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Women’s giving group targets early childhood education

What started out as a group of 46 local women leaders who wanted to do some good in their community has turned into a network of 600 women who have donated millions of dollars to …

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Deal reached between Cyclones.tv, Mediacom

The Iowa State University athletics department has agreed to a five-year partnership with Mediacom to distribute programming produced on Iowa State’s Cyclones.tv on Mediacom’s cable television systems.

The agreement will allow Mediacom to broadcast five …

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Subaru dealer shares the love

As part of Subaru’s “Share the Love” event to celebrate the holidays, Des Moines area car dealer Ramsey Subaru will donate one meal to Meals on Wheels for every test drive that takes place between …

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Nine companies receive Iowa Venture Award

The Iowa Area Development Group honored nine companies with the Iowa Venture Award this week at a luncheon in West Des Moines. The award, which began in 1988, has been given to more than 200 …

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Meredith exec moves to Time Inc.

Meredith Corp. executive J.R. McCabe will be leaving the publishing company to run a new digital video unit at Time Inc., according to Media Post news.

McCabe, who is Meredith’s vice president and chief video …

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Dunkin’ Donuts to open at Des Moines International Airport

Dunkin’ Donuts will open a location in Des Moines International Airport, the company announced today in a release. Des Moines is one of 12 airports that the chain will expand to in 2013.

Airport Executive …

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129 million shoppers search for Cyber Monday deals

About 129 million shoppers took to the Internet to participate in Cyber Monday deals this year, according to a survey from the National Retail Federation.

That number is up from the 122.8 million who shopped …

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ConAgra to acquire Ralcorp Holdings

ConAgra Foods Inc. has agreed to acquire Ralcorp Holdings Inc. for about $5 billion, creating one of the largest packaged food companies in North America and concluding a pursuit that began in March of last …

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A shopping day in the life at Apple and Microsoft stores

A Piper Jaffray Cos. research team counted heads for eight hours Black Friday at Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. stores in the Mall of America near Minneapolis, CNNMoney reported. The stores are across a hall …

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Shoppers spent $59 billion over holiday weekend

U.S. retailers are extending deals into Cyber Monday and beyond to try to sustain a 13 percent gain in Thanksgiving weekend sales, Bloomberg reported. Spending in stores and online rose to $59.1 billion in the …