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Targeting stressed health care systems

When Jeremy Hoffman’s wife began working from home in spring 2020, the pair went to work upgrading the home office to ensure her workspace would be in compliance with confidentiality regulations. As a psychologist, she …

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Shazam Network debit purchases up 21% in early Cyber Monday traffic

Online purchases have recorded healthy double-digit gains so far this Cyber Monday, based on data reported by Shazam. The national debit network based in Greater Des Moines reported a 21% increase in transaction counts compared …

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Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation turns waste gas to renewable energy, income source

Once a common sight to drivers nearby, the tower burning waste methane gas at the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority has been retired in favor of a new, renewable natural gas conversion system. 


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Principal Financial Group receives Fintech Corporate Innovation Award

Principal Financial Group received the Corporate Innovation Award from Plug and Play during the Virtual Winter Summit 2020, Principal announced this week. The award recognizes corporations that demonstrate a commitment to expanding their innovation culture and …

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Data breach at Iowa City hospital could affect 60,000

Iowa City Press-Citizen: After an email account of a Mercy Iowa City employee was accessed by an unauthorized user this spring, an investigation found that the data of over 60,000 Iowans may have been put at …

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Proposed settlement reached in 2018 UnityPoint Health data breaches

UnityPoint Health patients are receiving notification of preliminary approval of a proposed class action settlement reached by UnityPoint Health in September related to two data breaches that exposed patients’ health records and personal data in 2018. UnityPoint …

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COVID-19 nanovaccine research team from UI, ISU to receive $2M in CARES Act funding

Kathleen Ross, right, core facility manager, instructs Ben Schlichtmann, a chemical engineering graduate student, left, as postdoctoral scholar Sean Kelly opens an incubator inside a research laboratory at the Nanovaccine Institute inside Iowa State University’s …

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TAI to host virtual 2020 Iowa High School Tech Summit

This year’s Iowa High School Tech Summit will be hosted virtually on Nov. 17, hosted by the Technology Association of Iowa and the Principal Foundation. The summit is open to all Iowa high school students …

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Iowa colleges awarded $4.4M to increase internet connectivity

Corridor Business Journal: The state of Iowa and the Iowa Department of Education today announced 43 Iowa colleges and universities have been awarded nearly $4.4 million to increase internet connectivity for students in the 2020-21 school …

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Podcast: Raising capital and guiding entrepreneurs in a virtual world

When it comes to developing a road map to capital, startups still have help available before fundraising on their own. 

The Raising Capital Seminar series is co-hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, BrownWinick Law …