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NOTEBOOK: Bombs away at Merle Hay

Among the improvements planned for Merle Hay Mall, the city’s first shopping center and like many retail centers, one that seems under constant attack from shifting consumer tastes, is expansion of Merle Hay Lanes. Liz …

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NOTEBOOK: Are you supporting grown children? Study says many are

When it comes to money matters, are we mollycoddling our adult, out-of-the-house children? A new study from Merrill Lynch certainly suggests this possibility.

There are 173 million of us parents in the U.S., and Merrill …

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NOTEBOOK: Training and education: Did you know?

The push for added training and education in Greater Des Moines is largely due to this: 55 percent of Central Iowa jobs require postsecondary education up to an associate degree. Just 32 percent of the …

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NOTEBOOK: Behind the scenes: The Partnership’s new small-business hub

Mike Colwell has spent 11 years at the Greater Des Moines Partnership helping small businesses in Greater Des Moines through Square One DSM and Startup Stories and through direct mentoring.

Christina Moffatt, founder of Creme …

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NOTEBOOK: Foley flub leads to parking status report

Des Moines International Airport Executive Director Kevin Foley pulled into the airport about 7:25 a.m. Jan. 16 when it hit him: He forgot his cellphone at home, 15 minutes away.

Not wanting to risk missing …

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NOTEBOOK: Partnership dinner sights and sounds

In case you couldn’t make this year’s Greater Des Moines Partnership annual dinner, we thought we’d pass along a few tidbits from our own observations and from the Twitter traffic at #DSMUSA from Thursday night’s …

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NOTEBOOK: Everett prepares for bird (and lemur) watching in Madagascar

As retirement approaches for Nora Everett at Principal Financial Group, she’s boning up for a long-postponed bird-watching trip with her dad — to Madagascar.  Everett, who will retire as president of Retirement and Income Solutions …

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NOTEBOOK: What you’re reading: ‘Dare to Lead’ by Brene Brown

Editor’s note: The AM and PM Dailies often include an item pointing readers to articles, videos or other information the Business Record newsroom has found interesting and insightful. We welcome hearing from you on what …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Need to go to London for the day? Supersonic travel returning

When I was reporting for the Des Moines Register in 1985, I wrote a story about Omaha-based Godfather’s Pizza magnate Willy Theisen’s $500,000 40th birthday celebration trip to London aboard the supersonic Concorde with nearly …

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Partnership dinner sights and sounds

In case you couldn’t make this year’s Greater Des Moines Partnership annual dinner, we thought we’d pass along a few tidbits from our own observations and from the Twitter traffic at #DSMUSA from Thursday night’s …