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Hatchlings founder to speak at BIZ luncheon

Brad Dwyer, 20-something founder and CEO of “Hatchlings,” a highly successful Facebook application, will share some experiences and lessons learned as he has pursued the fruits of his twin passions of programming and business at …

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CDS Global helping sort digital customer data

Des Moines-based CDS Global Inc. said today it has launched eEditions, which provides consolidated customer data on sales of magazines across digital newsstands, such as those supported by Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Barnesandnoble.com LLC and …

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Microsoft to launch news operation

Microsoft Corp. is launching its own news operation as part of its new-look MSN website when Windows 8 launches later this month, Reuters reported. The company is making a “big, multi-million-dollar investment” to create a …

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THE ENTREPRENEURS: Matthew Smith

If Matthew Smith’s mind seems to wander, don’t be alarmed. He’s just in dream training.

His dreams are carrying him at the moment to RealEstateFanPages.com, something of an online shopping mall where real estate agents …

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Pappajohn business competition winners announced

The three winners of the 2012 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition were announced today at an awards luncheon at Drake University.

The winners were:

Iowa Powder Automization Technologies (IPAT), which received first place and …

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Pappajohn to announce winner of business plan contest


Winners will be announced Sept. 27 for the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan competition.

Three businesses will win cash prizes for submitting their plans for consideration. First prize will win $25,000, second will win $15,000 …

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ISU biorenewables center gets more money

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has expanded funding for the Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals at Iowa State University.

The science foundation will give the center $12 million over the next three years. That …

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Software company receives state development aid

A 4-year-old software company with offices in Des Moines and Cedar Falls was one of 11 businesses that received state economic development funds last week. Banno LLC, which harvests and analyzes behavior-driven banking data to …

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Apple sells out initial supply of iPhones

Apple Inc. sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones in the three days after the new device hit the marketplace on Sept. 21, the company said today, Reuters reported. Apple said it sold out …

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Brawl closes iPhone factory

Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, which assembles Apple’s iPhones and makes components for top global electronics companies, closed a plant in China today after about 2,000 workers were involved in a brawl at a company dormitory, …