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SBA backed $8.8 million in loans for Central Iowa businesses in October

The U.S. Small Business Administration backed 19 loans totaling $8.8 million for Central Iowa businesses in October. The assistance helped create 108 jobs and retain 154 existing jobs in Polk, Story, Boone, Dallas, Madison, Warren,…
By BPC Staff | Nov 13, 2015
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Dunkin’ Donuts gets love after Starbucks cup controversy

Dunkin’ Donuts is getting some social media love as a result of the recent Starbucks holiday cup controversy. Last week, Dunkin’ Donuts did what it always does this time of year — it started using…
By BPC Staff | Nov 12, 2015
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Nearly 500 Rockwell Collins employees take early retirement offer

Some 468 senior employees at Cedar Rapids-based avionics company Rockwell Collins Inc. have accepted an early retirement offer, reports the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The company of about 20,000 workers had sought to downsize by 500 workers.…
By BPC Staff | Nov 12, 2015
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Taking the business pulse on Iowa’s minimum wage

Iowa is one of a minority of U.S. states with a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, which is the federal minimum wage. So far, twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have passed laws…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 12, 2015
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Mittera Group acquires Waterloo printer

Mittera Group Inc., a Des Moines-based multi-platform communications company, announced today that it will acquire the business of Pioneer Graphics, a longtime Waterloo commercial printer. The Pioneer Graphics business will be combined with Mittera Group’s…
By BPC Staff | Nov 11, 2015
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Iowa City could extend tax for downtown businesses another decade

The Iowa City Council has given the first nod of approval to re-establish and eventually increase the Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District tax for another 10 years, the Cedar Rapids Gazette reported. The tax provides revenue…
By BPC Staff | Nov 11, 2015
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Event Nov. 17: ABI plans critical business update session

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry plans a session, “Critical Business Updates” to give businesses advice on how to address coming changes under federal law. Among the topics at the 9 a.m. session on Nov. 17…
By BPC Staff | Nov 10, 2015
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Event Nov. 21: Iowa Black Business Coalition offers Untraditional Startathon

The University of Iowa and UI Partners are sponsoring the Iowa Black Business Coalition’s Untraditional Startathon to benefit women- and minority-owned businesses. The event will be Nov. 21 at Grand View University in Des Moines.…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 6, 2015
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Pizza delivery drivers sue Midwest Papa John’s pizza franchisee over wages

A group of Iowa and Missouri attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court last month, accusing a Papa John’s franchisee of violating minimum wage laws, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. They allege the delivery pizza business paid drivers unreasonably …
By BPC Staff | Nov 5, 2015
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CDS Global lays off 48 workers in Des Moines office

Des Moines-based CDS Global Inc. has laid off 55 employees in its Des Moines, Wilton and Tipton offices. Forty-eight of those worked in the Des Moines office, reports KCCI.com. CDS Global is a magazine fulfillment company that …
By BPC Staff | Nov 5, 2015