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Palmer: Steady raises coming in Central Iowa

The Palmer Group’s annual survey of 280 mostly Central Iowa business representatives found that rank-and-file workers can expect raises in 2018 in the same range as this year. 

Of survey respondents, 59 percent expected to give raises …

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AmeriHealth to lay off 400 in Iowa after ending state Medicaid contract

Radio Iowa: The company that’s ending its contract with the state to manage care for more than 200,000 Iowa Medicaid patients is laying off hundreds of employees. AmeriHealth Caritas has notified the Iowa Workforce Development agency …

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Iowa Business Council members bullish on next six months

Iowa Business Council members bumped the overall economic index up eight points for the next six months, to 65, compared with the same period last year.

When the third-quarter survey questions turned the CEOs’ attention …

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Iowa Leading Indicators Index up in September

The Iowa Leading Indicators Index increased 0.5 percentage points to 107.8 in September from 107.2. During the six-month span through September, the index increased 0.9 percent, an annualized rate of 1.8 percent, the Iowa Department …

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Survey: Midwest business conditions improve

Creighton University’s monthly survey of business leaders hints that economic conditions have improved slightly in nine Midwestern states, including Iowa, the Associated Press reported. Today’s report on the Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 58.8 in October …

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Catch Des Moines tourism work gets two awards

Catch Des Moines was awarded two 2017 Iowa Tourism Awards for Outstanding Social Media Execution and Outstanding Niche Market Initiative in Sioux City last week at the annual Iowa Tourism Conference. Greg Edwards, president and …

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A Closer Look: Sam Hoyle

Sam Hoyle moved to Des Moines to celebrate his marriage to his wife, Kaylie, whose family is from Ames. 

He figured they would stay nine months, then move to Chicago or one of the coasts. …

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Cashing in on micro-moments

Whitney Cox is on the phone, and she’s sharing a message she has given her own mother: 

If you want to succeed in small businesses — which Cox and many others call the “backbone of …

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IowaWORKS Center to move to Army Post Road

Iowa Workforce Development plans to move its IowaWORKS Center in Des Moines to a new location at 200 Army Post Road effective Nov. 20. The center is located at 430 E. Grand Ave. “When the …

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Airbnb visitors have generated $3 million in ‘host’ income this year

Airbnb, the service that links travelers to homeowners and others who turn their properties into temporary guest quarters, generated $3 million in “host income” this year in Iowa, according to a news release. Des Moines …