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March 8: Raising Capital Seminar

Host: The Greater Des Moines Partnership and the BrownWinick Law Firm
About: Startup company founders in Greater Des Moines will have the opportunity to learn from other entrepreneurs and startup investors on how to raise …
By BPC Staff | Feb 13, 2018
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Deere, Principal earn ‘most ethical’ recognition

Deere & Co. and Principal Financial Group Inc. have again been named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute. Deere has received the award for all 12 years the institute has completed …
By BPC Staff | Feb 12, 2018
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Kroger to sell convenience store business to U.K. firm, not to Casey’s

Wall Street Journal: Kroger Co. is selling its convenience store business to privately held U.K.-based EG Group for $2.15 billion, the companies said today. EG Group, which operates gas stations and convenience stores across Europe, will …
By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2018
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Hobby Lobby to open West Des Moines store in early March

Des Moines Register: Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby will open its third Des Moines metro store in early March. The newest location will be in the Plaza at Jordan Creek, a retail development on Jordan …
By BPC Staff | Feb 5, 2018
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Woody’s Smoke Shack ends a 10-year-run; new owner expected

Des Moines Register: The owner of Woody’s Smoke Shack in Des Moines has closed the popular barbecue restaurant and is hoping to sell it soon. Steve “Woody” Wasson has been operating Woody’s Smoke Shack at 2511 …
By BPC Staff | Feb 2, 2018
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Small Business Champion nomination deadline extended

The deadline for the Iowa Small Business Champion Awards has been extended to Feb. 20, the SBA’s Iowa District Office announced. The awards are presented in conjunction with the SBA’s annual Small Business Week Awards …
By BPC Staff | Jan 30, 2018
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Casey’s makes bid for Kroger’s convenience stores

CNBC: Casey’s General Stores, under pressure from activist investor JCP Investment Management, has submitted an initial bid for Kroger’s roughly $2 billion convenience store business, sources familiar with the situation said. JCP Investment Management in January …
By BPC Staff | Jan 30, 2018
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Des Moines dry cleaner will close after 68 years on Ingersoll

Colonial Cleaners plans to close next week after 68 years near the corner of 19th Street and Ingersoll Avenue, the Des Moines Register reported. Colonial lost its lease after the property and a neighboring lot were sold …
By BPC Staff | Jan 26, 2018
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Clive small-business owner named to NSBA Leadership Council

Josef Reed, a systems engineering consultant in Clive, was recently named to the National Small Business Association Leadership Council. The small-business advocacy organization promotes the interests of small business to federal policymakers on a nonpartisan basis, the …
By BPC Staff | Jan 26, 2018
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Court Avenue’s Goldfinch restaurant closing

Des Moines Register: Goldfinch, the Court Avenue restaurant that focused on fresh and local foods, will close on Saturday. Restaurant officials would not elaborate on why Goldfinch was being shuttered, but said they were “working on …
By BPC Staff | Jan 24, 2018