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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
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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 …
By BPC Staff | Nov 3, 2015
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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…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 3, 2015
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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…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Nov 2, 2015
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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 …
By BPC Staff | Nov 2, 2015