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Hy-Vee showers bowl-bound Hawkeyes with yellow roses

The Iowa Hawkeyes will soon be seeing a sea of yellow. This afternoon, Hy-Vee Inc. will deliver 4,300 yellow roses to the Stew and LeNore Hansen Football Performance Center to congratulate head coach Kirk Ferentz …

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Yanney inducted into Iowa Business Hall of Fame

The Greater Des Moines Committee has named Charese Yanney, James Hubbell III and James Tyler to the Iowa Business Hall of Fame for their outstanding contributions to the development and enhancement of Iowa’s business climate.…
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SBA opens nominations for awards

The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened nominations for its National Small Business Week Awards, among them the small business person of the year and the exporter of the year. See the special website for criteria. In addition, …

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Event Dec. 10: ABI plans Connecting Statewide Leaders event in Waverly

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry plans a Connecting Statewide Leaders session Dec. 10 at Wartburg College in Waverly. The event will give business and education leaders a chance to discuss partnerships. The series …

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Event Dec. 15: Workshop on Targeted Small Business program

The Iowa Center for Economic Success will sponsor a workshop featuring an overview of credit counseling and microloan programs available as part of the Targeted Small Business program. The workshop will take place at the Iowa …

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Target will pay $39M to financial institutions as result of 2013 data breach

Target Corp. will pay $39 million to settle litigation brought by banks and other credit card issuers after the retailer’s data breach in 2013, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. The settlement closes out the last major litigation …

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Yanney, Hubbell, Tyler named to Iowa Business Hall of Fame

The Greater Des Moines Committee has name Charese Yanney, James Hubbell III and James Tyler to the Iowa Business Hall of Fame for their outstanding contributions to the development and enhancement of Iowa’s business climate. Charese Yanney…
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Business leaders more optimistic about state economy, but less so than this time last year

The level of optimism among state business leaders is edging up but still lags the enthusiasm they expressed last year.

The Iowa Business Council said today that its index of business leaders’ sentiments for the…
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A Closer Look: Robert Warren

If you meet the new executive director of Hoyt Sherman Place and want to engage him in conversation, it won’t be a difficult task. 

You can talk sports. He’s a runner, swimmer, triathlon participant and …

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Raise the minimum wage?

The momentum toward raising the legal minimum wage is causing fewer Iowa retailers to lose sleep than one might expect.

Iowa is among a minority of U.S. states that have not raised their local legal …