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Flynn recognized by Rotary Club

The Rotary Club of Des Moines has honored Andy Flynn, president and CEO of the Flynn Wright advertising agency, with the Roger T. Stetson Rotarian of the Year award for 2010-2011. The award is given …

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Buffett eyes Groupon, other companies

Warren Buffett hopes to buy another company this year, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. Citing the billionaire investor’s comments on Bloomberg TV, Crain’s said Chicago-based Exelon Corp. and Decatur, Ill.-based Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. are the types of …

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Networking group taps Klumb for mini-expo

Jason Klumb, administrator of the General Services Administration in Kansas City, will speak at Central Iowa Business, Breakfast and More’s mini-expo on July 14. Scheduled to take place from 7 to 11 a.m. at Holiday …

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ABI elects board members

The Iowa Association of Business and Industry has elected three new board members: Casey Cason of Wells Fargo & Co., Steve Jacobs of BCC Advisers and Christopher Sackett of Brown, Winick, Graves, Gross, Baskerville and …

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Job statistics douse hopes

Hopes that the economy would pick up steam in the second half of the year were quelled by disappointing job statistics released today by the U.S. Labor Department.

Reuters reported that nonfarm payrolls increased by …

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Keller to join Iowa Network Services

Ronald Keller will join Iowa Network Services Inc., a privately owned telecommunication provider in West Des Moines, as the company’s president and CEO. Keller, who most recently served as a senior vice president with Aviva …

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A Closer Look: Kent Sovern

Kent Sovern is the new executive director of AARP Iowa. Much of his career has been spent in association work. He explains why. Read article …

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HNI to hold conference call July 21

Muscatine-based HNI Corp. will host its quarterly conference call for investors to discuss second-quarter results at 10 a.m. on July 21.

To participate in the call, dial (877) 512-9166, or go to www.hnicorp.com for a …

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Companies added more workers than expected in June

Companies in the United States added more workers than forecast in June, signaling that job growth might pick up in the second half of the year, Bloomberg reported.

A private report from ADP Employer Services …

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Des Moines a top 5 employment city since 2000

Des Moines is tied for the fifth-lowest average unemployment rate since 2000, according to numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor compiled by bizjournals.com that measured the 100 largest metro areas.

From January 2000 to …