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Uber to pay $148 million to states for delay in reporting data breach

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and attorneys general from the other 49 states and the District of Columbia have reached an agreement with ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc. to address the company’s one-year delay in …

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Schafer Systems in Adair to combine with Pollard Banknote

Owner Revolution Inc. also announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the operating assets and business of its wholly owned lottery products supplier subsidiary in Adair, Schafer Systems Inc., to …

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Fareway to build on Southeast 14th, relocating store at Southeast 22nd

Fareway Stores Inc. has property under contract to build a new store at 6157 S.E. 14th St. in Des Moines to relocate its current store at 3000 S.E. 22nd St., which has operated there for over 20 …

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NOTEBOOK: A business wants to stay downtown, but there are ‘issues’

Sherwin Williams paint company is in the unenviable position of being stuck between the past and visions of the future for an area undergoing rejuvenation south of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway at Southwest Fifth …

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Contractor disputes UI president’s report to Board of Regents

Responding to scrutiny over the Stead Family Children’s Hospital construction project, University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld mounted a defense to the Board of Regents last week, noting that UI has only received lawsuits from …

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Johnsrud trucking merges with South Dakota firm

Des Moines-based Johnsrud Transport Inc. has agreed to merge with Cliff Viessman Inc. of Gary, S.D. Both family-owned operations are food-grade transportation firms, with Johnsrud specializing in bulk food-grade liquids and Viessman hauling diverse food …

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Younkers is back — but no mention of stores returning to Iowa

Younkers shoppers may be heartened to hear the legendary department store is returning to life under new management — but there are no plans yet to reopen any of the chain’s brick-and-mortar stores that were …

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SBA to co-host Twitter chat, webinar on disaster continuity planning

The U.S. Small Business Administration is partnering with the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety and the Federal Emergency Management Agency this month to help businesses become more aware of their risks while also …

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Fareway debuts first Iowa stand-alone meat market

Des Moines Register: Iowa’s first Fareway Meat Market opened today in Ames. The market, a spinoff of Boone-based Fareway Stores Inc., will offer a fresh meat counter, seafood, sushi, artisan cheeses, wine, craft beer, and other …

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Hy-Vee on a roll in the Twin Cities: 12 area stores likely by end of next year

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Hy-Vee Inc. is on track to have 12 supermarkets in the Twin Cities metro area by the end of next year. Already, Hy-Vee has become one of the area’s biggest supermarket chains …