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GUEST OPINION: Why the iPhone encryption battle matters to you

There is no doubt: The stakes in the battle over the San Bernardino terrorists’ iPhone encryption are huge.


You need to be involved in this fight; pick a side and then be vocal. Call your…
By DAVE NELSON | President and CEO of Integrity | Feb 26, 2016
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Iowa joins $56M derivative bid-rigging settlement

State attorneys general from nearly two dozen states, including Iowa, announced multi-million dollar settlements Wednesday with two investment firms that the states allege rigged bids in connection with certain financial products sold to government and…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 25, 2016
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Council approves $10 million guarantee for convention center hotel

The Des Moines City Council approved a $10 million guarantee on Monday to help build a convention hotel connected to the Iowa Events Center downtown,the Des Moines Register reported. Construction should begin next month on the …
By BPC Staff | Feb 23, 2016
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Des Moines, West Des Moines hold the line on tax levies in new budgets

City councils in Des Moines and West Des Moines approved budgets for fiscal 2017 that hold the line on property tax levies while also factoring funds to boost hiring.


Property owners in Des Moines will…
By BPC Staff | Feb 23, 2016
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Des Moines expected to increase financial commitment to convention center hotel

The Des Moines City Council will be asked today to approve an increase in the city’s financial commitment to a long-sought convention center hotel that will be built in the shadows of the Iowa Events…
By KENT DARR | Feb 22, 2016
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Apple urges government to form commission on encryption issues

Apple Inc. on Monday called for the creation of a government commission or panel of experts on encryption to help resolve the standoff over national security and data privacy that began last week after the…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 22, 2016
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Patrick Greenwood of Lamoni appointed district judge

Gov. Terry Branstad has appointed Patrick Greenwood of Lamoni as a judge in Judicial District 5B, filling the vacancy of retiring Judge Sherman Phipps. Greenwood, 46, is in private practice and serves as a Decatur …
By BPC Staff | Feb 18, 2016
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Tax-wise, millennials in a bracket by themselves

Millennials are more worried about filing income taxes than other age groups, according to a survey conducted by Harris Poll for NerdWallet, Business Journals reported.


The survey found that 80 percent of millennials are anxious about…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Feb 18, 2016
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Lawsuit slows development near West Des Moines’ Grand Prairie Parkway

Take a look at the growth of West Des Moines, and the first reaction might be “westward ho.” But not so fast. A lawsuit has tempered some of that optimism, at least for the time…
By KENT DARR | Feb 17, 2016
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Legislation would regulate appraisal marketing companies

A study bill has been introduced in the Iowa House of Representatives that would regulate what are called appraisal management companies and bring them under the purview of the Iowa Division of Banking. A provision…
By BPC Staff | Feb 17, 2016