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Hy-Vee investigates potential data security event

Hy-Vee Inc. is investigating unauthorized activity that may have affected payment transactions at fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops, and restaurants, including Market Grilles, Market Grille Expresses and Wahlburgers, the company announced this afternoon. The company, which …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Google’s next antitrust headache could be AI-driven job search

Google has hailed the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring greater efficiencies to job hunting. But the tools the company has created have put it in the crosshairs of rival job sites, …

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Aug. 22: VetsinTech Des Moines Launch

Host: VetsinTech Des Moines Chapter
About: We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new VetsinTech chapter here in Des Moines. VetsInTech’s goal is to bring together veterans, active-duty military, reserves and supporters of …

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Quester wins Disability:IN Pitch Tank Competition in Chicago

Quester, a Des Moines-based consumer intelligence firm, was awarded first place and $7,500 in the Pitch Tank Competition at the Disability:IN conference held in Chicago, Quester announced this week. Quester’s newest Alexa integration prompts a …

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Workiva reports higher revenue, narrows quarterly loss

Workiva, a cloud provider of connected reporting and compliance services, reported a double-digit increase in revenues for the second quarter, and a smaller net loss compared with a year ago. The Ames-based company exceeded quarterly …

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Growing the future of produce

To see the technology behind the potential future of farming, you might first need to step indoors. In the case of Ames-based startup company Nebullam, their indoor farm is a 4,500-square-foot, high-ceilinged, air-conditioned warehouse on …

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Ruan Transportation celebrates first IT apprenticeship completions

Des Moines-based Ruan Transportation Management Systems and Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday celebrated the completion of Ruan’s initial two information technology apprenticeships, a program made possible through a $1.8 million U.S. Department of Labor grant …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Smart diapers for new-parents-to-be

I’m about three months away from being a first-time dad. So naturally my reading habits have turned to looking for anything that could help make raising a baby go as easily as possible. Including diaper …

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NewLink Genetics co-founder Link retires

NewLink Genetics Corp. announced that its co-founder, Dr. Charles Link Jr., has chosen to retire as chairman, CEO and chief scientific officer of the company, and will also resign from the board effective Aug. 3. Link co-founded …

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Iowa AgriTech Accelerator announces executive director

Nadilia Gomez, pictured, will join the Iowa AgriTech Accelerator as executive director beginning on Aug. 1, the accelerator announced. Gomez joins the accelerator from Corteva Agriscience, where she served as a senior research scientist in …