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Advocate says businesses must rely on creativity


For U.S. small businesses to stack up to foreign competition, innovation is a must.

That was one of the messages that Karen Kerrigan had for the Heartland Technology Alliance last week. Kerrigan, president and CEO …

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Eurofins acquires pharmaceutical testing company

Paris-based Eurofins Scientific Inc., which has operations in Des Moines, has acquired Lancaster Laboratories Inc. of Lancaster, Pa. Eurofins acquired Lancaster from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. for approximately $200 million.

Lancaster is a provider of …

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DuPont, Advanta collaborate on sorghum enhancements

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Advanta Corp., an India-based global seed business, announced a collaboration and licensing agreement to develop and deliver sorghum with increased productivity and value. DuPont subsidiary Pioneer Hi-Bred …

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Palisade Systems names Snedecor CEO

Palisade Systems Inc. has named Spencer Snedecor as its CEO, the Des Moines-based software company announced on Tuesday. Snedecor has more than 30 years of experience in leading technology companies, among them PGP Corp., a …

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Apple’s iPad2 delayed until June

The launch of Apple Inc.’s iPad2 tablet computer will be delayed to June from April, according to Reuters.

Taiwanese brokerage Yuanta Securities said in a note that maker Hon Hai faces production bottlenecks due to …

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Intel CEO Otellini named to Obama’s job council

Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini will be named to a panel of experts advising President Barack Obama, according to Reuters. Otellini will join Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, created in January to focus on …

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Put a lid on it


From where Walter Slack sits in a Dallas County farm field, he looks down at a hole in the ceiling of the Iowa Stored Energy Park.

The park, for all practical purposes, is about 3,000 …

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Sigler announces new partnerships

Sigler Cos. has been selected by Dutch-based web-to-print network BlueMailCentral as its exclusive provider in the United States.

The deal will give Sigler access to more than 30 countries where BlueMailCentral operates.

Sigler also announced …

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Verizon Wireless: Iowa investments topped $35 million

Verizon Wireless announced today that it invested more than $35 million in 2010 to enhance its network in Iowa. The investments included 14 new cell sites, upgrading equipment on more than 240 existing cell sites …

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Online giving grew 35 percent in 2010

Nonprofit organizations raised 35 percent more through online contributions last year than in 2009, according to a new report on giving trends by Blackbaud Inc.
    
“2010 saw the continued growth in the importance …