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Harnessing the Energy


Jerry Crawford sat nervously at courtside.

About 90 minutes remained before the team he owned, the Iowa Energy, took the floor for the second game of the best-of-three NBA Developmental League (NBADL) finals.

In between …

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Freestyle shines spotlight on tech firms


California native David Splivalo moved to Greater Des Moines with hopes of publicizing technology-driven companies located in a Midwestern marketplace that’s easy for nationwide publications to ignore.

Now, as the founder of Freestyle Public Relations …

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Ad sales keep dropping at Lee and Gannett


Davenport-based newspaper chain Lee Enterprises Inc. saw advertising revenues decrease 5 percent in the 13 weeks that ended March 27. In the same period, Virginia-based Gannett Co. Inc., publisher of The Des Moines Register, experienced …

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Jethro’s, Manhattan Deli faring well with 3 days left in contest

Two Des Moines restaurants are among the top performers in a national contest. ESPN’s “Fanwiches” Facebook competition, which allows Facebook users to vote on their favorite sports-themed sandwich, lists Jethro’s BBQ’s Adam Emmenecker sandwich as …

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Buman to speak at BIZ luncheon

Tom Buman, president of Agren Inc. in Carroll, will be the Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) guest speaker at the Business Insights and Networking Luncheon on June 15. Buman will discuss how he transitioned the agricultural …

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Sales down, but spending, employment up at Iowa’s largest companies

Expected sales levels of Iowa’s largest employers have decreased slightly, cooling some of the optimism expressed by the state’s business leaders for the coming six months, according to the Iowa Business Council’s quarterly economic survey. …

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Index: Consumer confidence dropped in May

Consumer sentiment unexpectedly decreased in May to the lowest level in six months as Americans grew concerned over the outlook for jobs and the economy, Bloomberg reported.

The Conference Board’s confidence index dropped to 60.8 …

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Des Moines to advertise statewide and in Omaha, Kansas City

The Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau (GDMCVB) has launched a new summer advertising campaign on the theory that rising gasoline prices will lead to shorter distances for summer travel.

The bureau will run …

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The old ways are gone


We are in the year 2011, and it’s amazing to me that people are still cold calling, leaving voicemails, asking for appointments and, in general, trying to pull out their Felix the Cat tricks that …

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Prepare for a crisis with this five-point checklist


If you own a business, you probably have all kinds of insurance. You’ve protected your building, your equipment and, depending on your field of expertise, you might have errors and omissions, liability or other insurances …