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MidAmerican Energy completes two major wind projects

MidAmerican Energy Co. announced today it has completed work on two major wind farm projects that add more than 1,200 megawatts of wind generation capacity. The company said it has completed the Highland wind farm …

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How will Iowa be affected by market turmoil in China?

To shake things up this year, our newsroom brainstormed a list of key questions that we thought business people should know the answers to in order to do business better in 2016. Then we went…
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REG buys Sanimax biodiesel plant

Ames-based Renewable Energy Group Inc. is buying Wisconsin biorefinery Sanimax for $11 million and 500,000 shares of REG stock. REG also will pay $5 million over seven years based on the volume of biodiesel produced …

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How to find road conditions, power info

Those of you who braved the roads to drive downtown today may wonder what you’ll face getting home. The Iowa Department of Transportation offers detailed road condition information, crash reports and other information at the 511 …

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ChemChina nearing deal to buy Syngenta for $43B

China National Chemical Corp. is nearing an agreement to buy Swiss pesticide- and seeds-maker Syngenta AG for about 43.7 billion francs ($42.8 billion) as the state-backed company extends its buying spree, Bloomberg reported. The deal would be…
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ChemChina nearing deal to buy Syngenta for $43B

China National Chemical Corp. is nearing an agreement to buy Swiss pesticide- and seeds-maker Syngenta AG for about 43.7 billion francs ($42.8 billion) as the state-backed company extends its buying spree, Bloomberg reported. The deal would be…
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2016 Economic Forecast

We wanted to change things up a bit this year in our economic forecast issue. Typically, we have our staff talk to a few economists and put together a summary story that tries to give …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Threats

So, what indicators out there are keeping our industry experts and economists sleeping with one eye open? We wanted to hear what they are watching in 2016 and beyond. Here are 13 threats to the …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Leader forecast

This is the fifth year we’ve asked the same question to the same audience, and although it’s an unscientific survey, one clear trend emerges from it: Hesitant optimism over the past four years has certainly …

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2016 Economic Forecast: Survey responses

We asked: What will the impact be of the economy on your particular industry?

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Improve dramatically

Economic development is only possible on a large scale if we invest in quality of life in order to …