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NOTEBOOK: Putting STEM to work at Iowa’s first medical cannabis operation

The state’s first legal medical cannabis operation in Des Moines is providing some serious scientific work for young professionals, I found during a tour of MedPharm Iowa’s production facility last week.

Coaxing optimal growth from …

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Mapp: Get out
Tomorrow Plan speaker Rue Mapp grew up playing outdoors and wants others to do the same. 
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Mall-side living?
The owners of Merle Hay Mall, Anawim Housing and the city of …

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Everett honored
Nora Everett, president of Retirement and Income Solutions and chairman of Principal Funds with Principal Financial Group, has been honored with the 2018 Tocqueville Society Award. 
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Walmart town center
Walmart Inc. …

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NOTEBOOK: Today is a ‘seller’s market’ for business owners

If you’ve toyed with the notion of selling your business, now might be a good time. A great time, actually, says merger-and-acquisition expert Eric Lohmeier, as selling prices of companies he’s working with are at …

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NOTEBOOK – Grinnell Prize winner’s gift to college:Boeuf bourguignon and gratin dauphinois

Say you live in Paris and you are making your first trip to Iowa, in this case to pick up the Grinnell Prize, a top honor in the social responsibility world awarded by Grinnell College. …

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NOTEBOOK: No takers yet on association health plans

Raising the capital required to start an association or multiple-employer health plan may prove to be the biggest “show stopper” that keeps the concept from gaining renewed interest in Iowa, says Rick DeBartolo, senior vice …

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NOTEBOOK: ‘NAIP’

Suku Radia, who retired a little more than a year ago from leading Bankers Trust, continues to plug in to the Greater Des Moines business community even while traveling in Europe. He congratulated the Business …

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NOTEBOOK: Some quick takeaways from the Denim Summit

I sat in Oct. 25 on a couple of the morning sessions of the second annual Denim Summit hosted by Denim Labs. The conference — created by Denim founder Gregory Bailey — brings together insurtech …

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A Closer Look: Justin Glisan

Justin Glisan, the state’s new climatologist, comes in with several years of teaching and research, three college degrees and the drive you need to have to get questions about weather trivia from everyone from farmers …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Tech drove stocks skyward. Different story on the way down.

Need a refresher on what happened with the markets last month? This New York Times article will also give some analysis to explain the why behind the stock market’s volatility. “The world’s largest technology companies drove the …