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Export Certificate Program training to be held April 6-8

The U.S. Commercial Service – Iowa will hold an Export Certificate Program training session April 6-8 in Des Moines for professionals in international sales, logistics and finance positions. The featured speaker will be Catherine Petersen, …

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Blythe to lead AT&T external affairs for Iowa, Nebraska

Dustin Blythe

AT&T Inc. announced today that Dustin Blythe has been named director of AT&T External Affairs for Iowa and Nebraska. In this role, Blythe will manage AT&T’s legislative and community affairs activities in the two states. Blythe was …

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Social Money, Lincoln Savings Bank to roll out digital banking platform

Social Money, the West Des Moines-based company behind SmartyPig, today announced that it has reached an agreement with an Iowa-based bank for its first rollout of a new “bank in a box” core processing system …

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Windstream profits down in the fourth quarter

Windstream Communications reported a net loss of $77.5 million on revenues of $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter, the Little Rock, Ark.-based company said today. Revenues were down from $1.5 billion and profits were down …

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Dwolla chosen as Pay.gov payment option

Des Moines-based Dwolla Inc.’s digital wallet service has been selected by the federal government for use as one of two web-based payment options by the federal government, the Treasury Department announced last week. Pay.gov, the government’s secure …

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Mainstreet Index slumps again, some good news in Iowa

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index for February slumped from January’s tepid reading, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and energy. The survey includes …

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Mainstreet Index slumps again, some good news in Iowa

Creighton University’s Rural Mainstreet Index for February slumped from January’s tepid reading, according to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and energy. The survey includes …

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FTC, nine states seek to block US Foods merger with Sysco

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general on Thursday joined the Federal Trade Commission’s administrative complaint challenging a proposed merger between food distribution giants Sysco Corp. and US Foods …

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Midwest M&A index indicates demand for deals

 

Midwest merger and acquisition activity in the past quarter continues to reflect a strong deal-making environment, according to the latest analysis by Bridgepoint Merchant Banking.

 

The Bridgepoint Midwest M&A Index rose substantially to 103.3 to …

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Des Moines QuikTrips launch full service counters, made-to-order menu

Convenience store chain QuikTrip today officially launched its new made-to-order menu at 17 Greater Des Moines locations, according to a news release. At each store’s QT Kitchens full-service counter, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. …