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IowaBiz Blog: Panels made from milk cartons

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IowaBiz Blog: “We Can Do” and you can too

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OUR VIEW: Sensible to spend on training


A recent CNNMoney story featured business owners who are having trouble hiring the workers they need. Specifically, they complained that it’s difficult to find “manual machinists, quality control inspectors and machinists trained to use computer-controlled …

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GUEST OPINION: How about some free consulting?


Businesses spend billions of dollars every year hiring consultants to provide advice they hope will improve how they manage their human resources. What some don’t realize is that there are volumes of research that can …

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TRANSITIONS: Please, GPS, don’t hurt us


The Federal Communications Commission decided not to allow a telecommunications company to roll out a 4G phone system, citing the risk of disruption to Global Positioning System (GPS) service. Nice to see precision triumph over …

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IowaBiz Blog: Do not compete on price, unless…

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OUR VIEW: Optimism just might be justified


One can certainly have doubts about the reported improvement in the national unemployment rate. Everyone knows that the government’s official number is significantly lower than the “real” rate, which includes those Americans who are working …

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GUEST OPINION: ‘The female vision’ in the workplace


Women view life differently than men. No surprise, yet often we try to assimilate not only our views, but our behaviors and practices as well – particularly in the workplace.

At Chrysalis, this is a …

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TRANSITIONS: Where do we put them all?


The latest conversion of a downtown warehouse into apartments is renting out at a healthy clip, which is nice to hear. At the grand opening, 70 renters had already signed up for apartments in Hubbell …

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IowaBiz Blog: Nope, still no tax fairy

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