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Meredith to launch Fit Pregnancy and Baby magazine

Meredith Corp. announced today that it will launch Fit Pregnancy and Baby beginning with the February 2016 issue. Fit Pregnancy and Baby will cover a range of topics important to this audience of millennial women and new …

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Many companies making acquisitions out of their primary sector

A new Ernst & Young survey found that 93 percent of U.S. companies seeking acquisitions are doing so outside their own business sector.


That means the usual industry boundaries are blurring, EY reported.


Key findings of the…
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Palmer study predicts healthy raises here in 2016

Palmer Group’s annual study of its data from job ads and its work with clients shows that many Central Iowa workers could see raises of 3-4 percent on average, with some as high as 26…
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SBA backed 444 loans totaling $169 million in Iowa

The U.S. Small Business Administration guaranteed 444 loans totaling $134.9 million in the year that ended Sept. 30, part of loan packages that totaled a combined $169.8 million. That was up from the previous year’s …

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Rebuilding the World Trade Center will pay off by 2036

The rebuilding of the 16-acre World Trade Center site will pay for itself in two decades, according to a study by New York University’s Rudin Center, Crain’s New York Business reported. The Port Authority of New York …

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Lawsuit alleges Meredith deal favors execs, majority shareholders

A federal court lawsuit filed by a minority shareholder of Meredith Corp. stock claims executives, board members and majority shareholders of the Des Moines-based publisher conspired and had conflicts of interests in orchestrating Meredith’s acquisition, reports …

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Mary Greeley leader named 2015 Iowa Lean Champion

The Iowa Lean Consortium has named Karen Kiel Rosser, vice president and quality improvement officer for Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, as the 2015 Iowa Lean Champion. The award was created to honor a …

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Lee Enterprises names new publisher for Quad-City Times in Davenport

Lee Enterprises Inc. said Deborah Anselm has been named publisher of the Quad-City Times in Davenport, succeeding Greg Veon, who is retiring after nearly 40 years with the company. Anselm has been general manager of …

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NEXUS launches EPIC Corporate Challenge

NEXUS Executive Women’s Alliance announced the launch of its EPIC Corporate Challenge today at a luncheon for Central Iowa CEOs at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.


EPIC, which stands for Economic Potential for Iowa…
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Power Couple: Suku and Mary Radia

Editor’s note: The Business Record periodically features a couple who are influential in the Greater Des Moines area, not only personally, but also together. After featuring Kyle and Sharon Krause last year, we asked readers …