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OUR VIEW: Should we put money into algae?


Iowa State University researchers have found a way to make algae produce 50 percent more biomass. Big deal, right? It’s green slime. And you’re paying for the project via grants from the U.S. departments of …

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GUEST OPINION: Think again before downsizing


Most of us have had friends and colleagues who were laid off, or we know people who have had to lay off people. Maybe you were laid off or had to lay off people.

Downsizing …

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TRANSITIONS: Cyber sales, cyber tax


After you click the “buy now” button and make a purchase online, you’re supposed to send the appropriate sales tax to your state government. It’s, like, a law or something. However, a study in California …

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IowaBiz Blog: Prison – the reason you shouldn’t “borrow” your payroll taxes

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IowaBiz Blog: Set yourself up for success

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IowaBiz Blog: Marketing is about measuring

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IowaBiz Blog: How secure is your password?

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GUEST OPINION: Frustration grows for investors


With 2011 winding down, the focus was again back on Washington, D.C. This week, the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction, a/k/a the “supercommittee,” was duty bound to report a bill that would reduce Uncle Sam’s …

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OUR VIEW: Wal-Mart takes art over health


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is providing a classic study in the question of what a company owes to its employees vs. what it owes to its community.

An organization called Walmart Watch, which keeps its teeth …

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TRANSITIONS: Cut trillions? Can do


Eight of us sat down at a table at Drake University the other night and lopped $4 trillion out of the nation’s budget deficit across the next 10 years. It took about an hour and …

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