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Jamie Lasher: President, Lasher Enterprises

Efficiency is the engine that drives the entrepreneurial attitude of Jamie Lasher.

Twenty years ago, Lasher took a hard look at corporations such as Jiffy Lube International Inc. – where he had worked as a …

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AT&T, T-Mobile prepare to fight for merger

AT&T Inc., Deutsche Telecom AG and T-Mobile USA Inc. have amassed an army of former senior government antitrust officials to try to save their $39 billion deal to combine wireless businesses, Reuters reported.

Questions abound …

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Iowa companies named to InformationWeek 500

Iowa Health System was among the Iowa-based companies named to the 2011 InformationWeek 500, a listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology. Also making the list were Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. and …

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Agriculture research forum to take place in October

The Iowa Biotechnology Association will host the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) at the Partnering for Growth forum on Oct. 17 and 18. The forum will be held at the FFA Enrichment …

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A Closer Look: Amy Kuhlers


What exactly does Connect Iowa do?

We are the state’s broadband initiative. We have federal funding grants through Connected Nation that have come down on the state level in several states across the country to …

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Pitch & Grow on tap for Sept. 29

The Technology Association of Iowa will hold its fall Pitch & Grow event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 29 at the Des Moines Social Club in the Kirkwood Building, 400 Walnut St. …

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Dwolla integrates LinkedIn

Dwolla Corp. announced today that it will integrate LinkedIn into its network.

The relationship will allow LinkedIn users to send and receive funds through the social network. The goal of the service is to allow …

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Hewlett-Packard extends deadline on $11.2 billion offer

Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has extended the deadline for its $11.2 billion takeover of British software company Autonomy, with analysts predicting the U.S. firm is on course to succeed, Reuters reported.

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HP has extended the …

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PC growth forecast cut amid economic woes, changing technology

Research firm Gartner Inc. slashed its growth forecast for the global personal computer market this year to 3.8 percent from 9.3 percent, citing slower economies in Western Europe and the United States, and a boom …

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Connect Iowa hires program manager

Connect Iowa announced that it has hired a state program manager. Amy Kuhlers, formerly the program manager of MyEntre.net at the University of Northern Iowa’s Regional Business Center, will lead Connect Iowa’s statewide effort to …

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