businesses that account for 80 percent or more of its 6,100 members plan for the next chapter in their corporate history.

It’s called succession planning, …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Is cutting entitlement programs key to fixing looming debt crisis?

Here’s an interesting opinion piece from Monday’s Washington Post that the folks at the Brookings Institute recommended to us. Five former chairs of the White House Council of Economic Advisors write that the looming federal fiscal crisis …

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Des Moines rises to No. 4 on best place to live list

Des Moines rose five spots to No. 4 in the latest U.S. News & World Report “Best Places to Live” list, behind Austin, Texas, Colorado Springs and Denver. Fayetteville, Ark., was No. 5.


The only …

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TPI plans move to Airport Commerce Park South

The Printer Inc., a 45-year-old Des Moines company that in recent years has focused on direct-mail products for the gambling industry, plans a $12.8 million expansion that includes a new 75,000-square-foot facility at 2550 Gannett …