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State regulators to seek health exchange alternatives

State regulators to seek health exchange alternatives
By Joe Gardyasz

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has formed a new working group of state insurance commissioners to aid states seeking alternatives to the formal state …

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WDM med-management firm to purchase building, expand

Outcomes Incorporated., a medication therapy management services company based in West Des Moines, plans to purchase the foreclosed office building it currently leases in the Village of Ponderosa in West Des Moines to expand its …

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We’re feeling slightly better about the economy … for this month

A gauge of consumer sentiment has risen this month on rosier views of current economic conditions, according to an index compiled by the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters, MarketWatch reported. The sentiment index increased …

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Entrepreneur’s tips on growing small business

Martha Ross-Rodgers, co-owner of Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce, will host the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) August Web chat on “Growing Your Business Passion.”  Ross-Rodgers will answer questions about what she has done to build …

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Retailers developing mobile payments network

More than a dozen big merchants are expected to announce Wednesday their plans to jointly develop a mobile-payments network that would compete with similar services from Google Inc. and other companies, The Wall Street Journal …

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Finalists selected in Pappajohn business plan competition

Seven businesses have been selected as finalists in the 2012 John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition.

The businesses continuing in the competition are Corvida Medical; Data2Bio; FxRedux; Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies; Mockwall; Osteoceramics; and Pathovacs.…

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Urbandale Hy-Vee opens Tuesday

The new Hy-Vee Inc. grocery store at 8701 Douglas Ave. will reopen at 6 a.m. Tuesday, with a ribbon cutting planned for 9 a.m. With the exception of a pharmacy and bank branch, the store …

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Small business owners’ optimism down in July

A recent Gallup Poll showed that small business owners’ optimism declined in July, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index dipping to 17, down from April’s four-year high of 23.

A year ago, the index sat at …

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NAACP to host second annual job fair

In an effort to connect candidates with positions at Central Iowa companies, the Des Moines chapter of the NAACP is hosting its second annual job fair to be held at Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue …

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Best Buy founder makes an offer

Best Buy Co. founder Richard Schulze, who stepped down as chairman this year, offered to take the electronics retailer private at $24 to $26 a share, Bloomberg reported, causing the company’s shares to surge today …