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Keep it simple

Steve Pennington offers low prices on split-bamboo fly rods by following a no-frills business model. Click here to read story.…

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Retail sales increase for ninth consecutive month

Sales at U.S. retailers rose in March for a ninth consecutive month, showing that the improving job market is helping Americans cope with higher costs for fuel and food, Bloomberg reported.
 
Purchases increased 0.4 …

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Science Center to host Body Worlds traveling exhibition

The Science Center of Iowa (SCI) announced this morning that it will bring Body Worlds Vital — an anatomical exhibition series displaying preserved human bodies — to Des Moines as its next major traveling exhibition, …

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Meredith to announce results on April 27

Meredith Corp. announced that it will report fiscal year 2011 third-quarter results on April 27, prior to the opening of U.S. stock markets. A conference call will be held at 10 a.m. that day to …

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Worley resigns from Iowa Veterans Home

David Worley yesterday resigned as the commandant of the Iowa Veterans Home, effective April 28. Worley served former Gov. Chet Culver’s administration and was re-appointed by Gov. Terry Branstad.

In a press release, Worley cited …

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International lender says U.S. should keep the money flowing

The U.S. economy is recovering at such a sluggish pace that the Federal Reserve needs to keep an easy monetary policy in place while the government comes to grip with its debts, Reuters reported after …

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Funeral scheduled for Iowa Realty agent

A funeral service for Ashley Okland, the Iowa Realty agent who was shot and killed April 8 inside the model unit of a new townhouse complex in West Des Moines, has been set for 10:30 …

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Des Moines will host wrestling championship

Des Moines has been chosen as the National Junior College Athletic Association Wrestling Championship host city for 2013. The event will take place Feb. 21-23 at the Jacobson Exhibition Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. …

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Blair is Buena Vista’s American Heritage speaker

Tony Blair, prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, will be the 20th William W. Siebens American Heritage Lecture laureate Oct. 7 at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. He …

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Chinese trade deficit a possible boon for world economy

China recorded a rare trade deficit in the first quarter on the back of domestic economic strength and rising global commodity prices, Reuters reported.

From January to March, China imported $1.02 billion more than it …