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The Insider Notebook

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Could a stretch goal work for you?

Over the last two weeks, I’ve slowly Konmari’ed the crap out of my closet and dresser drawers, like many Americans. The great part about attacking it over time is I didn’t have to dump everything …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: AI shows promise as a physician assistant

If there’s a war going on in developing artificial intelligence, China scored a major win. A report out Monday — and covered by the New York Times — shares that a Chinese researcher developed AI to help …

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NOTEBOOK: You don’t buy me dinner, anymore…

Iowans are getting even less likely to take their sweethearts out for dinner for Valentine’s Day, Womply reports. 

Could it be to avoid the crowds? Are we sending roses instead? Are we — gasp! — …

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Notes from the Governor’s Scouts Luncheon

Here are some notable takeaways from the Governor’s Scouts Luncheon Feb. 7, attended by more than 700 business leaders, lawmakers and Scouting leaders at the Iowa Events Center.   — It was the first time…
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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 8 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 8 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Polar vortices — from a former Bismarck reporter’s perspective

Our recent polar vortex whisked me back to my four-year stint as a business reporter with the Bismarck Tribune. We had moved to North Dakota’s capital in early January 1997, just in time for the …

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NOTEBOOK: Polar vortex vexes workers (maybe)

The frigid temperatures of late January and the meteorological marvel of the polar vortex put Central Iowans’ good nature and hard work ethic on display. If you made it to the office on Jan. 29-31, …

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NOTEBOOK: CIBC seeks regional lending presence in Iowa, Nebraska

I had coffee recently with Rick Snyder, a longtime banker who is now the market president for  the Iowa-Nebraska office of CIBC in West Des Moines. Based in Toronto, CIBC [Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce] …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Bud Light touches nerve with corn syrup Super Bowl ads

Corn is serious business in Iowa, as we’re the No. 1 producer in the U.S. So you might be glad to know that the National Corn Growers Association has come to corn producers’ defense after …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the February 1 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the February 1 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …