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State tax seminar scheduled Sept. 27

The Iowa Department of Revenue is offering a webinar on Sept. 27 to teach business owners and bookkeepers about Iowa sales and use tax and the local option sales tax.

The webinar includes an overview …

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BY THE DOLLARS: Back-to-school spending up

The National Retail Federation (NRF) estimates that parents will spend 14 percent more this year on back-to-school spending than they did last year. Combined K-12 and college back-to-school spending will reach $83.8 billion, making it …

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Greater Des Moines to be lead market for nicotine gum product

Some Greater Des Moines convenience and grocery stores will be the first in the country to sell Zonnic, a new nicotine replacement therapy gum being rolled out by Niconovum USA, a subsidiary of the second-largest …

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Small business bankruptcies down

Fewer small businesses are declaring bankruptcy nationwide, according to Equifax’s Small Business Bankruptcy Report. Bankruptcies for businesses with 100 or fewer employees shrunk in the second quarter of 2012, by nearly 17 percent from the …

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SBA, FEMA host disaster preparedness webinars

The Small Business Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will present a series of free webinars on disaster preparedness this September, in conjunction with National Preparedness Month.

The webinars aim to help business owners …

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Four Iowa companies among country’s fastest-growing businesses

Four Iowa companies landed on Inc. magazine’s annual 500|5000 list, which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.

 Ankeny-based Tailgate Clothing Co., which employs 17 people and has revenues of $24.7 million, was ranked No. 327.…
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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 …