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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?

Culture
Improve dramatically

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

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Report: Iowa now No. 2 nationally in installed wind energy

The American Wind Energy Association reports that Iowa has surpassed California to become the nation’s second-leading state in installed wind energy capacity with 6,212 megawatts. California has 6,108 and Texas leads with 17,713. See a video about Iowa’s wind…
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ISU works to prevent electric grid terrorism

Two Iowa State University professors are leading studies intended to prevent terrorists from hacking and disrupting the nation’s power grids.


Doug Jacobson, a university professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Manimaran Govindarasu, the Ross…
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Menning resigns at waste agency; McCoy to serve as interim director

Metro Waste Authority director Reo Menning resigned Thursday, a day after the board was scheduled to meet in closed session to discuss her performance. Clive City Councilman Michael McCoy, who had been the waste agency …

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HUD awards Iowa $97 million to fight floods, improve water quality

Iowa scored a $97 million grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department to make nine watersheds more resilient to floods and to improve water quality. The work will include building farm ponds, wetlands …

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Johnston selected for EPA water assistance

Johnston is one of 10 U.S. communities selected for financial and technical guidance as part of a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program. The entire program has a $500,000 budget to provide assistance for water…