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Second costly threat looms for Prairie Meadows casino

Des Moines Register: Reclaiming tax-exempt status is only the start of Prairie Meadows’ battle against the IRS. If Prairie Meadows wins that fight, the nonprofit racetrack and casino still faces a potentially greater threat: The IRS …

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Prairie Meadows owes $60 million in taxes, according to IRS report

The Internal Revenue Service says Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino owes $60 million in taxes it has avoided paying as a nonprofit social welfare organization; Prairie Meadows says it doesn’t owe a penny, The Des Moines …

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Nominate companies for Celebrate Business

Applications are now open for the Celebrate Business Awards, presented by the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the Business Record. The Celebrate Business Awards promote the development of the Greater Des Moines business community by…
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July 13 and 21: Beyond Diversity – Moving from Unconscious Bias to Acceptance in the Workplace

Host: Hardman Consulting and Pokorny Consulting About: This event will strengthen your organization’s diversity initiatives by inspiring people to examine how their unconscious biases about people create “walls and fences” that prevent authentic acceptance of others. Participants…
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Des Moines rethinking rules for taco trucks

Latino advocates claimed a partial victory for food truck owners at Monday’s Des Moines City Council meeting, The Des Moines Register reported. The City Council put the brakes on a new set of rules, including a proposed …

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WHO among Tribune TV stations darkened by fee dispute with Dish

Wall Street Journal: Unable to come to terms on a new distribution agreement, Tribune Media Co. said its 42 television stations, including WHO in Des Moines and WQAD in the Quad Cities, and the WGN America …

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Iowa middle-market sector growth lags national pace

Iowa ranks 35th out of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., for growth in number of middle-market firms from 2011 to 2016, according to the latest Middle Market Power Index from American Express and Dun & Bradstreet. …

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U.S. business execs report rosier outlook

Business executives are feeling more confident about the U.S. economy’s prospects than last quarter, but still more guarded than last year, the American Institute of CPAs’ second-quarter survey found.


The organization polls chief executive officers, chief financial officers,…
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Clearing the clutter

Lawyers are behind the surge in telephone calls at Anna Bradley’s home-based business this year. She is getting the calls based on 16 years of building a reputation for finding the faults in websites that …

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C.R. rules put distance between food trucks, brick-and-mortar eateries

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the first of three required readings of amendments to city code regarding food carts, food trucks and other mobile food vending units. The new …