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New View to look at innovation

Innovation will be the theme of New View’s Feb. 3 luncheon. The West Des Moines-based young professionals group has lined up Anthony Paustian, provost of Des Moines Area Community College’s West campus, Ben Milne, founder …

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International trade office to open in West Des Moines

A new international trade office, funded by the federal Small Business Jobs Act, will open this spring at the West Des Moines Business Incubator.
    “This will be the equivalent of a regional center, except …

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No ripples from closing of Penney’s


The announcement that J.C. Penney Co. Inc. will close its store at Southridge Mall could be seen as a blow to that struggling facility, bad news for local retail and one more worrisome event in …

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HOME Inc. helps find low-income housing


For Home Opportunities Made Easy Inc. (HOME Inc.), helping people with low incomes rent and buy affordable homes is important. So is making sure they’re well-educated about living in rental housing.

Founded in 1967 as …

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Are those skies blue?


It’s been overcast for so long, it almost seems risky to say the sky is getting brighter. More and more statistics, however, suggest that the U.S. economy is heading upward after its long struggle.

Bloomberg …

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Leaders to meet with YPC

The Young Professionals Connection will have its Lunch with Leaders event today from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Greater Des Moines Partnership, 700 Locust St.

Participating area leaders include Tracy Abbas of BTC …

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Iowa Pork Producers convene today and tomorrow

Around 7,000 people are expected to convene at the Iowa Pork Producers Association’s Iowa Pork Congress today and tomorrow, and more than 250 exhibits will be on display at Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events …

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Local consultant wins ActionMAN award

West Des Moines-based Monte Wyatt was named the winner for the Consistency ActionMAN award presented by business and executive coaching firm ActionCOACH at the 2011 Americas Conference last week in Las Vegas.

Wyatt runs an …

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Dow reaches 12,000 level for first time since 2008

President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address might have had an immediate impact on the economy, at least in the short term.

The Dow Jones industrial average today rose above the 12,000 level for …

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Prairie Meadows gives city $4 million

Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino presented the city of Des Moines with a $4 million check at Monday’s City Council meeting.

The money will be used to fund street and bridge repairs, Des Moines City …