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Interactive map shows July jobless rates of Iowa communities

Adair, Carroll, Osceola, Sioux and Taylor counties have the lowest jobless rates among Iowa’s 99 counties with 2.8% of workers unemployed, new data from Iowa Workforce Development shows. Among Iowa cities, the Carroll micropolitan statistical area has the lowest jobless rate, also at 2.8%. Statewide, 3.7% of Iowa’s workforce was unemployed in July, data released last…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 22, 2025
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Guest Column: For our family: Investing in a stronger future for Greater Des Moines

Last month, I attended the Business Record’s Women of Influence event. It is always an inspiring night to celebrate these community leaders who are giving so much to Greater Des Moines, including one of our very own team members this year, Courtney Shaw, who was named Emerging Woman of Influence. I am grateful to be…
By Tiffany Tauscheck | Aug 22, 2025
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From trash to treasure: Chevron REG researches biodiesel advances

What began as a way for farmers to add value to their unused crops in the 1990s is now part of a multibillion-dollar company scaling up research at Iowa State University. In 1996, farmers at the West Central Cooperative in Ralston were looking for new markets for their unused soybean oil. The co-op built a…
By Gigi Wood | Aug 22, 2025
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On Leadership: Maybe hope really is a strategy

“Hope is not a strategy.” In business school, we heard it endlessly. The phrase has been variously attributed to Vince Lombardi, Rudy Giuliani and countless military briefings where anyone daring to “hope” got sent back to the drawing board. But in my MBA program, the concept was drilled into our heads like a commandment: Don’t…
By Suzanna de Baca | Aug 22, 2025
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On the Move: Week of August 22

Ryan KeenanICON Water TrailsHired as development officerrkeenan@iconwatertrails.com Cole MillerICON Water TrailsPromoted to associate director of regional programmingcole@iconwatertrails.com
By Business Record Staff | Aug 22, 2025
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Meet Raj Agnihotri, ISU’s college of business dean

Raj Agnihotri was working for a subsidiary of Tata Group, India’s largest business conglomerate, when he decided to pursue a graduate degree in business administration. If he was going to work in business, Agnihotri told himself, then he should have a better understanding of the business world. Agnihotri, who wanted to attend a private college…
By Kathy A. Bolten | Aug 22, 2025
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Business Record 8-22-25

Cover Story: Meet Raj Agnihotri, ISU’s college of business dean Focus: Mergers and Acquisitions Read the issue
By Business Record Staff | Aug 22, 2025
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NAMI Iowa receives $35,000 from Iowa Total Care

The National Alliance on Mental Illness Iowa has received $35,000 from Iowa Total Care, a provider of Medicaid health care coverage in Iowa and a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corp. The grant will support NAMI Iowa’s signature events, including Beautiful Minds, part of the Mental Health Awareness Month event series each May, the NAMI…
By Business Record Staff | Aug 21, 2025