Poor managers cost the U.S. economy $450 billion to $550 billion per year by disengaging employees, a Gallup poll found. Among full-time employees, 70 percent are disengaged and uninspired, the poll found.
Also, more than 2.5 …
The Business Record is surveying its readers to get a sense of where you think the Iowa economy is going in 2015.
Answer the multiple-choice question below, then if you wish, elaborate on …
Jayne Armstrong has been named the new Small Business Administration Iowa district director, replacing former director Joe Folsom, who retired last year. Armstrong joined the Iowa district office from the SBA’s office of field operations …
UnityPoint Health – Des Moines has hired Staci Fry as executive director of volunteer services. She will oversee the volunteer programs at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Methodist West Hospital and Blank Children’s …
Gov. Terry Branstad gave his annual Condition of the State address this morning, calling for bipartisan support for road projects, education and expanding high-speed Internet access in rural Iowa. The speech came on the second …
Edwin Skinner, a powerful lawyer and former state lawmaker who was instrumental in the development of the Prairie Meadows horse track, died Monday night after a long illness. He was 78.
Skinner, a …
Citigroup quietly scales back in consumer banking
Reuters: Citigroup Inc. has been quietly scaling back its consumer banking presence in some of the world’s major cities, pulling out from markets where it does not …
MidAmerican Energy Co. officials said Monday that work has been completed on four of the five wind farms that make up its 1,050-megawatt Wind VIII expansion. The last turbines of the project will be in …
The Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Commission is accepting nominations for the Mary Louise Smith Award and Business and Industry
Award. Nominations are due Feb. 2. Awards will be distributed March 18 during the commission’s Annual …
Chris Hodges, a pork industry leader, will take over as CEO of the National Pork Board on Feb. 16. Currently based in Kansas City, Hodges is senior vice president for business development of Smithfield Farmland. …
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