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Retirement is a snap for the blank-minded


Once, she ruled her corner of the world. She made the rules and enforced them; went where she pleased; and returned at her leisure. Her inferiors shaped their schedules around hers.

Now she spends her …

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Business blog questions final payment to Griffin; Meredith calls report inaccurate


The New York Post last week quoted a business blog, Footnoted, which suggested that Meredith Corp. paid Jack Griffin more than it had to when he left his job as president of the company’s national …

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Employers receive Iowa Freedom Award

Gov. Chet Culver yesterday presented the Iowa Freedom Award to four organizations in recognition of their support of their National Guard and Reserve employees. Recipients of the 2010 Iowa Freedom Awards in the large employer …

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New rules protect deployed soldiers from utility shut off

A new rule adopted by the Iowa Utilities Board will protect the households of deployed military personnel from gas and electric service disconnection. The new rules, effective Oct. 27, implement state legislation passed earlier this …

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Job Search Television creates video job reports


Roger Stanton believes in the power of video to grab the attention of job seekers across a broad range of media. Most important, he’s gotten some of the nation’s biggest recruiting and advertising firms and …

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Partnership to host Welcome to Des Moines event

The Greater Des Moines Partnership will host its second “Welcome to Des Moines Reception” tomorrow from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Dos Rios Cantina and Tequila Lounge at 316 Court Ave. The events, which are …

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Principal’s 10 Best maintain employee benefits

Ten growing companies have been selected by an independent panel of judges as The Principal 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security – 2010.

Despite a turbulent economy, the 10 organizations were included in the …

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Disaster office opens in Des Moines

The first Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Iowa opened today at The Boys and Girls Club of Central Iowa, 1740 Garfield Ave., Des Moines. The center provides services to help people affected by the storms …

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Financial aid agencies retool under new rules


Student loan organizations in Iowa are adjusting to a recently enacted federal law that significantly changes how federal student loans are originated and administered.

The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, signed by …

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Too much information


Surveys reveal that today’s American corporate worker is disengaged, overworked, stressed out and eager to change companies.

So our next step seems both urgent and fairly obvious: No more surveys.

When things are going badly …