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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Changes coming to China’s patent law could help Iowa companies

We writers and editors at the Business Record tuck away potential good reads like squirrels in the fall, and occasionally some remain buried until spring. Here’s one from January that I dug up from our …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 25, 2021
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ONE GOOD READ: Current housing boom different from one in early 2000s

The pandemic has ignited a housing boom, but it’s different from the one that occurred in the early 2000s, writes Nicole Friedman for the Wall Street Journal. The current housing boom is more stable than the last …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Four takeaways on failure, intersectionality, social justice and awareness from ISU Women’s Week

One of the benefits of the pandemic forcing many of us to isolate ourselves and work from home has been the sudden shift toward virtual programming, panel discussions, webinars and lectures. These types of events …
By EMILY BLOBAUM | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Two ways the pandemic, social justice may change employment law

In a recent interview with Kelsey Knowles, a shareholder and attorney at Belin McCormick, we talked about changes to employment law since the start of the pandemic. As we talked, I also asked her about …
By EMILY BARSKE | Mar 24, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Four takeaways on failure, intersectionality, social justice and awareness from ISU Women’s Week

One of the benefits of the pandemic forcing many of us to isolate ourselves and work from home has been the sudden shift toward virtual programming, panel discussions, webinars and lectures. These types of events …
By EMILY BLOBAUM | Mar 18, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: The unexpected rise and agonizing fall of Dos Equis’ ‘Most Interesting Man’

Remember Dos Equis’ ad campaign, “The Most Interesting Man in the World”? The campaign, which propelled a once-obscure Mexican beer to mainstream popularity, featured a mysterious bearded world-traveling, bear-wrestling, marlin-catching guy whom the police often …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 17, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Jury trial in Wellmark discrimination lawsuit set for March — 2023

Plaintiffs in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed in May 2020 against Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield will have to wait two more years for a jury trial in that case to begin.

 

The …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Mar 16, 2021
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NOTEBOOK: Drake’s Griff II gets limited-edition bobblehead

Bulldogs are known for being lazy but fierce, loving and protective, and having an insatiable appetite for both food and life.

But how about having their own bobblehead?

When I learned that Griff II, Drake …
By MICHAEL CRUMB | Mar 16, 2021
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ONE GOOD READ: Refrigerator malfunction forces 180 impromptu vaccinations in Iowa Falls

Iowa Falls Times Citizen: A refrigerator malfunction turned into a stroke of luck for 180 people who stopped what they were doing Wednesday afternoon to line up at the Iowa Falls fire station for a …
By BPC Staff | Mar 12, 2021
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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: An animated flying cat with a Pop-Tart body sold for nearly $600,000

Three years ago when I joined the Business Record, I somehow found myself explaining to my new co-workers what Nyan Cat is. Despite it being a relatively simple concept — an animated flying cat with …
By KATE HAYDEN | Mar 11, 2021