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Hamilton Hiring index drops for third quarter

Iowa employers remain optimistic, but political and economic uncertainties are affecting their hiring decisions, according to the Hamilton Hiring Survey, which looks at employer confidence and hiring intentions in the state of Iowa each quarter.…
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Target expansion done

Target Corp. has completed remodeling on two of its stores in Greater Des Moines. The company has remodeled and expanded its Altoona and Des Moines North locations to provide more fresh food options.…

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Consumer confidence falls in June

Consumer confidence in the United States dropped to a five-month low in June, according to a report from The Conference Board, which produces the confidence index.

Confidence slid to 62 in June, down from a …

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Business Record receives top award for daily emails

The Business Record daily email publications received a gold medal from the Alliance of Area Business Publications during its summer conference last week in Milwaukee. “Des Moines Business Record goes above and beyond in its …

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Some of us remain in recessionary dumps

Consumer confidence fell in the second quarter from early this year as slowing employment growth and an escalating eurozone crisis made Americans more cautious about the economic outlook, Reuters reported after the release of survey …

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Dunkin’ dipping into legal reserves

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., the parent of Dunkin’ Donuts cafes and Baskin-Robbins ice cream shops, said it would increase its legal reserve in the current quarter following a court ruling against it in Canada. A …

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SBA regional director to speak June 26

Pat Brown-Dixon, Small Business Administration Region VII Administrator, will be the keynote speaker for the Corporation for Economic Development’s (CED) 2012 annual meeting on June 26 at StartupCity Des Moines.

CED works to enhance economic …

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2012 Readers Survey

I know what I think. You know what you think. 

But, what does our business community as a collective think?

We surveyed the Business Record audience on 13 business issues affecting Iowa’s business community in …

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Woman files class-action suit against LinkedIn

An Illinois woman is spearheading a class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn Inc., claiming the social media site violated its own user agreement and privacy policy after the recent loss of data to hackers, according to technology …

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Number of available positions decreased in April

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today that the number of job openings in the United States fell in April to the same level as September 2008.

The report showed that the economy may be …