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Report urges extension of clean-energy subsidies

Clean-energy companies announced plans involving at least 137 projects in 42 states during the first quarter of this year, according to an analysis released Wednesday by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nationwide network of business leaders …

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It’s only a dream

Researchers are testing a new iPhone app in a mass experiment to see if it is possible to craft the perfect dream, Reuters reported.

Developed by British psychologist Richard Wiseman, a professor at the University …

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Feds fine Google over Street View

Google Inc. has been fined $25,000 for impeding a U.S. investigation into the Web search leader’s data collection for its Street View project, which allows users to see street-level images when they map a location, …

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Maybe it was inevitable: Twitter and taxes

Iowa taxpayers and tax professionals can receive news and other information from the Iowa Department of Revenue through Twitter.  Three accounts are active for business taxpayers (@IDRBusinessTax), individual income taxpayers (@IDRIncomeTax), and tax professionals (@IDRTaxPros). …

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Ames vaccine company honored

Harrisvaccines Inc., an Ames-based pharmaceutical company, received the Iowa Life Sciences Company of the Year award from the Technology Association of Iowa. The 6-year-old company primarily focuses on developing vaccines for diseases affecting animals, including …

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Technology Associations honors top innovators

Top technology innovators and entrepreneurs were honored at the seventh annual Prometheus Awards last night, hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI).

In Greater Des Moines, winners were Brad Rasmussen, senior vice president and …

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Construction begins on Kemin research center

Neumann Bros. Inc. will begin construction this week on a new 44,000-square-foot research center for Kemin Industries Inc. at its campus in southeast Des Moines.

The new facility is part of the company’s global expansion …

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Hemesath sells Catchwind to focus on other companies

Entrepreneur Brian Hemesath has sold Catchwind LLC to Joe Vande Kieft. Hemesath was one of three founders of mobile marketing company Catchwind in 2005, and recently became the sole owner.  He’s also involved in Volunteer …

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AOL selling patents to Microsoft

AOL Inc. said it would sell more than 800 of its patents and related applications to Microsoft Corp. and would grant Microsoft a non-exclusive license to the patents it retains, for slightly over $1 billion …

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Sony could cut 6 percent of its work force

Sony Corp. plans to reduce its work force by an estimated 10,000 jobs, or about 6 percent of its global work force, as part of new CEO Kazuo Hirai’s restructuring plan, MarketWatch reported. The payroll …