In case you missed it…
A brief look back at news from the past week on BusinessRecord.com

Courthouse slammed
Des Moines leaders say a proposed riverfront courthouse is poorly located, and the design looks like “a box.”
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Surplus food = jobs
D.C. Central Kitchen turned surplus food into appealing meals, and created culinary jobs for folks who needed them.
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Quinn to retire
Former Ambassador Kenneth Quinn plans to retire as president of the World Food Prize Foundation. 
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Winnebago income falls
Winnebago Industries Inc. reported an 18 percent decline in operating income for the second quarter. 
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Alternative lenders
Record levels of credit card debt, rising interest rates and new alternative lenders have buoyed personal-loan markets.
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