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IEDA approves projects for development incentives

The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) board has awarded financial assistance to nine companies for job creation and expansion projects that could lead to the creation of 318 jobs and more than $212 million in …

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Hoping to dodge a doomsday asteroid, Atari files to reorganize finances

Atari SA’s U.S.-based video-game-making businesses have filed for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan with the intention of separating from their unprofitable French parent and seeking independent funding, Bloomberg reported. New York-based Atari Inc., maker of video …

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Alliance acquires Omaha-based IT solutions provider

Alliance Technologies Inc. of Des Moines today announced the acquisition of Emineo Group, an information technology solutions provider focused on Citrix and Microsoft solutions.

Emineo, which is based in Omaha and serves more than 70 …

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2013 Year in Preview: Tech & Innovation

STEM council to recruit business involvement in schools

This year is the year to get things done for the Governor’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council, said director Jeff Weld. The council spent …

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Folkestad to speak at Jan. 16 BIZ luncheon

Bob Folkestad, president of Creative Werks Inc. will speak on his transition from engineer to entrepreneur at the Business Innovation Zone’s Jan. 16 luncheon (read a Business Record feature on Creative Werks here).

The event …

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2012 in Review: Tech & Innovation

Iowa’s ‘one shot’ to expand tech work force

Iowa began positioning itself to cultivate the next generation of the work force in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) with the creation of Gov. Terry Branstad’s …

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Ties that bind: WDM improves Internet access for businesses

It was, in some ways, coincidental, but the end result benefited both parties.

The city of West Des Moines in the past two years had identified that businesses were seeing holes in the city’s broadband …

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Eight Iowa organizations to receive performance excellence awards

The Iowa Quality Center and the Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence Executive Council have announced winners of the Iowa Recognition for Performance Excellence (IRPE) Awards. The IRPE is one of 39 state award programs aligned …

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Sprint seeks to expand high-speed wireless with Clearwire deal

Clearwire Corp agreed to sell a roughly 50 percent stake for $2.2 billion to Sprint Nextel Corp., which would then have full ownership of spectrum that will help it offer high-speed wireless services, Reuters reported. …

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Technology award nominations open

The Technology Association of Iowa has opened the nomination period for its 2013 Prometheus Awards.

Prometheus Awards recognize companies and individuals in the technology field in a number of different categories, including CEO of the …