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Pakistan flood victims need our help


Imagine you’re a farmer in a rural Pakistani village, barely making enough to support your six children living in a one-room mud house. Your only possessions are a small piece of land, a few hens, …

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Speakers seek ways to ‘Ignite Des Moines’


Eight scheduled speakers shared their passions, and then 11 people stepped forward from the audience, one by one, to do the same in a lively “Ignite Des Moines” event Sept. 14.

The “ignite” concept surfaced …

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Deere & Co. issues a positive sales outlook


In a quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Aug. 27, Deere & Co. estimated that its equipment sales will increase by about 12 percent for fiscal year 2010 and about 32 …

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Coleman named chairman of Convention and Visitors Bureau board


The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau (GDMCVB) last week announced its new board of directors and officers. Chris Coleman, president of the local Better Business Bureau and a member of the Des Moines …

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Boal is Miles Capitals new man

West Des Moines-based investment advisory firm Miles Capital Inc. has hired Gregory Boal, former CEO of Aviva Investors North America, as its president and chief investment officer. Boal will lead the investment management and business …

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Golf tournament charity helps kids

The Principal Charity Classic plans to donate $620,000 to five children’s charities: Blank Children’s Hospital, Bravo Greater Des Moines, United Way of Central Iowa, Variety – The Children’s Charity and the Community Foundation of Greater …

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Senate committee repeals FOIA exemptions

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to repeal exemptions to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley co-sponsored the legislation to …

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Road work to close rest area

Asphalt resurfacing will close the northbound Interstate 35 rest area between exits 116 and 123 two miles south of Story City from Sept. 21 to Sept. 23. According to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Des …

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Casey’s receives good, mixed news from advisory organizations

Two proxy advisory organizations gave somewhat varying recommendations that Casey’s General Stores Inc. shareholders re-elect most of the company’s executive board during its Sept. 23 annual meeting, Casey’s said today in a news release. Nothing …

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Greater Des Moines CVB announces board of directors executive committee

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau announced its 2010-11 executive committee yesterday. Chris Coleman, who has served on the board since 2001, will be the chairman of the bureau’s board of directors. He …