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The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF) announced today that Trudy Wastweet will join the organization as its national policy adviser.
Wastweet served as the assistant executive director for the Minnesota Pork Producers Association and Pork …
The U.S. trade deficit widened in December for a second straight month, according to Bloomberg.
Information from the U.S. Department of Commerce shows the gap grew 5.9 percent to $40.6 billion.
Excluding petroleum purchases, though, …
U.S. workers should see wage gains this year, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A combination of saving money at the corporate level along with a surge in exports to fast-growing emerging markets could lead …
Polk County’s population has grown 15 percent since 2000 to reach 430,640, according to the 2010 Census numbers released on Thursday.
Des Moines’ population increased 2.4 percent to 203,433. Numbers show that the state’s three …
More than 200 people gathered on Feb. 3 at Drake University’s Sheslow Auditoriuim for the latest event in the “Better Together” civility speaker series. P.M. Forni, a professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of …
How did you get involved with Make-A-Wish?
I volunteered originally for Blank Children’s Hospital. I was serving on another board with a gentleman who was on the board at Make-A-Wish. And I asked him about …
When it comes to cutting expenses, the last thing area nonprofit organizations want to do is cut services.
So, by and large, they haven’t. Though they have spent the last three years dealing with and …
New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to a 2 1/2-year low, Reuters reported.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, initial claims for state jobless benefits were down to a seasonally adjusted 383,000, …
Confidence among small U.S. business owners rose to a three-year high in January, but concerns about sales saw owners remain cautious about hiring and spending plans, a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business …
Though chief executive officer turnover declined in January, several prominent companies, including Google Inc., eHarmony Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. were among those announcing leadership changes during the month. A total of 96 CEO …
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