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Alorica to add 150 employees to West Des Moines office

Alorica, a global company providing customer management outsourcing, will be adding 150 jobs in customer services at its West Des Moines office, enlarging its workforce there by five times. The customer care associate jobs will …

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SBA hosting National Preparedness Month webinars for businesses

Does your business have a plan in place in case of a crisis? The U.S. Small Business Administration and Agility Recovery will host a series of free webinars in September, which is National Preparedness Month. …

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A Closer Look: David Chivers

David Chivers describes his career path as a twisty, winding road.

At 39 years old, Chivers has followed that road through industries including nonprofits, education, marketing and consumer packaged goods. A few times, he’s landed …

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Entrepreneurs: Bill Adamowski

Serial entrepreneur Bill Adamowski sought to return to Iowa from Silicon Valley earlier this year and was looking for the next big startup deal he could launch.   
After several discussions with Bill Crum at …

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Des Moines Register offers early retirement again

The owner of the Des Moines Register, Gannett Co. Inc., informed employees Thursday that another voluntary early retirement program will be offered. Details weren’t included in a Des Moines Register staff email that gave those …

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Ten finalists chosen in Pappajohn Business Plan Competition

Ten businesses have been selected as finalists in the 2015 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition, the Corridor Business Journal reported. In the first round, businesses submitted brief information about their business plans. Based on those entries, …

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Architects Smith Metzger merges with Sioux City firm

A syncopated rhythm beats along in a conversation with Daryl Metzger and Rob Smith as they finish each others’ sentences and meet on the downbeat with their thoughts.


They have followed that soundtrack for 17…
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Applications open for immigrant business owner competition

Immigrant small business owners may now apply for the Underwriting Exposed Competition to be held at the Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit on Nov. 21 at the FFA Enrichment Center at Des Moines Area Community College in …

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Prositions makes significant addition to global training library

Prositions Inc. of Urbandale, said Wednesday it has signed a multiyear agreement for the worldwide distribution rights of Media Learning International’s entire content library. Founded in 2010, MLI has an extensive library of video and digital content, …

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Subway’s Jared Fogle to admit child porn charges

Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is planning to accept a plea deal and plead guilty to child pornography charges, FOX59 reports on Business Insider. The report comes after the FBI raided Fogle’s Indiana home in July. Business …