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Meredith adds new magazine: Beekman 1802 Almanac

Meredith Corp. will debut a new magazine Oct. 6: Beekman 1802 Almanac. The publication is a curated collection of seasonal recipes, gardening tips, shopping discoveries and quirky stories brought together by Brent Ridge and Josh …

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LightEdge has completed Altoona expansion

LightEdge Solutions Inc. has completed the 5,000-square-foot expansion of its flagship location in Altoona, bringing its total data center space at the location to 20,000 square feet. Since opening the Altoona data center in 2007, LightEdge …

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Pleasant Hill bowling and entertainment center expanding

Premiere Bowling and Entertainment plans a job fair next month to fill out its staffing for a 35,000-square-foot expansion in Pleasant Hill. Plans call for a renovated concourse and bowling area, including a VIP bowling …

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Media General bidder calls Meredith deal ‘value-destructive’

Officials from the company that wants to buy Media General Inc. oppose the Virginia company’s offer to buy Meredith Corp., reports DesMoinesRegister.com. In a letter sent to Media General executives, Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. Chairman and CEO …

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Goodwill launches $8M capital campaign, will open Johnston store soon

Goodwill Industries has launched its first capital campaign, seeking $8 million to pay for the remodeling work at its new store and headquarters in Johnston and to ensure services to clients aren’t interrupted. Goodwill hopes …

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Women nonprofit leaders’ salaries still lag those of men, report finds

A report from GuideStar finds that the salaries of female nonprofit executives continue to lag behind those of men in comparable positions, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. Based on 2013 data, the 2015 GuideStar Nonprofit …

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Nexstar makes bid for Media General, Meredith hangs in the balance

Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. offered to buy local-television station owner Media General Inc. in a bold attempt to break up Media General’s recent agreement to buy Meredith Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported.


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Best of Des Moines 2015

It’s time again for our annual Best of Des Moines awards. As in past years, our readers voted via an online open-ended survey for the businesses, people and events that they thought were the “Best …

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Disability group sues Tacopocalypse over accessibility issue

Tacopocalypse is being sued by an Iowa group focused on rights for people with disabilities over making the popular East Village restaurant’s entrances wheelchair-accessible, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. A lawyer for Disability Rights Iowa filed a federal lawsuit saying …

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Gender wage gap narrows by just 1 cent

MarketWatch: The good news for women workers: The gender pay gap is narrower than anytime on record. The bad news? It narrowed by a paltry one cent. Women who worked full-time last year earned 78.6 …

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