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NOTEBOOK: A look at more Iowa companies offering caregiving benefits

Earlier this month, the Business Record published a story through our Fearless initiative about how more companies are offering caregiving benefits in an attempt to attract and retain employees. 

These benefits include child care, elder …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Resale is making gains in December holiday gift shopping

Until a few years ago, many people would likely not have considered giving a secondhand gift for the holidays (unless it was for a white elephant gift exchange). But as thrifting grows more popular, mostly …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Birds aren’t real, or are they? Inside a Gen Z conspiracy theory.

Get ready to think – because this good read is about a real-life reverse Uno card. This piece from the New York Times looks at the Birds Aren’t Real movement, which is a Gen Z-fueled conspiracy theory …

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NOTEBOOK: Leaders Survey: Stress at work and how Greater Des Moines compares with other regions

Editor’s note: This is a continuation of our 2021 Leaders Survey coverage, which we began publishing in the Nov. 26 issue. Our annual survey asks business leaders to share what they feel are some of …

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NOTEBOOK: ONE GOOD READ – Female doctors are getting paid millions less than men, a new study suggests

The 19th: Over the course of their careers, male physicians earn about $2 million more than female physicians, according to a new research paper published in the journal Health Affairs this week. The analysis relies on physician-reported …

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NOTEBOOK: ONE GOOD READ – How the supply chain crisis unfolded


New York Times: Ships stuck at sea, warehouses overflowing, trucks without drivers: The highly intricate and interconnected global supply chain is in upheaval, with little end in sight. The turmoil has revealed how the need to ship …

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NOTEBOOK: ONE GOOD READ – Bob Dole, Iowa’s ‘third senator,’ remembered as a ‘trusted mentor,’ ‘friend’

Des Moines Register: Bob Dole became so well known to Iowans after crisscrossing the state during three presidential campaigns that he was sometimes referred to as Iowa’s “third senator.” Dole, 98, died early Sunday morning in …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Wall Street’s $22 trillion carbon time bomb

Credit rating agencies are becoming more vocal about the risks of institutional investors’ exposures to carbon-intensive companies, as this recent Bloomberg article details. According to Moody’s Investors Service, financial institutions in the Group of 20 leading industrial …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Survey shows that many college students think it’s OK to stymie speech

One of the things I love – or loved – about being blessed to live in the United States is – or was – our freedom to speak and have viewpoints that differ from our …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: E-commerce needs real store locations now more than ever

In order to keep their e-commerce business, retailers are discovering having a physical presence is still important for attracting customers and for cost-savings. This Wall Street Journal article reports the purpose of bricks-and-mortar stores has changed, and …